Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stir-Fry | 1994 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 2 | Hood | 1995 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 3 | Slammerkin | 2001 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 4 | Life Mask | 2004 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 5 | Landing | 2007 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 6 | The Sealed Letter | 2008 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 7 | Room | 2010 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 8 | Frog Music | 2014 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 9 | The Wonder | 2016 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 10 | Akin | 2019 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 11 | The Pull of the Stars | 2020 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 12 | Haven | 2022 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 13 | Learned by Heart | 2023 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
| 14 | The Paris Express | 2025 | Emma Donoghue | Buy |
Emma Donoghue’s fourteen standalone novels run from Stir-Fry in 1994 to The Paris Express in 2025, with no shared characters or continuing storylines between them — each can be read independently. The early titles Stir-Fry and Hood came out in quick succession in the mid-1990s, followed by a longer gap before Slammerkin in 2001 began a steadier run of releases.
The later stretch of the catalog, from Room in 2010 onward, shows a consistent pace: Frog Music (2014), The Wonder (2016), Akin (2019), The Pull of the Stars (2020), Haven (2022), Learned by Heart (2023), and The Paris Express (2025). Readers new to Donoghue’s fiction can start anywhere in the list; those who want a rough sense of her development across three decades may prefer to begin at Stir-Fry and work forward.