Sarah Pinborough books

Sarah Pinborough is a British author of horror, thriller, and dark fantasy fiction, best known for the bestselling psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Summer Chills 2007 Buy
Myth-Understandings 2008 Buy
Best New Horror 20 2009 Buy
Hellbound Hearts 2009 Buy
Shoes, Ships and Cadavers 2010 Buy
Zombie Apocalypse! 2010 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010 Buy
Visitants 2010 Buy
House of Fear 2011 Buy
Waiting For October 2011 Buy
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women 2012 Buy
Den Of Eek! A Collection Of New Horror Fiction 2013 Buy
Mister October, Volume II 2013 Buy
Urban Legends 2014 Buy
The Future of Horror 2015 Buy
Hark! the Herald Angels Scream 2018 Buy
Revelations 2022 Buy

Dr. Thomas Bond Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Mayhem 2013 Buy
Murder 2013 Buy

Nowhere Chronicles Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Double-Edged Sword 2010 Buy
The Traitor’s Gate 2011 Buy
The London Stone 2012 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Our Man in the Sudan 2008 N/A
Do You See? 2008 Buy
The Confessor’s Tale 2009 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Hidden 2004 Buy
The Reckoning 2005 Buy
Breeding Ground 2006 Buy
The Taken 2007 Buy
Tower Hill 2008 Buy
The Language of Dying 2009 Buy
Feeding Ground 2009 Buy
A Necessary End 2014 Buy
The Death House 2015 Buy
13 Minutes 2016 Buy
They Say A Girl Died Here Once 2016 Buy
Behind Her Eyes 2017 Buy
Cross Her Heart 2018 Buy
Dead to Her 2020 Buy
Insomnia 2022 Buy
We Live Here Now 2025 Buy

Tales from the Kingdoms Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Poison 2013 Buy
Veneno 2013 N/A
Charm 2013 Buy
Feitiço 2013 N/A
Beauty 2013 Buy
Poder 2013 N/A
Magic 2024 Buy
Blood 2024 Buy

The Dog-Faced Gods Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
A Matter of Blood 2010 Buy
The Shadow of the Soul 2011 Buy
The Chosen Seed 2012 Buy

The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition 2015 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition 2010 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition 2011 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition 2012 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition 2016 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition 2017 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition 2014 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition 2018 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition 2013 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition 2020 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 2020 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 2021 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 2022 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 2023 Buy
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 2024 Buy

Torchwood Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Torchwood: Another Life 2007 Buy
Torchwood, Vol. 1 2017 N/A
Border Princes 2007 Buy
Slow Decay 2007 Buy
Something in the Water 2008 Buy
Trace Memory 2008 Buy
The Twilight Streets 2008 Buy
The Torchwood Archives 2008 Buy
Pack Animals 2008 Buy
SkyPoint 2008 Buy
Almost Perfect 2008 Buy
Into the Silence 2009 Buy
The Torchwood Encyclopedia 2009 Buy
The House That Jack Built 2009 Buy
Bay of the Dead 2009 Buy
Torchwood: The Undertaker’s Gift 2009 N/A
Risk Assessment 2009 Buy
The Undertaker’s Gift 2009 Buy
Torchwood: First Born 2011 N/A
Consequences 2009 Buy
Torchwood: Long Time Dead 2011 N/A
First Born 2011 Buy
Torchwood: The Men Who Sold The World 2011 N/A
Long Time Dead 2011 Buy
The Men Who Sold the World 2011 Buy
Mr. Invincible 2012 Buy
Exodus Code 2012 Buy

Zombie Apocalypse Diary Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Zombie Apocalypse Diary Entry #1 2013 Buy
Zombie Apocalypse Diary Entry #2 2013 Buy

Sarah Pinborough is a British author who has worked across horror, dark fantasy, thriller, and young adult fiction over a career spanning more than two decades. She started in horror with The Hidden (2004) and spent years building a reputation in genre fiction before breaking into the mainstream with Behind Her Eyes (2017), a psychological thriller with a famous twist ending that was adapted into a Netflix series.

Her earlier work includes the Dog-Faced Gods trilogy, a dark urban fantasy about a London detective investigating supernatural crimes, and the Tales from the Kingdoms series, which retells classic fairy tales with a darker, adult sensibility. She also wrote the Nowhere Chronicles for younger readers, contributed to the Torchwood novel line, and published the Dr. Thomas Bond duology, a horror-tinged take on the Jack the Ripper case.

Pinborough’s more recent thrillers, including Cross Her Heart (2018), Dead to Her (2020), and Insomnia (2022), have kept her in the mainstream spotlight. She has also been a regular contributor to horror and dark fantasy anthologies. Her range is unusual: few writers move as easily between supernatural horror, fairy tale retelling, YA adventure, and domestic thriller.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Sarah Pinborough written?

Sarah Pinborough has written 96 books across ten series.

What was Sarah Pinborough's first book?

Sarah Pinborough’s first book is The Hidden, published in 2004.

What is Sarah Pinborough best known for?

Pinborough is best known for Behind Her Eyes (2017), a psychological thriller that became a Netflix limited series in 2021. She also has a long backlist of horror and dark fantasy novels, including the Dog-Faced Gods trilogy and the Tales from the Kingdoms fairy tale retellings.

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