Sally Hepworth Books in Order

Sally Hepworth has written 12 books, published between 2015 and 2026. The first book is The Secrets of Midwives (2015) and the newest is Mad Mabel (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2015–2026
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Pages on record
2,496 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
42–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,496 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Sally Hepworth, author of the Sally Hepworth Standalone Novels series

Sally Hepworth is an Australian novelist. The Secrets of Midwives (2015), the first title in the catalogue, is also Hepworth's best-known book, and The Good Sister (2021) won the Davitt Award for Adult Novel that year. The catalogue lists 12 books from 2015 to 2026, among them The Family Next Door (2018), The Mother-in-Law (2019) and The Soulmate (2023). Subjects include family secrets, midwives, Alzheimer's disease and suspense. Mad Mabel (2026) is the newest.

How many Sally Hepworth books are there?

Sally Hepworth has 12 books, released between 2015 and 2026.

Sally Hepworth Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Sally Hepworth books in the order they were released, 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 Secrets of MidwivesSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #12015 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015336
  2. 2
    The Things We KeepSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #22016 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016352
  3. 3
    The Mother's PromiseSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #32017 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017400
  4. 4
    The Family Next DoorSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #42018 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018352
  5. 5
    The Mother-in-LawSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #52019 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019352
  6. 6
    The Good SisterSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #62021 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021352
  7. 7
    The Younger WifeSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #72021 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021352
  8. 8
    Uncharted WatersGetaway #12022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022
  9. 9
    The SoulmateSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #82023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023
  10. 10
    Darling GirlsSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #92023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023
  11. 11
    The Ex-Wives ClubAlibis Collection #42025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025
  12. 12
    Mad MabelSally Hepworth Standalone Novels #102026 · confirmed 4/4
    2026

Sally Hepworth 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.

Sally Hepworth Standalone Novels

10 books

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

Getaway in order

1 book
  1. 1. Uncharted Waters

Alibis Collection

1 book

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

Do you have to read Sally Hepworth books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 Sally Hepworth books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

What order should you read Sally Hepworth books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Secrets of Midwives (2015), the earliest published title. After it come The Things We Keep (2016), The Mother's Promise (2017), The Family Next Door (2018), The Mother-in-Law (2019), The Good Sister (2021), The Younger Wife (2021), Uncharted Waters (2022), The Soulmate (2023), Darling Girls (2023), The Ex-Wives Club (2025) and Mad Mabel (2026).

What is the newest Sally Hepworth book?

Mad Mabel (2026) is the newest Sally Hepworth book released so far.

Is there a new Sally Hepworth book coming?

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

Sally Hepworth at a glance

Still publishing
Sally Hepworth published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Sally Hepworth books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,496 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sally Hepworth books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
10 of the 12 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Sally Hepworth books are about

6 of the 12 Sally Hepworth books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.