Friday Barnes Books in Order
Friday Barnes by R.A. Spratt contains 13 books, published between 2014 and 2025. The first book is Girl Detective (2014) and the newest is In Plain Sight (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2014–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,153 in 8 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 36–54 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,153 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Friday Barnes is a schoolgirl detective created by R.A. Spratt for younger readers. Girl Detective (2014) opens a run of 13 books, and the subject tags name boarding schools, genius, girls and detective fiction. Titles such as Under Suspicion, The Plot Thickens and Never Fear follow, through to In Plain Sight (2025). The Friday Barnes series remains in active publication.
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How many Friday Barnes books are there?
Friday Barnes has 13 books, released between 2014 and 2025.
Friday Barnes Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Friday Barnes 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 November 2026.
- 1Girl Detective2014 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/420142651/4
- 2Under Suspicion2019 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420192721/4
- 3Big Trouble2015 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420152722/4
- 4No Rules2016 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420162562/4
- 5The Plot Thickens2016 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420162562/4
- 6Danger Ahead2017 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420172722/4
- 7Bitter Enemies2017 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420172722/4
- 8Never Fear2018 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420182882/4
- 9No Escape2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 10Undercover2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 11Last Chance2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 12Collision Course2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 13In Plain Sight2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Is there a chronological order for Friday Barnes?
No separate chronological order is on record for Friday Barnes, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Friday Barnes books in order?
You should read the Friday Barnes books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Friday Barnes book also stands alone.
Where to start with Friday Barnes
Start with Girl Detective (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Friday Barnes book?
In Plain Sight (2025) is the newest Friday Barnes book released so far.
Is there a new Friday Barnes book coming?
No next Friday Barnes book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Friday Barnes at a glance
- Still running
- Friday Barnes is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Friday Barnes books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,153 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Friday Barnes books, 8 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
When Friday Barnes books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Friday Barnes titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 8 titles.
13 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Friday Barnes books are about
8 of the 13 Friday Barnes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 8 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 8 of 8 books
- Children's fiction 5 of 8 books
- Boarding schools 4 of 8 books
- Genius 4 of 8 books
- Schools 4 of 8 books
- Girls 2 of 8 books
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The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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