Michelle Richmond Books in Order
Michelle Richmond has written 9 books, published between 2001 and 2021. The first book is The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001) and the newest is The Wonder Test (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2001–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,490 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 42–62 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,490 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Michelle Richmond is an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. The Year of Fog (2006) reached the New York Times bestseller list and The Marriage Pact (2017) the Sunday Times list. Nine catalogued books run from The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001) to The Wonder Test (2021), taking in the collection Hum: Stories (2010) and Golden State (2014). Subject headings name sisters, married women, missing children, loss and death, with Alabama among the settings. Readers looking for Michelle Richmond books in order begin in 2001.
How many Michelle Richmond books are there?
Michelle Richmond has 9 books, released between 2001 and 2021.
Michelle Richmond Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Michelle Richmond 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.
- 1The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress2001 · 169 pages · confirmed 2/420011692/4
- 2Dream of the Blue Room2003 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/420032942/4
- 3The Year of Fog2006 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/420063692/4
- 4No One You Know2008 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/420083062/4
- 5Hum: Stories2010 · 168 pages · confirmed 2/420101682/4
- 6Story Starters2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 7Golden State2014 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420142882/4
- 8The Marriage Pact2017 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/420174482/4
- 9The Wonder Test2021 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/420214482/4
Michelle Richmond 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.
Standalone books
9 books9 Michelle Richmond titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michelle Richmond books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Michelle Richmond books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Michelle Richmond
Start with The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michelle Richmond book?
The Wonder Test (2021) is the newest Michelle Richmond book released so far.
Is there a new Michelle Richmond book coming?
No next Michelle Richmond book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Michelle Richmond at a glance
- Paused
- No new Michelle Richmond title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Michelle Richmond books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,490 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 300 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michelle Richmond books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Michelle Richmond books are about
8 of the 9 Michelle Richmond books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: death is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Death 2 of 8 books
- Short stories 2 of 8 books
- Sisters 2 of 8 books