Patricia MacDonald Books in Order
Patricia MacDonald has written 20 books, published between 1981 and 2018. The first book is The Unforgiven (1981) and the newest is Safe Haven (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1981–2018
- Pages on record
- 4,844 in 14 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 81–121 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,844 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Patricia MacDonald writes psychological suspense. Twenty books are catalogued between The Unforgiven (1981) and Safe Haven (2018), among them Stranger in the House (1983), Little Sister (1986), Mother's Day (1994), Lost Innocents (1998) and The Girl Next Door (2004). Murder, mothers, marriage, sisters and the parents of murder victims are the recurring subjects. Nothing has been catalogued since 2018.
How many Patricia MacDonald books are there?
Patricia MacDonald has 20 books, released between 1981 and 2018.
Patricia MacDonald Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Patricia MacDonald 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.
- 119813841/4
- 219833841/4
- 319863641/4
- 419893841/4
- 519943721/4
- 619953741/4
- 71998–1/4
- 820024641/4
- 920033521/4
- 1020042921/4
- 1120063841/4
- 1220073841/4
- 1320092461/4
- 142011–1/4
- 152011–1/4
- 1620132241/4
- 172014–1/4
- 182016–1/4
- 1920182361/4
- 202018–1/4
Patricia MacDonald 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.
Totally Gripping Psychological Thrillers in order
20 books- 1. The Unforgiven
- 2. Stranger in the House
- 3. Little Sister
- 4. No Way Home
- 5. Mother's Day
- 6. Secret Admirer
- 7. Lost Innocents
- 8. Not Guilty
- 9. Suspicious Origin
- 10. The Girl Next Door
- 11. Married to a Stranger
- 12. Stolen in the Night
- and 8 more in the table above
Do you have to read Patricia MacDonald books in order?
You only need to read Patricia MacDonald books in order within the Totally Gripping Psychological Thrillers series, which holds 20 of the 20 Patricia MacDonald books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Patricia MacDonald
Start with The Unforgiven (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Patricia MacDonald book?
Safe Haven (2018) is the newest Patricia MacDonald book released so far.
Is there a new Patricia MacDonald book coming?
No next Patricia MacDonald book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Patricia MacDonald at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Patricia MacDonald title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Patricia MacDonald books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,844 pages across the 14 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 373 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Patricia MacDonald books, 7 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Patricia MacDonald books are about
16 of the 20 Patricia MacDonald books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 7 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 7 of 16 books
- Murder 4 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 16 books
- Mothers 2 of 16 books
- Suspense 2 of 16 books