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Sara Sheridan Books in Order

Sara Sheridan has written 20 books, published between 1998 and 2021. The first book is Truth or Dare (1998) and the newest is The Fair Botanists (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1998–2021
Pages on record
4,013 in 14 of 20 books
Reading time
67–100 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,013 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.

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Photo of Sara Sheridan, author

Scottish writer and activist Sara Sheridan, born in 1968, works across several genres but mostly in historical fiction. Sheridan created the Mirabelle Bevan mysteries, and Women on the Tear is a second series. The 20 Sheridan books start with Truth or Dare (1998), and children's fiction appears among the subjects alongside Ma Polinski's Pockets (1999) and I'm Me! (2011). Brighton Belle and London Calling came out in 2012. The Fair Botanists (2021) is the latest.

How many Sara Sheridan books are there?

Sara Sheridan has 20 books, released between 1998 and 2021. They include 2 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Sara Sheridan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Sara Sheridan 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. Cover of Truth or Dare by Sara Sheridan, book 1 of the Women on the Tear series (1998)
  2. Cover of Ma Polinski's Pockets by Sara Sheridan, book 2 of the Women on the Tear series (1999)
  3. Cover of The Pleasure Express by Sara Sheridan, book 3 of the Women on the Tear series (2000)
  4. Cover of The Blessed and the Damned by Sara Sheridan (2001)
  5. Cover of The Secret Mandarin by Sara Sheridan (2009)
  6. Cover of I'm Me! by Sara Sheridan (2011)
  7. Cover of Secret of the Sands by Sara Sheridan (2011)
  8. Cover of Brighton Belle by Sara Sheridan, book 1 of the Mirabelle Bevan Mystery series (2012)
  9. Cover of British Bulldog by Sara Sheridan, book 4 of the Mirabelle Bevan Mystery series (2015)
  10. Cover of On Starlit Seas by Sara Sheridan (2016)
  11. Cover of The Ice Maiden by Sara Sheridan (2018)
  1. 1
    Truth or DareWomen on the Tear #11998 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998242
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  2. 2
    Ma Polinski's PocketsWomen on the Tear #21999 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999265
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  3. 3
    The Pleasure ExpressWomen on the Tear #32000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  4. 4
    The Blessed and the Damned2001 · 59 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200159
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  5. 5
    The Secret Mandarin2009 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009386
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  6. 6
    I'm Me!2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    Secret of the Sands2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  8. 8
    Brighton BelleMirabelle Bevan Mystery #12012 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012248
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  9. 9
    London CallingMirabelle Bevan Mystery #22012 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012265
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  10. 10
    The Love SquadWomen on the Tear #42012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    England ExpectsMirabelle Bevan Mystery #32014 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014290
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  12. 12
    British BulldogMirabelle Bevan Mystery #42015 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015282
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  13. 13
    On Starlit Seas2016 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016448
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  14. 14
    Operation GoodwoodMirabelle Bevan Mystery #52016 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016288
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  15. 15
    Russian RouletteMirabelle Bevan Mystery #62017 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017304
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  16. 16
    The Ice Maiden2018 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018248
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  17. 17
    Where are the Women?A Guide to an Imagined Scotland2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  18. 18
    Indian SummerMirabelle Bevan Mystery #72019 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019352
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  19. 19
    Highland FlingMirabelle Bevan Mystery #82020 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020336
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  20. 20
    The Fair Botanists2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Sara Sheridan series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Sara Sheridan 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.

Women on the Tear in order

4 books
  1. 1. Truth or Dare
  2. 2. Ma Polinski's Pockets
  3. 3. The Pleasure Express
  4. 4. The Love Squad

Standalone books

8 books

8 Sara Sheridan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sara Sheridan books in order?

You only need to read Sara Sheridan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Sara Sheridan

Start with Brighton Belle (2012), the first Mirabelle Bevan Mystery book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Truth or Dare (1998).

What is the newest Sara Sheridan book?

The Fair Botanists (2021) is the newest Sara Sheridan book released so far.

Is there a new Sara Sheridan book coming?

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

Sara Sheridan at a glance

Paused
No new Sara Sheridan title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Sara Sheridan books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,013 pages across the 14 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 285 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sara Sheridan books, 13 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sara Sheridan books are about

17 of the 20 Sara Sheridan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 6 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.