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Sarah Rayner Books in Order

Sarah Rayner has written 14 books, published between 2001 and 2022. The first book is The Other Half (2001) and the newest is Making Friends with the Menopause (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2001–2022
Pages on record
2,160 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
36–54 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,160 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Sarah Rayner checklist

Sarah Rayner is a British novelist who grew up in Richmond and lives in Brighton. Before writing fiction full-time, Rayner worked as an advertising copywriter. The third novel, One Moment, One Morning (2010), became the breakout book; its story follows three women affected by a death on a train. The catalogue lists 14 books from The Other Half (2001) to Making Friends with the Menopause (2022), including Getting Even, The Two Week Wait and Making Friends with Anxiety. Subject tags include female friendship, marriage, revenge and infertility.

How many Sarah Rayner books are there?

Sarah Rayner has 14 books, released between 2001 and 2022. 7 of them belong to the Making Friends series.

Sarah Rayner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Sarah Rayner 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 The Other Half by Sarah Rayner (2001)
  2. Cover of Getting Even by Sarah Rayner (2002)
  3. Cover of One Moment, One Morning by Sarah Rayner (2010)
  4. Cover of The Two Week Wait by Sarah Rayner (2012)
  5. Cover of Another Night, Another Day by Sarah Rayner (2014)
  6. Cover of More Making Friends with Anxiety by Sarah Rayner, book 2 of the Making Friends series (2016)
  7. Cover of Making Peace with Depression by Sarah Rayner, book 3 of the Making Friends series (2017)
  8. Cover of Making Peace with Divorce by Sarah Rayner, book 5 of the Making Friends series (2017)
  9. Cover of Making Peace with the End of Life by Sarah Rayner, book 6 of the Making Friends series (2017)
  10. Cover of Making Friends with the Menopause by Sarah Rayner, book 7 of the Making Friends series (2022)
  1. 1
    The Other Half2001 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001291
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  2. 2
    Getting Even2002 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002312
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  3. 3
    One Moment, One Morning2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  4. 4
    The Two Week Wait2012 · 423 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012423
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  5. 5
    Making Friends with AnxietyMaking Friends #12014 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014130
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  6. 6
    Another Night, Another Day2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  7. 7
    More Making Friends with AnxietyMaking Friends #22016 · 132 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016132
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  8. 8
    Making Peace with DepressionMaking Friends #32017 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017136
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  9. 9
    Making Friends with your FertilityMaking Friends #42017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  10. 10
    Making Peace with DivorceMaking Friends #52017 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017202
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  11. 11
    Making Peace with the End of LifeMaking Friends #62017 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017220
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  12. 12
    No More Tigers2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  13. 13
    Searching for Mr. Yesterday2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    Making Friends with the MenopauseMaking Friends #72022 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022314
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Sarah Rayner 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.

Making Friends in order

7 books
  1. 1. Making Friends with Anxiety
  2. 2. More Making Friends with Anxiety
  3. 3. Making Peace with Depression
  4. 4. Making Friends with your Fertility
  5. 5. Making Peace with Divorce
  6. 6. Making Peace with the End of Life
  7. 7. Making Friends with the Menopause

Standalone books

7 books

7 Sarah Rayner titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sarah Rayner books in order?

You only need to read Sarah Rayner books in order within the Making Friends series, which holds 7 of the 14 Sarah Rayner books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Sarah Rayner

Start with The Other Half (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sarah Rayner book?

Making Friends with the Menopause (2022) is the newest Sarah Rayner book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah Rayner book coming?

No next Sarah Rayner 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 Rayner at a glance

Paused
No new Sarah Rayner title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Sarah Rayner books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,160 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 220 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah Rayner books, 9 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sarah Rayner books are about

5 of the 14 Sarah Rayner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: contemporary is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.