Freida McFadden doesn’t write books so much as release them, rapid-fire. Since 2013, she has published thirty-two highly consumable novels, trading in the same addictive currency: secrets hidden in plain sight, and domestic spaces that feel just slightly off. For anyone discovering her work via Sydney Sweeney’s The Housemaid press tour, the challenge isn’t whether to start reading but where.
Freida McFadden’s work sits at the intersection of medicine and fiction. After studying mathematics at Harvard and completing medical school, she began writing while still in training, drawing directly from her experiences in clinical settings. In 2013, she self-published The Devil Wears Scrubs, a novel inspired by her time as a medical intern.
If you’re looking to get from there to Housemaid and find out whether The Housemaid has a sequel, here’s the map.
The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013)
Dr. Jane McGill series
Jane McGill thought becoming a doctor would feel triumphant. Instead, her first month of medical internship is a blur of sleepless nights and power games with a smugly irresistible surgeon. When her senior resident turns the ward into a personal punishment chamber, Jane realizes survival has nothing to do with medical skill and everything to do with endurance.
Dead Med (orig. Suicide Med) (2014)
Heather McKinley thought med school would be hard, not deadly. At Dead Med, a program infamous for pushing students past their limits, burnout is practically part of the curriculum. When Heather’s relationship implodes and her grades tank, she arrives at her breaking point. Then, on the eve of the anatomy final, a gunshot echoes through the halls, and what was already a nightmare turns into a fight to survive the night. Written in 2014 as Suicide Med, this novel was revised and retitled as Dead Med in 2024.
Baby City (2015)
A satirical, fast-paced novel about fertility, ambition, and social pressure, set against a backdrop of competitive parenting culture. The story follows multiple women whose lives intersect through pregnancy, motherhood, and the expectations placed on women’s bodies and choices.
Brain Damage (2016)
Dr. Charly McKenna’s life is picture-perfect until a single gunshot shatters it. Left with a traumatic brain injury and a memory full of gaps, she realizes the truth about who tried to kill her is locked inside her own damaged mind. As she fights to piece together that night, Charly races to uncover the attacker’s identity before he gets another chance to finish the job.
The Devil You Know (2017)
Dr. Jane McGill series
Returning to the hospital setting, this installment pushes Jane deeper into professional and personal compromise. As ambition collides with ethics, the novel examines how easily good intentions can curdle when careers and reputations are at stake.
The Surrogate Mother (2018)
Abby wants a baby more than anything, and after years of heartbreak, a miracle finally appears in the form of her assistant’s generous offer. But as the pregnancy progresses, Abby realizes the woman carrying her child is hiding something far more dangerous than she imagined.
The Ex (2019)
Cassie is convinced she’s found the one: Joel is charming, attentive, and totally devoted to her. The only complication is his flawless ex, Francesca, who is supposedly out of the picture for good. As Cassie quickly learns, perfect love stories tend to come with unfinished business, and some exes are far more present than they appear.
The Perfect Son (2019)
Erika Cass’s life looks flawless until the police knock on her door asking about a missing teenage girl and her son’s connection to her disappearance. Liam is charming, smart, and well-liked, but as suspicion tightens, Erika is forced to confront a fear she’s long tried to ignore.
The Wife Upstairs (2020)
Victoria Barnett’s life looks picture-perfect until a devastating accident leaves her unable to communicate. Enter Sylvia, the caregiver who moves in to help and slowly becomes her confidante. As their bond deepens, Sylvia begins to sense that Victoria is trying to warn her about something hidden beneath the suburban calm.
One by One (2020)
What’s meant to be a restorative getaway quickly turns feral when Claire Matchett’s group vacation strands them deep in the woods with no phone service and no way out. As friends begin disappearing one by one, the trip meant to fix her marriage morphs into a brutal fight for survival.
Want to Know a Secret? (2021)
A thriller for the influencer age, April Masterson looks like the internet’s sweetest baking star, serving up perfect brownies and pastel kitchens to millions of followers. Off camera, though, her life is full of cracks, from a missing son to questionable late-night encounters and something far more disturbing buried out back.
The Locked Door (2021)
As a child, Nora Davis had no idea her father was a serial killer operating out of their basement until the police showed up at the door. Now, decades later, she’s a successful surgeon who has buried that past completely, until a young patient is murdered in a way disturbingly similar to her father’s crimes.
Do Not Disturb (2021)
Quinn Alexander is on the run after committing a crime she can never undo, racing toward the border before the police catch up. When a snowstorm forces her to stop at a remote, run-down Baxter Motel, Quinn realizes escaping the law may be easier than surviving the night.
Do You Remember? (2022)
After surviving a violent incident, Tess Strebel wakes up with memory loss and in a life she does not recognize, beside a man who insists he is her husband and in a house that feels like a stranger’s. A note in her own handwriting explains the truth: after a devastating accident, her memory resets every morning. Forced to trust the man in her wedding photos and the life she can’t remember, Tess tries to move forward until a single text shatters everything.
The Housemaid (2022)
The Housemaid series
Recently released from prison, Millie Calloway takes a live-in housekeeping job with a hot wealthy family, only to realize the household operates by unsettling rules. Twisty, addictive, and deliciously unhinged, this is the breakout thriller brought to the screen by Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried.
The Inmate (2022)
When Brooke Sullivan is assigned as a nurse practitioner to the men’s ward, she comes face to face with Shane Nelson, a notorious inmate (who also happens to be her high school sweetheart). He’s in prison for brutal murders, and Brooke’s testimony helped put him there. These two have much to discuss.
Never Lie (2022)
House hunting turns sinister for newlyweds Tricia and Ethan when a winter storm traps them inside a remote manor once owned by a psychiatrist who vanished years ago. With nothing to do but explore, Tricia discovers a stash of cassette tapes from the doctor’s therapy sessions, and by the time the final tape plays, our lovebirds are f*cked.
The Gift (2022)
A woman working two jobs and unable to afford her husband’s gift on Christmas Eve is offered an unexpected deal from a mysterious pawnshop owner. Inspired by the classic O. Henry tale, The Gift of the Magi, you know where this ends.
Ward D (2023)
Medical student Amy Brenner dreads her overnight shift on a locked psychiatric ward, for reasons she is desperate to keep hidden. As the night drags on, people begin disappearing and the unit’s sense of control starts to unravel. Trapped behind sealed doors, Amy realizes her worst fear is no longer surviving the night, but whether she will ever make it out at all.
The Co-Worker (2023)
Dawn Schiff is the office oddball, painfully awkward, obsessively punctual, and easy for everyone to overlook. When she fails to show up one morning, it barely registers until her polished, high-performing coworker Natalie receives a chilling anonymous call. As the truth comes into focus, Natalie realizes Dawn was not just strange, she was being targeted, and now Natalie is dangerously tied to what happened next.
The Housemaid’s Secret (2023)
The Housemaid series
Picking up after The Housemaid, this sequel reframes earlier events through new revelations. That’s literally all we can say without spoiling things.
The Teacher (2024)
Eve’s life appears perfectly in order—loving husband, steady job teaching high school math—until Addie enters the picture, a student at the center of a scandal everyone thinks they understand. Branded a liar and easy to dismiss, Addie is far more dangerous than she seems, and as the truth emerges, the student-teacher power dynamic flips on its head.
The Housemaid Is Watching (2024)
The Housemaid series
The third installment expands the series’ scope beyond a single household. Past secrets resurface as characters attempt to build new lives under constant threat of exposure.
The Widow’s Husband’s Secret Lie: A Satire (2024)
A satirical thriller that skewers marriage and mourning, this novella follows a woman who keeps seeing the face of her dead husband.What starts as grief quickly tilts into something darker and far more absurd, as she begins to suspect that her late husband’s secrets didn’t die with him.
The Boyfriend (2024)
A modern dating thriller centered on a woman whose charming new relationship begins to feel dangerously off. As red flags multiply, the novel explores how easily intimacy can mask manipulation.
With a handsome, attentive doctor of a new boyfriend, Sydney Shaw thinks she’s cracked the dating code. But as a series of murders rocks the city, police begin hunting a killer who romances his victims before killing them, and Sydney can’t ignore the creeping sense that her perfect match may be hiding something lethal.
The Housemaid’s Wedding (2024)
The Housemaid series
A brief return to the Housemaid universe, set around a wedding that surfaces unresolved tensions and lingering secrets.
The Crash (2025)
After surviving a traumatic car accident, a woman pieces together what happened and why someone might not want her to remember.Eight months pregnant and running out of options, Tegan skips town, only to crash straight into a blizzard. Stranded with a broken ankle and no way out, she accepts help from a seemingly kind couple offering refuge in their secluded cabin. You know where this story goes.
The Tenant (2025)
A landlord-tenant relationship spirals into something far more dangerous when Blake Porter loses his high-powered job. Unable to afford the mortgage on his dream brownstone, he reluctantly takes in a tenant to stay afloat. Whitney seems like the perfect solution—until Blake’s house turns hostile and his secrets start surfacing. What begins as a financial fix quickly becomes a psychological trap.
Death Row (2025)
Talia Kemper is days away from execution when spots her supposedly dead husband alive and well in the prison visiting room. Convicted of his murder despite an alibi and no clear motive, Talia has spent years insisting she’s innocent—only now, with time running out, does she have proof that could change everything.
The Intruder (2025)
A hurricane is battering Casey’s remote cabin when a young girl appears at her window – gripping a knife, and covered in blood, and refusing to explain her situation. As the night drags on and the power flickers, Casey realizes she may have made a catastrophic mistake by letting her inside.
Dear Debbie (2026)
The newest work from McFadden, Dear Debbie is told through letters and revelations, unraveling long-buried secrets. Once the trusted voice behind the Dear Debbie advice column, Debbie Mullen finds herself out of a job and quietly tracking a husband showing snake behavior.
