Sarah Moss Books in Order

Sarah Moss has written 15 books, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is Scott's Last Biscuit (2004) and the newest is Ripeness (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2004–2025
Pages on record
3,225 in 11 of 15 books
Reading time
54–81 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,225 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

Sarah Moss FRSL, born 1975, is an English writer and academic with eight novels, two memoirs, non-fiction and academic works to date, and a ninth novel, Ripeness, published in 2025. Moss has been nominated three times for the Wellcome Book Prize and became assistant professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin in September 2020. The catalogue lists 15 books, from Scott's Last Biscuit (2004) and The Frozen Ship (2006) through Night Waking (2011), Names for the Sea (2012), Bodies of Light (2014) and The Tidal Zone (2016). Polar exploration and travel writing appear in the subjects.

How many Sarah Moss books are there?

Sarah Moss has 15 books, released between 2004 and 2025.

Sarah Moss Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Sarah Moss 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
    Scott's Last Biscuit2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004
  2. 2
    The Frozen Ship2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006256
  3. 3
    Cold Earth2009 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009280
  4. 4
    ChocolateEdible #42009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  5. 5
    Spilling the Beans2010 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010224
  6. 6
    Night Waking2011 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011416
  7. 7
    Names for the Sea2012 · 358 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012358
  8. 8
    Bodies of Light2014 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014311
  9. 9
    Signs for Lost Children2015 · 420 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015420
  10. 10
    The Tidal Zone2016 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016336
  11. 11
    Ghost Wall2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  12. 12
    Summerwater2020 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020176
  13. 13
    The Fell2021 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021144
  14. 14
    My Good Bright Wolf2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024
  15. 15
    Ripeness2025 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025304

Sarah Moss 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.

Edible in order

1 book
  1. 4. Chocolate

Standalone books

14 books

14 Sarah Moss titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sarah Moss books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 15 Sarah Moss books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Sarah Moss

Start with Scott's Last Biscuit (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sarah Moss book?

Ripeness (2025) is the newest Sarah Moss book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah Moss book coming?

No next Sarah Moss 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 Moss at a glance

Still publishing
Sarah Moss published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Sarah Moss books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,225 pages across the 11 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah Moss books, 7 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sarah Moss books are about

12 of the 15 Sarah Moss books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: travel is tagged on 2 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.