Emily Barr Books in Order (Updated March 5, 2026)

Emily Barr is a British novelist whose fiction is built around travel, identity, and danger, usually as standalones, even when themes echo across multiple books. She also writes horror/speculative thrillers as Evie Green, which is best treated as a separate shelf.

This guide is designed so you can either (1) follow her career in publication order, or (2) jump straight into the lane you actually want.

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A practical way to start (pick a lane)

If you want adult, travel-first thrillers: start with Backpack (2001) for the original “on the road, nothing is safe” setup.

If you want YA suspense: start with The One Memory of Flora Banks (2016) for her best-known YA hook, then read forward.

If you want her darker horror/speculative work: start with We Hear Voices (2020) (as Evie Green).

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Continuity rules (so you don’t overthink it)

• No long-running series here. Most titles are true standalones.
• A few books have alternate titles in different markets (not separate stories).
• Evie Green books are a separate continuity (pen name, different tone and premise style).

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Complete checklist in publication order (with a line on every book)

Adult novels (travel thrillers / psychological suspense)

1. Backpack (2001): After her mother’s death, Tansy heads through Asia alone, and what starts as escape turns into a high-stakes lesson in who to trust while travelling.
2. Baggage (2002): A new journey opens old wounds, as a woman tries to outrun her past, only to find it has booked the same route.
3. Cuban Heels (2003): In Cuba, a glamorous surface hides sharp edges, and a seemingly exciting trip tightens into a situation where control keeps slipping away. (Also published as Cuba in some markets.)
4. Atlantic Shift (2004): A woman on the move is forced into choices that don’t have “good” options, as the ocean-crossing becomes a pressure test of identity and survival. (Also published as Solo in some markets.)
5. Plan B (2005): A backup plan becomes the only plan, when a life that looked stable breaks and the quickest exit starts looking like the most dangerous one.
6. Out of My Depth (2006): A relationship and location shift turns unsettling fast, with the heroine realizing she’s stepped into a world where the rules were never explained to her.
7. The Sisterhood (2008): A close-knit group dynamic becomes the trap, as belonging starts to feel like obligation, and then like threat.
8. The Life You Want (2009): A woman chasing the “right” life finds it’s built on compromises she didn’t fully agree to, and the cost shows up in escalating ways.
9. The Perfect Lie (2010): After an unexpected moment of public attention, Lucy needs to vanish, and Venice becomes both hiding place and hunting ground.
10. The First Wife (2011): A new relationship is haunted by the shadow of the old one, and “who came before” becomes more than a jealous idea, it becomes a puzzle with teeth.
11. Stranded (2012): Cut off from certainty, the characters discover how quickly a trip can become a closed system where fear sets the agenda.
12. The Sleeper (2013): On the London-to-Cornwall night train, a private betrayal turns into immediate danger, and only one version of the truth can survive the journey.

Novella

13. Blackout (2014): You wake up in an unfamiliar city with no passport, no money, and no baby, so the story becomes a sprint through panic, memory gaps, and survival decisions.

YA novels (suspense, identity, and secrets)

14. The One Memory of Flora Banks (2016): Flora can’t hold onto memories, so when she believes she’s found a life-changing truth, she has to chase it before her mind erases the evidence.
15. The Truth and Lies of Ella Black (2017): After a disappearance, Ella returns to a life that won’t fit correctly anymore, and the mystery turns on what she remembers, what she denies, and what she was forced to become.
16. The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods (2019): A girl emerges from isolation with a story that doesn’t fully add up, pulling others into a dangerous search for what really happened out there.
17. Things to Do Before the End of the World (2021): A coming-of-age thriller with looming catastrophe, where love and urgency collide and every decision feels like it might be the last one that counts.
18. Ghosted (2022): A girl follows a trail of absence, someone missing, messages that don’t resolve cleanly, and the uneasy sense that she’s being pulled toward a truth she won’t like.
19. This Summer’s Secrets (2023): A summer setting turns claustrophobic, as friendships, attraction, and hidden motives lock into a thriller-shaped spiral.
20. A Girl Can Dream (2024): A dream-leaning premise turns sharp, with the protagonist learning that “what you want” is often the most dangerous thing to chase.
21. The Other Girl (2025): Two girls meet on a train and swap identities, and what begins as a daring game becomes a runaway chain of consequences.
22. The Lies We Told This Summer (2026): A summer story built on group dynamics and concealment, where the danger isn’t just what happened, it’s what everyone agreed not to say.

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Separate continuity: Evie Green (horror / speculative thrillers)

These are not “Emily Barr YA” and not the same tone as the travel thrillers. Read them in publication order.

1. We Hear Voices (2020): A dark, reality-bending setup where the threat is intimate, something you can’t easily prove, and can’t safely ignore.
2. The New One (2023): A near-future family is offered salvation through a medical trial, and the luxury they’re given comes attached to a plan they didn’t truly consent to.

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Recommended reading orders (depending on what you want)

If you want the cleanest career path

Read straight down the checklist from Backpack (2001) → The Lies We Told This Summer (2026), then switch to Evie Green if you want the darker branch.

If you only want YA

Start at The One Memory of Flora Banks (2016) and read forward through The Lies We Told This Summer (2026).

If you only want adult thrillers (plus the novella)

Read Backpack (2001) through The Sleeper (2013), then add Blackout (2014) as a short, high-intensity extra.

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Latest release status

• Newest/next YA title: The Lies We Told This Summer (2026) (listed for May 2026).
• Most recent YA release: The Other Girl (2025) (UK publication noted for May 15, 2025).
• Latest Evie Green title: The New One (2023).

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Bottom line

If you want one safest entry point for most readers, start with The One Memory of Flora Banks (2016) (YA) or Backpack (2001) (adult). If you specifically want horror/speculative, start with We Hear Voices (2020) as Evie Green.