Mary Higgins Clark was an American novelist best known for her suspense novels. She had been called “The Queen of Suspense” for her mastery of the genre, leading you to believe that all of the parties are guilty. Her novels often feature women who are young and independent and must solve whatever problem lay in their path. While most of her books are written for adults, some of them have even become a hit with kids. She has also co-authored many Christmas books with her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark.

Mary Higgins Clark passed away at the age of 92 years old on January 31st, 2020.

Mary Higgins Clark started writing novels in 1968 with Aspire To The Heavens, a fictional story about George Washington. It has since been re-released as Mount Vernon Love Story. After that, she did not get another book published until 1975. For a while after that, her output was about a book every 2-3 years until 1989 when she really started getting going. By the time of this writing, Mary Higgins Clark is a prolific author with over 40 books published.

Below is the order of when all of Mary Higgins Clark’s books were originally published:

Publication Order of Alvirah and Willy Books

(with Carol Higgins Clark)

Weep No More, My Lady (1987)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Lottery Winner (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
All Through the Night (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Deck the Halls (With: Carol Higgins Clark) (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Christmas Thief (With: Carol Higgins Clark) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Santa Cruise (With: Carol Higgins Clark) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dashing Through the Snow (With: Carol Higgins Clark) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
I'll Walk Alone (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Lost Years (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
As Time Goes by (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
All By Myself, Alone (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Under Suspicion Books

(with Alafair Burke)

I've Got You Under My Skin (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Cinderella Murder (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
All Dressed in White (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Sleeping Beauty Killer (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Every Breath You Take (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
You Don't Own Me (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Piece of My Heart (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Where Are The Children Books

Where are the Children? (1975)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Where Are the Children Now? (With: Alafair Burke) (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Aspire to the Heavens / Mount Vernon Love Story (1968)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Stranger is Watching (1977)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Cradle Will Fall (1980)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Cry in the Night (1982)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Stillwatch (1984)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Caribbean Blues (1988)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
While My Pretty One Sleeps (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Loves Music, Loves to Dance (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
All Around the Town (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
I'll Be Seeing You (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Remember Me (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Silent Night (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Pretend You Don't See Her (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Moonlight Becomes You (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
You Belong To Me (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
We'll Meet Again (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Before I Say Good-Bye (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Daddy's Little Girl (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
On the Street Where You Live (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Second Time Around (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Nighttime is My Time (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
No Place Like Home (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Two Little Girls in Blue (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
I Heard That Song Before (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Ghost Ship (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Where Are You Now? (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Just Take My Heart (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Shadow of Your Smile (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Magical Christmas Horse (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Melody Lingers On (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
I've Got My Eyes on You (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Double Vision (1988)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Anastasia Syndrome (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Death on the Cape and Other Stories (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
My Gal Sunday (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Body in the Closet and Plumbing for Willy (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Kitchen Privileges (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Regan Reilly Mystery Books

(with Carol Higgins Clark)

Decked (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Snagged (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Iced (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Twanged (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Deck the Halls (With: Carol Higgins Clark) (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fleeced (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Jinxed (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Popped (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Christmas Thief (With: Carol Higgins Clark) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Burned (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Hitched (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Laced (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Zapped (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cursed (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Wrecked (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Mobbed (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Gypped / Scammed (By: Carol Higgins Clark) (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

Murder on the Aisle(1987)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Caribbean Blues(1988)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murder in Manhattan(1988)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sisters in Crime 2(1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Women of Mystery(1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 2(1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 2(1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Bad Behavior(1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Crown Crime Companion(1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996(1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murder For Love(1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
More Malice Domestic(1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Plot Thickens(1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murder on the Run(1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Night Awakens(1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998(1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them(2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
On a Raven's Wing(2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year(2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year(2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Inherit the Dead(2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Manhattan Mayhem(2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Notes: Aspire To The Heavens is also known as Mount Vernon Love Story. Deck The Halls, He Sees You When You’re Sleeping, The Christmas Thief, Santa Cruise and Dashing Through the Snow were co-authored with daughter Carol Higgins Clark. Inherit the Dead is a collaborative novel written with several other authors. The Under Suspicion series is written with Alafair Burke.

Mary Higgins Clark Reader Reviews:

Submitted by Anne M.

Where Are The Children – This is the story of Nancy, a woman whose two children mysteriously disappeared many years ago. Their bodies were later found and she was charged with their murders. She insisted that she had nothing to with their disappearance and deaths, but the District Attorney’s office wasn’t buying it. She was found guilty but the charges were later overturned.

Nancy is abandoned by her husband and moves and changes her identity to start her new life. She later remarries and has two more children and the nightmare begins again. Her two children disappear and all the old suspicious surface again. Did she do this and is she really responsible for her first two children’s deaths?

I loved this book and was equally enthralled with it from start to finish. Would definitely recommend this book as a “must read”!

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One Response to “Order of Mary Higgins Clark Books”

  1. LadyC: 6 years ago

    Love!

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