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 200–300 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.
- 1Scott's Last Biscuit2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 2The Frozen Ship2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420062561/4
- 3Cold Earth2009 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/420092801/4
- 42009–1/4
- 5Spilling the Beans2010 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420102241/4
- 6Night Waking2011 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420114161/4
- 7Names for the Sea2012 · 358 pages · confirmed 1/420123581/4
- 8Bodies of Light2014 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/420143111/4
- 9Signs for Lost Children2015 · 420 pages · confirmed 1/420154201/4
- 10The Tidal Zone2016 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420163361/4
- 11Ghost Wall2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 12Summerwater2020 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420201761/4
- 13The Fell2021 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420211441/4
- 14My Good Bright Wolf2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 15Ripeness2025 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420253041/4
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- 4. Chocolate
Standalone books
14 books14 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.
- Travel 2 of 12 books
- Discovery and exploration 2 of 12 books
- Fathers and daughters 2 of 12 books
- Great Britain 2 of 12 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 12 books
- History 2 of 12 books
- History and criticism 2 of 12 books









