Paula Hawkins Books in Order

Paula Hawkins has written 5 books, published between 2015 and 2024. The first book is The Girl on the Train (2015) and the newest is The Blue Hour (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Paula Hawkins also publishes as Amy Silver books in order.

Books
5
Published
2015–2024
Confirmed
5 of 5 titles
Pages on record
708 in 2 of 5 books
Photo of Paula Hawkins, author

Paula Hawkins is a British author, born 26 August 1972, whose psychological thriller The Girl on the Train (2015) became a top seller. The Girl on the Train takes up domestic violence, alcohol and drug abuse, and was filmed in 2016 with Emily Blunt. Into the Water (2017) was the second Hawkins thriller. The catalogue lists 5 books: The Girl on the Train, Into the Water, A Slow Fire Burning (2021), Blind Spot (2022) and The Blue Hour (2024).

How many Paula Hawkins books are there?

Paula Hawkins has 5 books, released between 2015 and 2024.

Paula Hawkins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Paula Hawkins 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 Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins Standalone Novels #12015 · confirmed 4/4
    2015
  2. 2
    Into the WaterPaula Hawkins Standalone Novels #22017 · 388 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017388
  3. 3
    A Slow Fire BurningPaula Hawkins Standalone Novels #32021 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021320
  4. 4
    Blind SpotPaula Hawkins Short Stories/Novellas #12022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022
  5. 5
    The Blue HourPaula Hawkins Standalone Novels #42024 · confirmed 4/4
    2024

Paula Hawkins 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.

Paula Hawkins Standalone Novels

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Paula Hawkins Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Paula Hawkins books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 5 Paula Hawkins books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Paula Hawkins

Start with The Girl on the Train (2015), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Paula Hawkins book?

The Blue Hour (2024) is the newest Paula Hawkins book released so far.

Is there a new Paula Hawkins book coming?

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

Paula Hawkins at a glance

Still publishing
Paula Hawkins published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Paula Hawkins books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
708 pages across the 2 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 354 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Paula Hawkins books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
4 of the 5 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Paula Hawkins books are about

3 of the 5 Paula Hawkins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Alcoholics 1 of 3 books
  • Commuters 1 of 3 books
  • Crimes against Women 1 of 3 books
  • Criminal investigation 1 of 3 books
  • Drowning victims 1 of 3 books
  • English literature 1 of 3 books
  • Homecoming 1 of 3 books
  • Murder victims 1 of 3 books
  • Railroad travel 1 of 3 books
  • Rivers 1 of 3 books
  • Sisters 1 of 3 books
  • Strangers 1 of 3 books