Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaving Earth | 1997 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 2 | Afterimage | 2000 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 3 | The Lost Garden | 2002 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 4 | Wild Dogs | 2004 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 5 | Coventry | 2008 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 6 | The Reinvention of Love | 2010 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 7 | The Evening Chorus | 2015 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 8 | Machine Without Horses | 2018 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 9 | Rabbit Foot Bill | 2020 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
| 10 | Followed by the Lark | 2024 | Helen Humphreys | Buy |
Helen Humphreys’s ten novels span from 1997 to 2024 and share an interest in how private lives intersect with larger historical forces. Leaving Earth (1997) follows two women in a 1930s endurance flying contest. Afterimage (2000) pairs a Victorian photographer with her Irish maid. Coventry (2008) takes place during a single night of German bombing in 1940.
Later novels continue the pattern: The Evening Chorus (2015) follows a British soldier studying birds in a POW camp, and Rabbit Foot Bill (2020) is based on a true story from the Canadian prairies. Her most recent, Followed by the Lark (2024), continues her exploration of nature and human connection.