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Sarah Lotz Books in Order

Sarah Lotz has written 19 books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is Pompidou Posse (2008) and the newest is How to Kill a Crime Writer (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
2008–2026
Pages on record
4,318 in 13 of 19 books
Reading time
72–108 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,318 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Sarah Lotz is a British-South African novelist working in thriller, suspense and horror. The catalogue holds 19 books published between 2008 and 2026, opening with Pompidou Posse (2008) and reaching How to Kill a Crime Writer (2026). Subject headings for the work take in South African fiction in English, survival, erotica, humour and children's fiction. Two series are credited to Lotz: Deadlands and A Girl Walks...

How many Sarah Lotz books are there?

Sarah Lotz has 19 books, released between 2008 and 2026. They include 3 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.

Sarah Lotz Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Sarah Lotz 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 Pompidou Posse by Sarah Lotz (2008)
  2. Cover of Deadlands by Sarah Lotz, book 1 of the Deadlands series (2011)
  3. Cover of A Girl Walks Into a Bar by Sarah Lotz, book 1 of the A Girl Walks... series (2013)
  4. Cover of A Girl Walks Into a Wedding by Sarah Lotz, book 2 of the A Girl Walks... series (2013)
  5. Cover of Death of a Saint by Sarah Lotz, book 2 of the Deadlands series (2013)
  6. Cover of The Army Of The Lost by Sarah Lotz, book 3 of the Deadlands series (2014)
  7. Cover of Body in the Woods by Sarah Lotz (2017)
  8. Cover of Missing Person by Sarah Lotz (2019)
  9. Cover of The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz (2022)
  1. 1
    Pompidou Posse2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  2. 2
    DeadlandsDeadlands #12011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  3. 3
    AfroSFAfroSF #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    A Girl Walks Into a BarA Girl Walks... #12013 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013261
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  5. 5
    A Girl Walks Into a WeddingA Girl Walks... #22013 · 313 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013313
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  6. 6
    Death of a SaintDeadlands #22013 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013384
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  7. 7
    The ThreeThree #12014 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014480
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  8. 8
    A Girl Walks into a Blind DateA Girl Walks... #32014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  9. 9
    The Army Of The LostDeadlands #32014 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014336
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  10. 10
    The Apartment (As:S.L. Grey)2015 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015272
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  11. 11
    Ash RemainsDeadlands #42015 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015288
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  12. 12
    Day FourThree #22016 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016352
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  13. 13
    Skin DeepFive Stories High Books #52016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  14. 14
    Body in the Woods2017 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201796
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  15. 15
    The White Road2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Missing Person2019 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019480
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  17. 17
    Reborn2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020400
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  18. 18
    The Impossible Us2022 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022336
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  19. 19
    How to Kill a Crime Writer2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Sarah Lotz series in order

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

Sarah Lotz 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.

A Girl Walks... in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Girl Walks Into a Bar
  2. 2. A Girl Walks Into a Wedding
  3. 3. A Girl Walks into a Blind Date

Three in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Three
  2. 2. Day Four

AfroSF in order

1 book
  1. 1. AfroSF

Five Stories High Books in order

1 book
  1. 5. Skin Deep

Standalone books

8 books

8 Sarah Lotz titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sarah Lotz books in order?

You only need to read Sarah Lotz books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Sarah Lotz

Start with Deadlands (2011), the first Deadlands book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Pompidou Posse (2008).

What is the newest Sarah Lotz book?

How to Kill a Crime Writer (2026) is the newest Sarah Lotz book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah Lotz book coming?

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

Sarah Lotz at a glance

Still publishing
Sarah Lotz published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Sarah Lotz books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,318 pages across the 13 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah Lotz books, 15 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sarah Lotz books are about

13 of the 19 Sarah Lotz books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.