Lisa Unger Books in Order

Lisa Unger is a New York Times bestselling psychological thriller author, who won the Silver Falchion Award and ITW Award for her books. She is best known for her standalone thrillers; however, she also has characters and series that are overlapping, particularly in the Hollows universe.

This page lists all Lisa Unger books in order, including the Lydia Strong series (written as Lisa Miscione), the Ridley Jones series, the Hollows series, the Whispers series, the House of Crows series, standalones novels, and short stories.

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Lydia Strong Series (Book in Order)

The Lydia Strong series follows true crime writer Lydia Strong, who has once survived a violent attack as a teenager. She is currently working with FBI agent Jeffrey Mark on cases that hit closer to home than they should.

The series was published under Lisa Unger’s maiden name, Lisa Miscione.

Reading Order

  1. Angel Fire, 2002
  2. The Darkness Gathers, 2003
  3. Twice, 2004
  4. Smoke, 2005

Ridley Jones Series (Book in Order)

The Ridley Jones series follows Ridley Jones, a young woman whose comfortable life falls apart when she discovers that almost nothing she believed about her own identity and family is true.

Reading Order

  1. Beautiful Lies, 2006
  2. Sliver of Truth, 2007

The Hollows Series (Book in Order)

The Hollows series includes five related novels set in a fictional small town near New York City, and it follows different characters in each book. Two main characters who feature throughout the entire series are Finley Montgomery, a young woman with psychic abilities that she can’t control very well, and her grandmother, Eloise, who is a renowned working psychic.

The books can be read as standalones, but it is best to start with Fragile, since it directly connects to Whispers, the prequel series.

Reading Order

  1. Fragile, 2010
  2. Darkness, My Old Friend, 2011
  3. In the Blood, 2014
  4. Crazy Love You, 2015
  5. Ink and Bone, 2016

Whispers Series (Book in Order)

The Whispers series follows Eloise Montgomery, a woman who, after her family was killed in an accident, gains psychic abilities where she can hear the whispers of women who are in danger. Eloise reluctantly learns to to accept her gift, uncovers the dark history of the polace, and eventually passes on her gift on to her granddaughter Finley.

It is the prequel story for Eloise and Finley, two of the more important characters in the Hollows universe, and it is a good starting point to learn about the Hollows universe before reading the main series. The Whispers short stories are collected in an omnibus novella titled The Whispering Hollows.

Reading Order

  1. The Whispers, 2014
  2. The Burning Girl, 2015
  3. The Three Sisters, 2015
  4. The Whispering Hollows, 2016 (omnibus)

House of Crows Series (Book in Order)

The House of Crows series is a four-part serial story following four friends, Matthew, Claire, Ian, and Mason, who once spent together a disturbing summer as teenagers when a girl walked into the woods and never came back. They moved on, started new lives, and tried to forget the past. Years later, however, various circumstances brought them back to Merle House, the crumbling mansion that started it all.

Each part of the serial focuses on one of the four friends before the story ends in the final story. It must be read in order, as the four parts form a complete story.

Reading Order

  1. All My Darkest Impulses, 2021
  2. Fog Descending, 2021
  3. Circling the Drain, 2021
  4. Love the Way You Lie, 2021

Standalone Novels

Novellas and Short Stories

Anthologies

Lisa Unger Biography

Lisa Unger is an American psychological thriller author who has written the Hollows series, the Lydia Strong series, several other short series and standalone novels.
Official website: lisaunger.com

Lisa Unger was born in 1970 in New Haven, Connecticut as Lisa Miscione. During her early years, she lived in different countries and places, including the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and New Jersey, a place which is often featured in her novels.

At the age of 18, she moved to Manhattan, New York, where she graduated from The School for Social Research. Later, she started working as a publicist at a publishing house, where she remained for over a decade before she decided to finish a novel she had started writing ten years before. This story became her debut novel, Angel Fire, published under her maiden name, Lisa Miscione.

While she wrote several novels under this name, it was Beautiful Lies, published in 2006 under her married name Lisa Unger that started her successful career as an international bestselling author. The novel became the first in the Ridley Jones series, introducing Ridley, an average person who discovers that everything about her life is a lie.

In 2019, she received two Edgar Award nominations in the same year, a distinction which very few authors shared in the award’s history.

Lisa Unger is currently co-President of the International Thriller Writers organization, and she lives on Florida’s West Coast with her husband and daughter.

Lisa Unger Book Adaptations

  • Confessions on the 7:45 – upcoming Netflix TV series adaptation

Lisa Unger Awards and Nominations

Awards

  • In the Blood – Silver Falchion Award (2015)
  • House of Crows series – Silver Falchion Award, Best Short Story Collection (2022)
  • Unknown Caller – ITW Award for Best Short Story (2024)

Nominations and Shortlists

  • Beautiful Lies – ITW Award for Best Novel (2007)
  • Under My Skin – Edgar Awards Best Paperback Original (2019)
  • Under My Skin – Macavity Award for Best Novel (2019)
  • The Sleep Tight Motel – Edgar Award for Best Short Story (2019)
  • Confessions on the 7:45 – ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (2021)
  • House of Crows – Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette (2021)
  • The Doll’s House – ITW Award for Best Short Story (2025)

Edited by

Marika

Founder of Mystery Sequels, a reference site focused on listing mystery and thriller books in the correct reading order. I maintain and update the site’s bibliographies as new titles are released, ensuring accuracy and consistency across author and series pages.

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