Freida McFadden Books in Order: Every Book + What’s Next

Freida McFadden is a doctor who specializes in brain injury, and she self-published her first book on Amazon in 2013, while still working in medicine full time. Thirteen years later, her publisher says her 29 books have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide, and the movie version of The Housemaid made about $400 million at the box office. If you just closed one of her thrillers at 2am and want the rest, here is every Freida McFadden book in order.

I haven’t reviewed a McFadden book on this blog yet, so this page has no ratings from me. It has the publication order, the one thriller series you need to read in sequence, the short stories, her newest releases, and what’s coming in 2027. I write thrillers too, and my own romantic thriller comes out November 18, 2026, so it gets a cameo at the end. No spoilers anywhere on this page.

Freida McFadden has published 29 books since 2013. Her thrillers include one series, The Housemaid, which you should read in order: The Housemaid, The Housemaid’s Secret, and The Housemaid Is Watching, plus a short story, The Housemaid’s Wedding. Every other McFadden thriller is a standalone you can read in any order. Her newest book is The Witch (October 6, 2026), and The Sleepwalker arrives March 23, 2027.

Let’s dive in.

Every Freida McFadden Book in Order

Here’s her full list in publication order, from the 2013 debut to the October 2026 release. Series books are marked.

1. The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013), Dr. Jane McGill #1, a medical comedy

2. Baby City (2015), medical women’s fiction, co-written with Kelley Stoddard

3. Brain Damage (2016)

4. The Devil You Know (2017), Dr. Jane McGill #2

5. The Surrogate Mother (2018)

6. The Ex (2019)

7. The Perfect Son (2019)

8. The Wife Upstairs (2020)

9. One by One (2020)

10. Want to Know a Secret? (2021)

11. The Locked Door (2021)

12. Do Not Disturb (2021)

13. Do You Remember? (2022)

14. The Housemaid (2022), Housemaid #1

15. The Inmate (2022)

16. Never Lie (2022)

17. The Housemaid’s Secret (2023), Housemaid #2

18. Ward D (2023)

19. The Coworker (2023)

20. The Teacher (2024)

21. The Housemaid Is Watching (2024), Housemaid #3

22. Dead Med (2024), her rewrite of Suicide Med, her 2014 debut thriller

23. The Boyfriend (2024)

24. The Crash (2025)

25. The Tenant (2025)

26. The Intruder (2025)

27. Dear Debbie (2026)

28. The Divorce (2026)

29. The Witch (2026), her newest book

Coming next: The Sleepwalker, March 23, 2027.

The Housemaid Series in Order

1. The Housemaid (2022)

2. The Housemaid’s Secret (2023)

3. The Housemaid’s Wedding (2024, a short story)

4. The Housemaid Is Watching (2024)

McFadden says on her FAQ page that you don’t have to read them in order, but each book spoils the ones before it, so start with The Housemaid. The wedding short story came out after book three and slots in after book two (either spot works). I broke the whole series down, with both movies, in The Housemaid series in order.

Which Freida McFadden Book Should You Read First?

If you want the one everyone else has read, start with The Housemaid. It has about 4 million Goodreads ratings, roughly double any other McFadden book. If you’d rather start with a standalone, here are her ten most-rated on Goodreads, with ratings counts rounded and averages as of October 12, 2026:

Never Lie leads on both counts: the most ratings and the highest average of the group. The softest average in the top ten belongs to The Crash, for what it’s worth.

Freida McFadden’s Newest Books (and What’s Coming in 2027)

• The Witch, October 6, 2026, her newest

• The Divorce, May 26, 2026

• The Dinner Party, April 1, 2026, a Pick Your Poison short story with 22 endings

• Dear Debbie, January 27, 2026

• The Sleepwalker, March 23, 2027, about a nurse who has sleepwalked since a traumatic night in her teens (McFadden announced it October 8, 2026)

Her publisher has also signed her for another hardcover later in 2027, title still to come.

Freida McFadden Short Stories and Novellas

• The Gift (2022), a holiday short story

• The Housemaid’s Wedding (2024), the Housemaid bonus story

• The Widow’s Husband’s Secret Lie (2024), a satirical novella

• Death Row (2025), part of Amazon’s Alibis short-read collection

• The Dinner Party (2026), the choose-your-ending one

The Dr. Jane McGill Books

Before the thrillers, McFadden wrote comedy about medicine. The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013) follows Jane McGill through her brutal first month as an intern, and The Devil You Know (2017) catches up with her as a VA hospital doctor. Read those two in order. Baby City (2015), co-written with Kelley Stoddard, is a standalone in the same medical vein.

Freida McFadden Movies and TV Shows

The Housemaid (2025), directed by Paul Feig with Sydney Sweeney as Millie and Amanda Seyfried as Nina, opened December 19, 2025, and grossed about $400 million worldwide, per Box Office Mojo. Lionsgate set the sequel, The Housemaid’s Secret, for December 17, 2027.

More are in development, according to Publishers Weekly: The Teacher at Apple, The Tenant at Amazon MGM, Never Lie at Netflix, The Surrogate Mother at Sony, and a Dear Debbie series at Amazon MGM.

Is Freida McFadden a Real Doctor?

Yes. She is a physician who specializes in brain injury, and she wrote her early books around her medical work. Freida McFadden is a pen name. She shared her real name, Sara Cohen, in an April 2026 interview with USA Today.

What to Read After Freida McFadden

When you run out of McFadden, my books like The Housemaid list has ten twisty domestic thrillers, rated where I’ve read them. For the unreliable-narrator end of the shelf, try books like Gone Girl, and for thrillers with a love story running through them, romantic thriller books.

🌁 Let Me Be Your Ghost by Amy Suto (Yes, Me)

This book is about… Lola Whitman ghostwrites memoirs for powerful men and feeds their secrets to the FBI. One last book buys her freedom. Then her final target, billionaire Ezekiel Crane, finds her first. He’s hiding something. So is she.

Subgenre: romantic thriller (billionaire romance with murder-mystery bones).

What I hope you’ll love about it: McFadden readers come for a woman walking into a house full of secrets. Lola is my version: a ghostwriter moving into a billionaire’s estate to write his life story, with a few secrets of her own. It comes out November 18, 2026, in ebook, paperback, and hardcover.

Preorder it anywhere and I’ll send you my unreleased book, How to Write a Memoir, free. Claim your preorder gift here.

I Update This List

McFadden publishes several books a year, so I keep this page current as new titles and dates are announced. Last checked October 12, 2026, against her official booklist and her publisher’s announcements.

FAQ: Freida McFadden Books

How many books has Freida McFadden written?

29 books as of October 2026, counting her thrillers and three earlier medical novels, plus five short stories and novellas. The Sleepwalker (March 23, 2027) will be her 30th.

Do you have to read Freida McFadden books in order?

No. Only the Housemaid books and the two Dr. Jane McGill comedies are connected. Every other thriller is a standalone with its own cast.

What is Freida McFadden’s newest book?

The Witch, published October 6, 2026. Her next thriller, The Sleepwalker, comes out March 23, 2027.

What is Freida McFadden’s most popular book?

The Housemaid, with about 4 million Goodreads ratings and a 2025 movie. Among her standalones, Never Lie has the most ratings.

Is The Housemaid a series?

Yes: three novels and a short story, all following Millie. Here’s The Housemaid series in order.

Now go pick one and clear your evening. Twist endings wait for no one. I’m rooting for you.