Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hidden | 2004 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 2 | The Reckoning | 2005 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 3 | Breeding Ground | 2006 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 4 | The Taken | 2007 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 5 | Tower Hill | 2008 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 6 | The Language of Dying | 2009 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 7 | Feeding Ground | 2009 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 8 | A Necessary End | 2014 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 9 | The Death House | 2015 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 10 | 13 Minutes | 2016 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 11 | They Say A Girl Died Here Once | 2016 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 12 | Behind Her Eyes | 2017 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 13 | Cross Her Heart | 2018 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 14 | Dead to Her | 2020 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 15 | Insomnia | 2022 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 16 | We Live Here Now | 2025 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
Sarah Pinborough’s standalone novels track her evolution as a writer over two decades. Her early books, starting with The Hidden (2004), are straightforward horror novels published through Leisure Books. The Reckoning, Breeding Ground, The Taken, Tower Hill, and Feeding Ground followed in quick succession, all in the horror genre.
The Language of Dying (2009) marked a shift toward more literary territory and won a British Fantasy Award. The Death House (2015) continued in that vein, telling a quieter, more emotionally grounded story than her earlier horror work. Then Behind Her Eyes (2017) broke through to a mass audience as a psychological thriller with a shocking twist, and was later adapted into a Netflix limited series.
Her recent standalones, including Cross Her Heart (2018), Dead to Her (2020), Insomnia (2022), and the upcoming We Live Here Now (2025), have kept Pinborough in the thriller lane while maintaining the dark sensibility of her earlier work.