Sarah Rayne Books in Order
Sarah Rayne has written 39 books, published between 1982 and 2025. The first book is Mask of the Fox (As:Bridget Wood) (1982) and the newest is The Face Stealer (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 1982–2025
- Pages on record
- 10,043 in 29 of 39 books
- Reading time
- 167–251 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,043 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 39 titles with a page count on record.
Sarah Rayne writes suspense and horror built on old buildings and their histories. The first ten novels appeared as Bridget Wood from 1982, among them Mask of the Fox (1982), Wolfking (1991) and Sorceress (1994). Under her own name Rayne heads four series: Nell West and Michael Flint, Phineas Fox, Wolfking and Theater of Thieves. Haunted houses, missing persons, twins and secrecy recur across 39 books dated 1982 to 2025, at a median 279 pages. Rayne is the daughter of an Irish comedy actor, was educated at a convent where she wrote plays for the Lower Third, and spent years in amateur theatre; her books have also been published in America, Holland and Germany.
How many Sarah Rayne books are there?
Sarah Rayne has 39 books, released between 1982 and 2025. They include 4 series and 20 titles listed outside any series.
Sarah Rayne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Sarah Rayne 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.
- 1Mask of the Fox (As:Bridget Wood)1982 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/419822061/4
- 2The Chessmen (As:Bridget Wood)1983 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/419831881/4
- 3The Devil In Amber (As:Bridget Wood)1984 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419841921/4
- 4Rose Window (As:Bridget Wood)1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 5The Minstrel's Lute (As:Bridget Wood)1987 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/419872061/4
- 6Satanic Lute (As:Bridget Wood)1987 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419871921/4
- 719915461/4
- 819924721/4
- 91993–1/4
- 1019946001/4
- 11The Devils Piper (As: Frances Gordon)1995 · 534 pages · confirmed 1/419955341/4
- 12Blood Ritual (As: Frances Gordon)1995 · 498 pages · confirmed 1/419954981/4
- 13The Burning Altar (As: Frances Gordon)1996 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/419963111/4
- 14Thorn An Immortal Tale (As: Frances Gordon)1997 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/419974161/4
- 15Changeling (As: Frances Gordon)1998 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/419982791/4
- 16Wildwood (As: Frances Gordon)1999 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/419993141/4
- 17Tower of Silence2003 · 491 pages · confirmed 1/420034911/4
- 18A Dark Dividing2004 · 470 pages · confirmed 1/420044701/4
- 19Roots of Evil2005 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/420053861/4
- 20Spider Light2006 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420064161/4
- 21The Death Chamber2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 22Ghost Song2009 · 471 pages · confirmed 1/420094711/4
- 23House of the Lost2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 2420112561/4
- 25What Lies Beneath2011 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/420115761/4
- 2620122721/4
- 2720132561/4
- 2820142401/4
- 2920152401/4
- 302016–1/4
- 3120172561/4
- 3220172521/4
- 3320182511/4
- 3420192561/4
- 352021–1/4
- 362022–1/4
- 372023–1/4
- 382024–1/4
- 392025–1/4
Sarah Rayne 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.
Nell West/Michael Flint in order
6 booksPhineas Fox in order
6 booksWolfking in order
4 booksTheater of Thieves in order
3 booksStandalone books
20 books20 Sarah Rayne titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sarah Rayne books in order?
You only need to read Sarah Rayne books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Sarah Rayne
Start with Mask of the Fox (As:Bridget Wood) (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sarah Rayne book?
The Face Stealer (2025) is the newest Sarah Rayne book released so far.
Is there a new Sarah Rayne book coming?
No next Sarah Rayne 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 Rayne at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sarah Rayne published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Sarah Rayne books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,043 pages across the 29 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 279 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sarah Rayne books, 12 of 39, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sarah Rayne books are about
24 of the 39 Sarah Rayne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 7 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 7 of 24 books
- Suspense 6 of 24 books
- England 4 of 24 books
- Horror 4 of 24 books
- Missing persons 4 of 24 books
- English literature 3 of 24 books
- Haunted houses 3 of 24 books
- Secrecy 3 of 24 books
- Authors 2 of 24 books
- Composers 2 of 24 books
- Novelists 2 of 24 books