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Sarah Perry Books in Order

Sarah Perry has written 8 books, published between 2014 and 2025. The first book is After Me Comes the Flood (2014) and the newest is Death of an Ordinary Man (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2014–2025
Pages on record
479 in 2 of 8 books
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Photo of Sarah Perry, author

Sarah Perry is an English author, born in 1979, whose work has been translated into 22 languages. Four novels carry her name: After Me Comes the Flood in 2014, The Essex Serpent in 2016, Melmoth in 2018 and Enlightenment in 2024. Eight titles are catalogued in all, adding A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales and Poems of the Gothic (2019), Essex Girls (2020) and Death of an Ordinary Man (2025). Gothic, supernatural and psychological material runs through the fiction. Perry was appointed Chancellor of the University of Essex in July 2023, taking up the role that August.

How many Sarah Perry books are there?

Sarah Perry has 8 books, released between 2014 and 2025.

Sarah Perry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Sarah Perry 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 After Me Comes the Flood by Sarah Perry (2014)
  2. Cover of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (2016)
  3. Cover of Melmoth by Sarah Perry (2018)
  1. 1
    After Me Comes the Flood2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  2. 2
    The Essex Serpent2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  3. 3
    Melmoth2018 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018271
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales and Poems of the Gothic2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Essex Girls2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    If...2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Enlightenment2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  8. 8
    Death of an Ordinary Man2025 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025208
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Sarah Perry 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.

Standalone books

8 books

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

Do you have to read Sarah Perry books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Sarah Perry books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Sarah Perry

Start with After Me Comes the Flood (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sarah Perry book?

Death of an Ordinary Man (2025) is the newest Sarah Perry book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah Perry book coming?

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

Award nominations for Sarah Perry

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Sarah Perry. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel2019Shortlistedfor Melmoth

Sarah Perry at a glance

Still publishing
Sarah Perry published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Sarah Perry books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
479 pages across the 2 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah Perry books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2020s.

What the Sarah Perry books are about

3 of the 8 Sarah Perry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.