Megan Abbott Books in Order
Megan Abbott has written 18 books, published between 2002 and 2025. The first book is The Street Was Mine (2002) and the newest is El Dorado Drive (2025). One more title is announced: The Dear Ones (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18 + 1 announced
- Published
- 2002–2025
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,141 in 13 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 69–104 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,141 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Megan Abbott writes crime fiction and noir, plus non-fiction analyses of hardboiled crime writing. Her 19 catalogued books open with The Street Was Mine (2002) and run through Die a Little (2005), Queenpin (2007), Dare Me (2012) and The Fever (2014) to El Dorado Drive (2025), with The Dear Ones scheduled for 2027. Abbott, born in 1971, is an American screenwriter as well as a novelist, and her psychological suspense reworks classic crime subgenres from a female perspective.
Megan Abbott has won the Edgar Award and the Barry Award. She has also worked in television and journalism.
How many Megan Abbott books are there?
Megan Abbott has 18 published books, released between 2002 and 2025. 1 of them belong to the Megan Abbott Graphic Novels series. One more, The Dear Ones (2027), is announced.
Megan Abbott Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Megan Abbott books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120022464/4
- 220052564/4
- 320063853/4
- 420072564/4
- 520071924/4
- 62009–4/4
- 72011–3/4
- 820112724/4
- 920123204/4
- 1020135184/4
- 1120143364/4
- 122015–4/4
- 1320163524/4
- 142018–4/4
- 1520183524/4
- 1620213524/4
- 1720233044/4
- 182025–4/4
- 192027–3/4
Megan Abbott books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Megan Abbott Standalone Novels
13 books13 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Megan Abbott Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Megan Abbott Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Megan Abbott Graphic Novels in order
1 bookAkashic Drug Chronicles in order
1 bookBibliomysteries in order
1 book- 21. The Little Men
Akashic Noir in order
1 book- 58. USA Noir
Do you have to read Megan Abbott books in order?
You only need to read Megan Abbott books in order within the Megan Abbott Graphic Novels series, which holds 1 of the 19 Megan Abbott books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Megan Abbott
Start with The Street Was Mine (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Megan Abbott book?
El Dorado Drive (2025) is the newest Megan Abbott book released so far.
Is there a new Megan Abbott book coming?
Yes. The Dear Ones (2027) is the next Megan Abbott book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Awards Megan Abbott has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Megan Abbott. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Edgar Awards2006Won
Megan Abbott at a glance
- Still publishing
- Megan Abbott is still publishing. The Dear Ones is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Megan Abbott books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,141 pages across the 13 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Megan Abbott books, 9 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 16 of the 19 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Megan Abbott books are about
13 of the 19 Megan Abbott books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: psychological fiction is tagged on 5 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Psychological fiction 5 of 13 books
- Suspense 4 of 13 books
- Friendship 3 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 13 books
- American Noir fiction 2 of 13 books
- Coming of age 2 of 13 books
- Crime 2 of 13 books