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Dr. Jane McGill

by Freida McFadden

The Dr. Jane McGill series by Freida McFadden has 2 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013).

Books
2 books
First published
2013
Status
completed
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Start here: The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013) — then read straight through in publication order.

Cover of The Devil Wears Scrubs, the first book in Dr. Jane McGill

Reading order

The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Devil Wears Scrubs

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  2. The Devil You Know

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About the Dr. Jane McGill series

Years before she became a psychological-thriller phenomenon, Freida McFadden — writing early in her career as a practicing physician — published two darkly comic novels about Jane McGill, a young doctor navigating the exhausting, absurd, occasionally horrifying world of hospital residency. The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013) follows Jane through her first year as a surgical intern under a brilliant, terrifying senior resident, mining the sleep-deprived chaos of hospital hierarchy for both comedy and genuine tension. The Devil You Know (2017) continues her residency story. Tonally these are closer to wry medical-workplace fiction than to McFadden's later thrillers, though the same clear, propulsive prose style is already fully formed.

The series draws directly on McFadden's own medical training and predates the pen name's breakout success by nearly a decade; it's a niche entry point for readers who want the McGill books specifically or who are curious about her pre-Housemaid writing, rather than a typical starting point for new readers discovering her through the Housemaid trilogy or her standalone thrillers.

How to read this series

Read in publication order: The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013) first, then The Devil You Know (2017), which continues Jane's residency. The two books are a self-contained pair, unconnected to McFadden's Housemaid series or her standalone thrillers.

Frequently asked questions

How many Dr. Jane McGill books are there?

Two: The Devil Wears Scrubs (2013) and The Devil You Know (2017).

Is Dr. Jane McGill a thriller series?

No — it's medical workplace fiction with comic and dramatic elements, drawing on author Freida McFadden's own experience as a physician. It predates her later psychological thrillers.

Do I need to read the Dr. Jane McGill books before McFadden's other novels?

No. The series is entirely separate from the Housemaid trilogy and her standalone thrillers, with no shared characters or continuity.

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