Freida McFadden Books in Order (2026): Complete Series & Reading Guide

Freida McFadden books in order — every book by series and release year. Data cross-checked against 2 independent sources.

The Housemaid series

  1. #1 The Housemaid (2022) · 4.27★ (3,748,013 ratings)
    Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I…
  2. #2 The Housemaid's Secret (2023) · 4.15★ (1,944,620 ratings)
    As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job – not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . . It's…
  3. #2.5 · short story The Housemaid's Wedding (2024) · 3.3★ (387,514 ratings)
  4. #3 The Housemaid Is Watching (2024)

Dr. Jane McGill series

  1. #1 The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013) · 3.43★ (92,612 ratings)
    Newly minted doctor Jane McGill is in hell. Not literally, of course. But between her drug addict patients, sleepless nights on call, and battling wits with the sadistic yet charming Sexy Surgeon, Jane can’t imagine an…
  2. #2 The Devil You Know (2017)

Standalone thrillers

  1. Dead Med (2014) · 3.81★ (101,060 ratings)
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes an electrifying medical thriller, Dead Med, originally published as Suicide Med. "All I can think about is how pathetic it would be to die in the anatomy…
  2. Brain Damage (2016) · 3.97★ (179,322 ratings)
    "I couldn't put it down!" –Readers' Favorite After years of hard work, Dr. Charly McKenna finally has it all. Prosperous career as a dermatologist? Check. Spacious apartment overlooking Central Park? Check. Handsome…
  3. The Ex (2020) · 3.84★ (199,130 ratings)
    Cassie thinks she has met the perfect man. Joel is sweet, handsome, romantic, and best of all, he’s crazy about Cassie. She thinks she’s found the guy she’ll spend the rest of her life with. Have children with. Grow old…
  4. The Perfect Son (2020) · 3.99★ (543,861 ratings)
    Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night… Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front…
  5. The Surrogate Mother (2020) · 3.9★ (376,545 ratings)
    Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica…
  6. The Wife Upstairs (2020) · 4.02★ (315,151 ratings)
    Victoria Barnett has it all. A great career. A handsome and loving husband. A beautiful home in the suburbs and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it seems. Then she’s in a terrible accident… and…
  7. One By One (2020) · 3.83★ (508,448 ratings)
    One by one, they will get what they deserve… A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising…
  8. Do Not Disturb (2021) · 3.89★ (405,469 ratings)
    Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime. To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern…
  9. The Locked Door (2021) · 3.98★ (693,919 ratings)
    Some doors are locked for a reason… While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement. Until the day the police arrived at their front…
  10. Want to Know a Secret? (2021) · 3.9★ (262,631 ratings)
    Everyone has secrets. YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may…
  11. Do You Remember? (2022) · 3.91★ (179,960 ratings)
    Tess Strebel can’t recognize her own face. She can’t recognize her home. Her bedroom is unfamiliar. And she can’t remember the handsome stranger lying next to her in bed. A stranger who claims he’s her husband. Tess…
  12. Never Lie (2022) · 4.08★ (1,609,913 ratings)
    Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years…
  13. The Inmate (2022) · 4★ (1,125,383 ratings)
    There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly…
  14. The Coworker (2023) · 3.73★ (617,093 ratings)
    Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant.…
  15. Ward D (2023) · 3.96★ (680,261 ratings)
    Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she…
  16. The Boyfriend (2024) · 4.03★ (31,045,987 ratings)
    She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim. Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who…
  17. The Teacher (2024) · 3.89★ (1,070,598 ratings)
    A mind-bending, psychological thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid! Lesson #1: trust no one Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her…
  18. The Crash (2025) · 3.69★ (617,510 ratings)
    A brand new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden! The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed. Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and…
  19. The Intruder (2025) · 3.88★ (423,722 ratings)
    Who knows what the storm will blow in… Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind. But she's a lot…
  20. The Tenant (2025) · 3.83★ (663,265 ratings)
    There’s no place like home… Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone that he shares with his fiancee,…
  21. Dear Debbie (2026) · 3.97★ (431,108 ratings)
    A brand new twisted thriller that will have you cheering "good for her!" from the #1 New York Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid! Sometimes, enough is enough… Debbie Mullen…
  22. The Dinner Party (2026) · 2.79★ (41,381 ratings)
    Choose from over 20 possible endings in this Pick Your Poison Adventure story! You're broke. You have no way to pay your rent and you're about to be evicted. Fortunately, your friend has offered you a job working as a…
  23. The Divorce (2026) · 3.95★ (86,468 ratings)
    What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family… Then―he kicks her out, hires the city’s best…
  24. The Witch (2026) · 4.34★ (41 ratings)
    Some secrets don't die―they wait. When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she's…

Short stories

  1. The Gift (2022)
  2. Death Row (2025) · 3.53★ (236,899 ratings)
    With all hope of an appeal fading away, the fate of a condemned murderess takes a shocking turn in a breathtaking short story. Talia Kemper is on death row for murdering her husband. She had an alibi and no known…

Reading order at a glance

  • The Housemaid (2022, The Housemaid series)
  • The Housemaid's Secret (2023, The Housemaid series)
  • The Housemaid's Wedding (2024, The Housemaid series)
  • The Housemaid Is Watching (2024, The Housemaid series)
  • The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013, Dr. Jane McGill series)
  • The Devil You Know (2017, Dr. Jane McGill series)
  • Dead Med (2014, Standalone thrillers)
  • Brain Damage (2016, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Ex (2020, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Perfect Son (2020, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Surrogate Mother (2020, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Wife Upstairs (2020, Standalone thrillers)
  • One By One (2020, Standalone thrillers)
  • Do Not Disturb (2021, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Locked Door (2021, Standalone thrillers)
  • Want to Know a Secret? (2021, Standalone thrillers)
  • Do You Remember? (2022, Standalone thrillers)
  • Never Lie (2022, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Inmate (2022, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Coworker (2023, Standalone thrillers)
  • Ward D (2023, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Boyfriend (2024, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Teacher (2024, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Crash (2025, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Intruder (2025, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Tenant (2025, Standalone thrillers)
  • Dear Debbie (2026, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Dinner Party (2026, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Divorce (2026, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Witch (2026, Standalone thrillers)
  • The Gift (2022, Short stories)
  • Death Row (2025, Short stories)
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