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Housemaid series reading order

Freida McFadden

  1. The Housemaid2022
  2. The Housemaid's Secret2023
  3. The Housemaid Is Watching2024
7.77.7 / 10
2,913 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2022–2024
Published
about 21 h
Reading time
Ongoing
Status
Crime & mystery#28
Genre

Quick answer

The Housemaid
Start withThe Housemaid2022 · Volume 1 of 3
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Publication order

3 volumes2022–2024Ongoing

The volume numbering in the source (Wikidata) has gaps — the list may be missing parts.

  • Read The Housemaid first: the later books give away its twist.
  • The Housemaid’s Wedding is a short novella set between the second and third books.

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 1,157 pages, about 21 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.

21%

Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: low

  • From volume 2 on, the number of ratings falls most before volume 3, “The Housemaid Is Watching” (by 52%). Plan your break after volume 2.5, before the series plans it for you.
  • The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2024. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 11, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 114 h19 daysby November 23, 2026
  2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by December 2, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 27 h10 daysby December 11, 2026
  4. The end of the series
    December 11, 2026
In one goDecember 2, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 11, 2026about 5 weeks · +5 h of other books

We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.

Does the series hold up

7.07.58.0
7.77.7 / 10
7.77.7 / 10
–Not ranked yet
7.47.4 / 10
202220232024
7.07.58.0
202220232024
7.77.7 / 10
7.77.7 / 10
–Not ranked yet
7.47.4 / 10
Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2022 to 2024 · Best-rated volume: The Housemaid

Shape of the series: a drop at the end. The last scored volume (7.4) has the lowest score in the series.

Best volume: The Housemaid (7.7, 1,784 ratings). Weakest: The Housemaid Is Watching (7.4). From volume 2 on, the biggest drop in the number of ratings is between volume 2 and 3: 52%. The series is not finished; the last volume came out in 2024.

How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

Read: 0 of 4
  1. The Housemaid
    The Housemaid2022 · 1,784 ratingsStart here
    7.77.7 / 10
  2. The Housemaid's Secret
    The Housemaid's Secret2023 · 761 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
  3. The Housemaid's Wedding
    The Housemaid's Wedding · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  4. The Housemaid Is Watching
    The Housemaid Is Watching2024 · 368 ratings
    7.47.4 / 10

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 31, 2026

Housemaid books ranked, best to worst

  1. 1.The HousemaidBook 1 · 20227.7
  2. 1.The Housemaid's SecretBook 2 · 20237.7
  3. 3.The Housemaid Is WatchingBook 3 · 20247.4
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Frequently asked questions

Which Housemaid book is the best?

By reader score, The Housemaid (7.7/10). The lowest-rated is The Housemaid Is Watching (7.4/10).

Which Housemaid series book is the longest?

“The Housemaid Is Watching” is the longest at 400 pages; the shortest is “The Housemaid's Wedding” with 69 pages.