Natalie Haynes Books in Order

Natalie Haynes has written 10 books, published between 2007 and 2026. The first book is The Great Escape (2007) and the newest is No Friend to This House (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2007–2026
Pages on record
1,564 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,564 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Natalie Haynes, author

Natalie Haynes is an English writer, broadcaster and classicist who retells Greek myth with the women at the front. The 10 catalogued books include The Ancient Guide to Modern Life (2010), The Children of Jocasta (2017), A Thousand Ships (2019), Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (2020), Stone Blind (2022) and Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth (2023). The run opens with The Great Escape (2007) and reaches No Friend to This House (2026). Haynes describes herself as a recovering comedian.

How many Natalie Haynes books are there?

Natalie Haynes has 10 books, released between 2007 and 2026.

Natalie Haynes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Natalie Haynes 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.

  1. 1
    The Great Escape2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007
  2. 2
    The Ancient Guide to Modern Life2010 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010275
  3. 3
    The Furies / The Amber Fury2014 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014297
  4. 4
    The Children of Jocasta2017 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017304
  5. 52019
  6. 6
    A Thousand Ships2019 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019368
  7. 7
    Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020320
  8. 8
    Stone Blind2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  9. 92023
  10. 10
    No Friend to This House2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026

Natalie Haynes 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

10 books

10 Natalie Haynes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Natalie Haynes books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Natalie Haynes books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Natalie Haynes

Start with The Great Escape (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Natalie Haynes book?

No Friend to This House (2026) is the newest Natalie Haynes book released so far.

Is there a new Natalie Haynes book coming?

No next Natalie Haynes book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Natalie Haynes at a glance

Still publishing
Natalie Haynes published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Natalie Haynes books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,564 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Natalie Haynes books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Natalie Haynes books are about

8 of the 10 Natalie Haynes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: religion is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.