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Judith O'Reilly

5 Series • 8 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Wife in the North (2000)
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Start with: In Our Crime (2023)
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Publication Order of Jude O'Reilly Short Story Collections
Start with: In Our Crime (2023)

ⓘ About Judith O'Reilly

Judith O’Reilly is an author of fiction as well as nonfiction novels. When she is not writing or drinking tea she may be blogging, which she enjoys and has even got print attention for doing! Wife in the North as well as her novel A Year of Doing Good were her nonfiction novels, published in 2008 and then 2018 by Viking Penguin. North hit the best selling novels chart in the U.K. at number three and remained in the top ten list for a couple of weeks and also had a similar run in Germany. The book ended up being sold in multiple countries abroad and was also optioned to be delivered to readers in serial format by multiple print outlets. It focused on the writer accomplishing one good deed per day for the course of an entire year. Judith O’Reilly was born in Leeds.

All Book Series by Judith O'Reilly

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Wife in the North

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2000

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2000
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A Year of Doing Good

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2012

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2012
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In Our Crime

Single-title series · published 2023 Pen name · Jude O'Reilly

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2023
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In Our Crime

Single-title series · published 2023

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2023
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Killing State

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2017

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2017
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Curse the Day

Book 2 of 3 · published 2020

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2020
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Sleep When You're Dead

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2022

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2022
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An Unnecessary Assassin

Single-title series · published 2023

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2023

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Judith O'Reilly?

Judith O'Reilly is an author of fiction as well as nonfiction novels. When she is not writing or drinking tea she may be blogging, which she enjoys and has even got print attention for doing! Wife in the North as well as her novel A Year of Doing Good were her nonfiction novels, published in 2008 and then 2018 by Viking Penguin.

Which Judith O'Reilly series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Michael North Thriller series, the earliest of Judith O'Reilly's multi-book series: it opens with Killing State (2017) and runs to 3 books across 2017–2022, ending with Sleep When You're Dead (2022).

How many books has Judith O'Reilly written?

Judith O'Reilly has 8 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2023. 4 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Michael North Thriller series with 3 books — and 4 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Judith O'Reilly's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Judith O'Reilly's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Michael North Thriller (2017–2022, 3 books) and Jude O'Reilly Short Story Collections (2023, 1 book).

How are Judith O'Reilly's books organised into series?

This guide splits Judith O'Reilly's 8 books into 2 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Michael North Thriller (3 books, 2017–2022); Jude O'Reilly Short Story Collections (1 book, 2023).