Walsh Family Books in Order
Walsh Family contains 9 books, published between 1995 and 2024. The first book is Watermelon (1995) and the newest is My Favourite Mistake (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1995–2024
- Confirmed
- 8 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,869 in 4 of 9 books
The Walsh Family series by Marian Keyes begins with Watermelon (1995). Rachel's Holiday (1997), Angels (2002), Anybody Out There? (2006) and The Mystery of Mercy Close (2012) follow, along with Mammy Walsh's A-Z of the Walsh Family (2012). Again, Rachel (2022) and My Favourite Mistake (2024) are the most recent. Subjects include Dublin, mothers and daughters, single women, female friendship and humour. Keyes is credited on 8 of the 9 listed books, and the series is ongoing.
How many Walsh Family books are there?
Walsh Family has 9 books, released between 1995 and 2024.
Walsh Family Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Walsh Family 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.
- 1Watermelon1995 · 417 pages · confirmed 4/419954174/4
- 1Mammy Walsh's A-Z of the Walsh Family2012 · confirmed 4/42012–4/4
- 1Under An Adirondack Sky2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 2Rachel's Holiday1997 · 570 pages · confirmed 4/419975704/4
- 3Angels2002 · 426 pages · confirmed 4/420024264/4
- 4Anybody Out There?2006 · 456 pages · confirmed 4/420064564/4
- 5The Mystery of Mercy Close2012 · confirmed 4/42012–4/4
- 6Again, Rachel2022 · confirmed 4/42022–4/4
- 7My Favourite Mistake2024 · confirmed 3/42024–3/4
Do you have to read Walsh Family books in order?
You should read the Walsh Family books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Walsh Family book also stands alone.
Where to start with Walsh Family
Start with Watermelon (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Walsh Family book?
My Favourite Mistake (2024) is the newest Walsh Family book released so far.
Is there a new Walsh Family book coming?
No next Walsh Family book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Walsh Family at a glance
- Still running
- Walsh Family is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Walsh Family books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,869 pages across the 4 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 441 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Walsh Family books, 3 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 9 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 8 in at least three.
- Attribution
- Of the 9 titles, 8 are credited to Marian Keyes and 1 to Karen Rock.
What the Walsh Family books are about
5 of the 9 Walsh Family books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 3 of 5 books
- Irish 2 of 5 books
- Mothers and daughters 2 of 5 books
- Amnesia 1 of 5 books
- Amnesia in fiction 1 of 5 books
- Boy bands 1 of 5 books
- Women's fiction 1 of 5 books
- Dublin (Ireland) 1 of 5 books
- Female friendship 1 of 5 books
- Group psychotherapy 1 of 5 books
- Infants (Newborn) 1 of 5 books
- Ireland 1 of 5 books