Barbara Taylor Bradford Books in Order
Barbara Taylor Bradford has written 47 books, published between 1970 and 2023. The first book is Fashions That Please Him (1970) and the newest is The Wonder of It All (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 47
- Published
- 1970–2023
- Confirmed
- 47 of 47 titles
- Pages on record
- 16,834 in 37 of 47 books
- Reading time
- 281–421 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 16,834 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 47 titles with a page count on record.
Barbara Taylor Bradford began in non-fiction, with Fashions That Please Him (1970) and a run of interior decorating guides, then wrote A Woman of Substance (1979) and the family sagas that followed. Businesswomen, inheritance and mothers and daughters are the standing subjects. 47 catalogued books include the Emma Harte and Harte Family sagas, Cavendon Hall, the House of Falconer and the Ravenscar novels. The Wonder of It All, published in 2023, closes the catalogue.
The Emma Harte and Harte Family Saga novels follow Emma Harte's rise from poverty to a business empire, tracing her descendants across several generations and the tensions within the family.
How many Barbara Taylor Bradford books are there?
Barbara Taylor Bradford has 47 books, released between 1970 and 2023. They include 4 separate series.
Barbara Taylor Bradford Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 47 Barbara Taylor Bradford books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119701203/4
- 2Easy Steps To Successful DecoratingBarbara Taylor Bradford Non-Fiction #21971 · 286 pages · confirmed 3/419712863/4
- 3How to Solve Your Decorating ProblemsBarbara Taylor Bradford Non-Fiction #31976 · 262 pages · confirmed 3/419762623/4
- 419799283/4
- 519791603/4
- 6Luxury Designs for Apartment LivingBarbara Taylor Bradford Non-Fiction #51981 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/419813443/4
- 719839283/4
- 819842373/4
- 919857683/4
- 101986–3/4
- 1119884643/4
- 1219904983/4
- 1319913963/4
- 1419934673/4
- 151994–3/4
- 1619952403/4
- 171995–3/4
- 1819963363/4
- 191996–3/4
- 2019974223/4
- 21A Sudden Change of HeartBarbara Taylor Bradford Standalone Novels #121998 · 387 pages · confirmed 3/419983873/4
- 2220004493/4
- 2320011763/4
- 24The Triumph of Katie ByrneBarbara Taylor Bradford Standalone Novels #142001 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/420013383/4
- 2520023393/4
- 2620035443/4
- 2720054753/4
- 2820054643/4
- 2920064963/4
- 3020075923/4
- 3120087213/4
- 3220095123/4
- 3320104483/4
- 342011–3/4
- 3520123583/4
- 3720149853/4
- 382014–3/4
- 3920154403/4
- 4020165043/4
- 412016–3/4
- 4220173903/4
- 4320184003/4
- 442018–3/4
- 4520195123/4
- 4620214484/4
- 472023–3/4
Barbara Taylor Bradford series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Emma Harte books in order 8 books
- Harte Family Saga books in order 8 books
Barbara Taylor Bradford books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Barbara Taylor Bradford Standalone Novels
18 books18 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Barbara Taylor Bradford Non-Fiction
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Barbara Taylor Bradford Short Stories/Novellas
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cavendon Hall in order
4 booksHouse Of Dravenel/Ravenscar in order
3 booksHouse of Falconer in order
3 booksDo you have to read Barbara Taylor Bradford books in order?
You only need to read Barbara Taylor Bradford books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Barbara Taylor Bradford
Start with the first book of the Barbara Taylor Bradford series you want to read: Emma Harte starts with A Woman of Substance (1979) and Harte Family Saga starts with A Woman of Substance (1979). The earliest catalogued title overall is Fashions That Please Him (1970).
What is the newest Barbara Taylor Bradford book?
The Wonder of It All (2023) is the newest Barbara Taylor Bradford book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara Taylor Bradford book coming?
No next Barbara Taylor Bradford book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Barbara Taylor Bradford has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Barbara Taylor Bradford. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Lucien Barrière Literary Award1994Won
Barbara Taylor Bradford at a glance
- Died
- Barbara Taylor Bradford died in 2024, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Barbara Taylor Bradford on record dates from 2023.
- Release pace
- Barbara Taylor Bradford books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 16,834 pages across the 37 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 448 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara Taylor Bradford books, 13 of 47, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 47 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Barbara Taylor Bradford books are about
42 of the 47 Barbara Taylor Bradford books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 8 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 8 of 42 books
- Domestic fiction 7 of 42 books
- Businesswomen 6 of 42 books
- History 6 of 42 books
- Interior decoration 5 of 42 books
- Aristocracy (social class) 4 of 42 books
- Inheritance and succession 4 of 42 books
- Sagas 4 of 42 books
- England 3 of 42 books
- Family life 3 of 42 books