Sophie Hannah Books in Order
Sophie Hannah has written 52 books, published between 1992 and 2026. The first book is Carrot the Goldfish (1992) and the newest is The Opposite of Murder (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 52
- Published
- 1992–2026
- Confirmed
- 52 of 52 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,189 in 28 of 52 books
- Reading time
- 103–155 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,189 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 52 titles with a page count on record.
Sophie Hannah writes crime fiction and poetry. The Zailer & Waterhouse mysteries carry the suspense line, and Hannah also writes new Hercule Poirot mysteries; the catalogue's early titles, from Carrot the Goldfish (1992) onward, include the poetry collections Hotels like Houses (1997) and Leaving and Leaving You (1999). Missing persons, private investigation and England recur as subjects. Fifty-two books are catalogued, and The Opposite of Murder is the most recent.
How many Sophie Hannah books are there?
Sophie Hannah has 52 books, released between 1992 and 2026. They include 4 separate series.
Sophie Hannah Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 52 Sophie Hannah 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.
- 11992483/4
- 21994253/4
- 31995643/4
- 41997283/4
- 51997643/4
- 619993553/4
- 71999643/4
- 82000893/4
- 920003873/4
- 102002483/4
- 1120024393/4
- 122003643/4
- 132005323/4
- 142006–3/4
- 1520062083/4
- 162007–3/4
- 172007643/4
- 182008–3/4
- 19The Fantastic Book of Everybody's SecretsSophie Hannah Short Story #82008 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/420082723/4
- 202009–3/4
- 212010–3/4
- 222010–3/4
- 232011–3/4
- 242012–3/4
- 252012–3/4
- 262013–3/4
- 2720143203/4
- 2820143043/4
- 292014–3/4
- 3020142403/4
- 312015–3/4
- 322015–3/4
- 3320154803/4
- 342015–3/4
- 3520152723/4
- 3620163203/4
- 3720164003/4
- 382016–3/4
- 392016–3/4
- 40Keep Her Safe / Did You See Melody?Sophie Hannah Standalone Novels #62017 · 346 pages · confirmed 3/420173463/4
- 412018–3/4
- 4220183443/4
- 4320192723/4
- 4420193524/4
- 452020–3/4
- 4620202883/4
- 472020–3/4
- 482022–3/4
- 492023–3/4
- 502025–3/4
- 512025–3/4
- 522026–3/4
Sophie Hannah 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.
Zailer & Waterhouse Mysteries in order
14 books- 1. Little Face
- 2. Hurting Distance / The Truth-Teller\'s Lie
- 3. The Wrong Mother / The Point of Rescue
- 4. The Other Half Lives / The Dead Lie Down
- 5. A Room Swept White / The Cradle in the Grave
- 6. Lasting Damage / The Other Woman\'s House
- 7. Kind of Cruel
- 8. The Carrier
- 9. The Telling Error / Woman with a Secret
- 10. The Tennis Church
- 11. The Narrow Bed / The Next to Die
- 12. The Dwelling
- and 2 more in the table above
Sophie Hannah Short Story
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sophie Hannah Standalone Novels
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
New Hercule Poirot Mysteries in order
6 booksSophie Hannah Picture in order
3 booksSophie Hannah in order
3 booksSophie Hannah Short Stories/Novellas
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sophie Hannah Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
B A Paris Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sophie Hannah Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Sophie Hannah books run from Carrot the Goldfish (1992) to The Opposite of Murder (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sophie Hannah in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Sophie Hannah books in order?
You only need to read Sophie Hannah 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 Sophie Hannah
Start with Carrot the Goldfish (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sophie Hannah book?
The Opposite of Murder (2026) is the newest Sophie Hannah book released so far.
Is there a new Sophie Hannah book coming?
No next Sophie Hannah book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Sophie Hannah has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Sophie Hannah. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Eric Gregory Award1995Won
Sophie Hannah at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sophie Hannah published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Sophie Hannah books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,189 pages across the 28 of 52 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sophie Hannah books, 24 of 52, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 52 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Sophie Hannah books are about
25 of the 52 Sophie Hannah books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: poetry is tagged on 8 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Poetry 8 of 25 books
- Suspense 6 of 25 books
- Crime 4 of 25 books
- Thrillers 4 of 25 books
- Private investigators 3 of 25 books
- England 2 of 25 books
- English literature 2 of 25 books
- London (England) 2 of 25 books
- Missing persons 2 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 2 of 25 books