Joy Fielding Books in Order

Three very different women—a small-town girl who marries a movie star, a hustler drifting through porn sets and blackmail schemes, and a runaway clinging to the wrong man—are drawn into Hollywood’s darkest circles, where a series of ritual murders exposes how far people will go for fame.

An early novel about two women whose long friendship is tested by marriage, jealousy, and the quiet compromises of adulthood, tracing how small choices and buried resentments can slowly rewrite what “best friends” really means.

A California senator’s daughter is kidnapped by a violent political cult and subjected to intense brainwashing, turning her into a weapon against her own family, while a determined young reporter begins to suspect the conspiracy reaches far beyond one vanished girl.

After finally escaping her emotionally abusive husband and winning custody of their two young children, Donna Cressy thinks the worst is over—until her ex disappears with them after a routine visit, forcing her into a desperate, law-defying search across the country.

A suburban mother reeling from her husband’s sudden walkout, her best friend’s mysterious illness, and her grandfather’s decline begins receiving obscene phone calls just as a serial killer stalks local housewives, leaving her unsure whether she’s being hunted or losing her grip.

Jill Plumley thinks she has the perfect marriage until a stunning young stranger calmly announces she intends to marry Jill’s husband. Forced to confront her own past as “the other woman,” Jill fights to save her family before history repeats itself.

After her six-year-old daughter is abducted and murdered, suburban mother Gail Walton can’t move on. When the police investigation stalls, she rents a cheap room, buys a gun, and becomes bait in her own dangerous hunt for the killer.

Lynn Schuster’s husband leaves her for another woman, and the other woman’s furious spouse proposes revenge. At the same time, divorce lawyer Renee Bower faces cracks in her own marriage, as both women learn how fragile “good intentions” can be.

Jane Whittaker comes to in downtown Boston with blood on her dress, thousands in cash in her coat, and no memory of who she is. A charming doctor claims to be her husband, but flashes of terror hint that going home may be the biggest danger.

Chicago prosecutor Jess Koster is still haunted by her mother’s unexplained disappearance when a rape victim she’s trying to protect also vanishes. As threatening messages escalate, Jess realises someone from her past is orchestrating a campaign to destroy her piece by piece.

Bonnie Wheeler’s quiet life unravels when a frantic call from an estranged friend draws her into a tangle of custody battles, secrets, and sudden death, leaving Bonnie to protect a small child while wondering whom she can safely trust.

Family therapist Kate Sinclair juggles a rebellious teenage daughter, a stale marriage, and the return of an old flame just as women start disappearing in her small town—and her glamorous half-sister falls in love with the serial killer everyone fears.

Mattie Hart discovers her high-powered lawyer husband is cheating again and finally demands a separation—then receives a devastating medical diagnosis that throws them back together, forcing both to decide what love, loyalty, and forgiveness will look like the first time they’re truly honest.

Four suburban mothers who met on Cincinnati’s Grand Avenue share two decades of marriages, affairs, and children growing up. When one of them dies violently, their comfortable memories crack open, revealing long-ignored abuse, ambition, and betrayal beneath the picture-perfect cul-de-sac.

Reserved nurse Terry Painter enjoys her solitary life in Florida until free-spirited Alison rents the cottage behind her house. Alison’s secrets, intrusive questions, and strange visitors turn friendship into menace, leaving Terry unsure whether she’s being gaslit or finally seeing the truth.

Cindy Carver has always clashed with her beautiful, headstrong daughter Julia. When Julia vanishes after an audition with a famous director, Cindy’s frantic search peels back layers of lies, dangerous relationships, and the unsettling realisation she never truly knew her own child.

A tough Palm Beach defense attorney who’s carefully cut ties with her family is dragged back to Toronto when her estranged mother seemingly guns down a stranger. As Amanda Travis probes the case, buried childhood memories surface and someone begins pulling deadly strings.

On impulse, restless Jamie Kellogg quits her dead‑end job and drives north with Brad, the charming stranger she just met in Florida. At the crumbling house on Mad River Road, she discovers his real agenda is revenge—and she’s part of the plan.

New teacher Sandy Crosbie hoped Florida’s small town of Torrance would be a fresh start, until local girls begin vanishing and turning up dead. As gossip, online cruelty, and parental secrets swirl, Sandy realises the killer is choosing victims frighteningly close to home.

Single mother and controversial newspaper columnist Charley Webb lands an exclusive with a young woman on death row for murdering children. As letters and emails grow more threatening and her kids are targeted, Charley must decide how far she’ll go to uncover the truth.

After a hit-and-run leaves successful designer Casey Marshall in a coma, she can’t move or speak—but she can hear everything. Listening to visitors, Casey realises some people would be happier if she never woke up, and that her “accident” may have been planned.

A short, plain-spoken guide to getting control of your finances, this Good Reads title breaks down budgeting, saving, and paying off debt in simple steps, aimed at busy adults who want practical money advice without jargon or number overload.

Rose and her young daughter Hazel are hiding out in a makeshift shack on the edge of a big city, living off garbage bins and luck. As winter closes in and Hazel longs for school and friends, Rose must decide how far she’ll go to keep them together.

In 1873, a storm drives a ship onto the rocks off a Nova Scotia village. Young Will Murdoch helps the parish priest tend the dead and injured, then notices clues that suggest murder, not accident—setting him on the path to becoming a detective.

A shy, overweight seventeen-year-old in a Toronto suburb suddenly feels like a suspect after a terrorist arrest hits the news. Harassed at the coffee shop where he works, he lashes out in anger, then must face the consequences of revenge in a world quick to judge.

Kayak guide Mike is gearing up for a weekend trip along the rugged west-coast islands with two paying clients and his new cook when anonymous calls begin: “I’m watching you. Stay home.” Ignoring the warnings, he sets out—and the stalker follows them onto the water.

Brothers Will and Jeff and their friend Tom make a bar-room bet to seduce Suzy, a seemingly shy woman drinking alone in South Beach. They don’t realise she’s trapped in an abusive marriage—or that their joke will spiral into manipulation, violence, and murder.

One ordinary evening turns terrifying when strangers force their way into a family’s house, exposing long-simmering tensions between husband, wife, and their children. As the standoff escalates, hidden loyalties and grudges become as dangerous as the intruders themselves.

This short Good Reads story is written for new adult readers, following an ordinary person facing a sudden loss and learning how to cope. The language is simple, but the emotions around grief, hope, and starting again feel very real.

On a snowy New Year’s Eve drive to visit family, Dixie and her RCMP husband are forced off the highway by a blizzard and end up at a colleague’s house. As the men answer a call, Dixie spends a long night sharing secrets with other wives and rethinking her marriage.

On what should have been her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary trip to Ireland, grieving mother Marcy Taggart spots a young woman she’s sure is Devon, the daughter lost in a canoeing accident years earlier. Her vacation turns into an obsessive, perilous search through foreign streets.

This Good Reads title centres on an everyday person whose comfortable life is disrupted by a single risky choice, told in straightforward language for adult learners who want a compact, realistic story about consequences and second chances.

A high-interest, low-vocabulary novella from the Good Reads series in which a quiet town is shaken by unrest and one resident has to decide what courage and loyalty will look like when long-settled routines suddenly crumble.

Sara gave up singing to raise a family and thinks she’s content, until a music festival reunion with her old band and a glimpse of a mysterious coyote unsettle everything. This Good Reads novella links temptation, marriage, and Indigenous trickster legends in clear, simple prose.

In this Good Reads story, a misunderstanding grows into something larger until one character finally stops talking and starts listening. It’s a brief, accessible read about communication, respect, and how really hearing someone can change the direction of a life.

Valerie’s divorce trip morphs into a misfit camping party in the Adirondacks with her surly teen daughter, her ex-husband’s fiancée, and quirky friends. Nearby, two killers are on the loose—then a brutal double murder and a missing girl turn the holiday into a fight for survival.

A tense, easy-to-read crime tale in the Good Reads line: when a home or small business is broken into, an ordinary person has to decide whether to give in to fear or take practical steps to rebuild and move forward.

Tribb would rather think than act, but the mice overrunning his house—and his wife’s growing fury—won’t disappear on their own. As his schemes to solve the infestation backfire, this short novel gently explores insecurity, marriage trouble, and the cost of avoiding decisions.

This Good Reads novella takes place over a single long night, as ordinary people staying awake—on the job, at a party, or in a hospital room—face turning-point decisions that will look very different in the cold light of morning.

Set over a brief stay at a small inn, this Good Reads story follows guests and owners whose secrets collide over one eventful weekend, using straightforward language to explore trust, hospitality, and what “home” really means.

A compact thriller for new adult readers: an intense relationship that starts as flattering attention slowly turns controlling and frightening, raising hard questions about jealousy, obsession, and how to recognise the line between love and danger.

In this short Good Reads novel, someone decides it’s time for a clear-out—of a cluttered apartment, a bad job, or a toxic relationship—and discovers that letting go of stuff can mean facing much harder choices about the rest of their life.

After a late-night surveillance job ends in a brutal assault, Miami investigator Bailey Carpenter becomes housebound with trauma and paranoia. Watching neighbours through her binoculars, she fixates on a seductive man across the way—and begins to fear he’s the attacker no one believes exists.

Two-year-old Samantha Shipley vanished from a Mexican resort while her parents ate dinner, shattering Caroline’s life. Fifteen years later, a young woman phones claiming to be the missing child, pulling Caroline back into a glare of suspicion, media frenzy, and devastating family secrets.

Long estranged from her difficult family, Robin Davis reluctantly returns home after her father, stepmother, and teenage half-sister are viciously attacked. As she helps care for the sole survivor, Robin uncovers old grudges, dangerous obsessions, and the possibility the killer is someone very close.

Four women at different stages of life plunge into online dating, unaware a charming predator is trawling the same app for his next victim. As bad dates, risky secrets, and simmering rivalries collide, each swipe brings them closer to a man who loves the hunt.

In a sunny Florida cul-de-sac, five neighbouring households nurse private grudges, failing marriages, and quiet fears. Over one sweltering weekend, a gunman’s plan collides with their secrets, and the seemingly ordinary street becomes the stage for a shocking act of violence.

Overwhelmed by work and caring for her aging father, Jodi Bishop hires Elyse, a polished older woman who seems like the perfect housekeeper and companion. As Elyse tightens her grip on the household, Jodi realises she may have welcomed a predator into her family.

In a Florida memory-care facility, lonely seventy-six-year-old widow Linda befriends ninety-two-year-old Jenny Cooper, who calmly confesses she has spent her life killing men who hurt her. When another resident dies, Linda must decide whether Jenny’s stories are delusions—or confessions.

Amanda has long written off her narcissistic mother as impossible, but when a disturbing incident suggests Mom’s need for attention may actually be putting loved ones in danger, she returns home determined to protect her young half-sister—even if confronting the past nearly destroys her.