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Beryl Matthews Books in Order

Beryl Matthews has written 25 books, published between 2001 and 2023. The first book is A Christmas Crisis (2001) and the newest is Beautiful Innocence (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
2001–2023
Pages on record
6,942 in 22 of 25 books
Reading time
116–174 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,942 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

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Beryl Matthews writes historical sagas, and both World Wars appear among the subjects of the 25 novels. London, veterans, social conditions and brothers and sisters also recur, and the Webster Family forms the one named Matthews series. A Christmas Crisis and Links of Love (both 2001) open the list. A Time of Peace (2004) and The Forgotten Family (2006) are mid-list titles, and Beautiful Innocence (2023) is the latest.

How many Beryl Matthews books are there?

Beryl Matthews has 25 books, released between 2001 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Webster Family series.

Beryl Matthews Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Beryl Matthews 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.

  1. Cover of A Christmas Crisis by Beryl Matthews (2001)
  2. Cover of Links of Love by Beryl Matthews (2001)
  3. Cover of The Open Door/The Winter Child by Beryl Matthews, book 1 of the Webster Family series (2002)
  4. Cover of An Onerous Duty by Beryl Matthews (2002)
  5. Cover of Wings of the Morning/The Spitfire Sweetheart by Beryl Matthews, book 2 of the Webster Family series (2003)
  6. Cover of A Time of Peace by Beryl Matthews, book 3 of the Webster Family series (2004)
  7. Cover of A Change Of Fortune by Beryl Matthews (2004)
  8. Cover of One Step at a Time by Beryl Matthews (2006)
  9. Cover of The Forgotten Family by Beryl Matthews (2006)
  10. Cover of A Flight of Golden Wings by Beryl Matthews (2007)
  11. Cover of Diamonds in the Dust by Beryl Matthews (2008)
  12. Cover of Hold on to Your Dreams by Beryl Matthews (2009)
  13. Cover of The Uncertain Years by Beryl Matthews (2010)
  14. Cover of Battles Lost and Won by Beryl Matthews (2011)
  15. Cover of A New Day by Beryl Matthews (2012)
  16. Cover of A Debt From The Past by Beryl Matthews (2013)
  17. Cover of Two Strangers by Beryl Matthews (2015)
  18. Cover of The Day Will Come by Beryl Matthews (2016)
  19. Cover of When the Music Stopped by Beryl Matthews (2017)
  20. Cover of When Midnight Comes by Beryl Matthews (2018)
  21. Cover of Friends and Enemies by Beryl Matthews (2019)
  22. Cover of From This Day Forward by Beryl Matthews (2020)
  23. Cover of Together Under the Stars by Beryl Matthews (2021)
  1. 1
    A Christmas Crisis2001 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200196
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  2. 3
    The Open Door/The Winter ChildWebster Family #12002 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002464
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  3. 4
    An Onerous Duty2002 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002384
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  4. 5
    Wings of the Morning/The Spitfire SweetheartWebster Family #22003 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003480
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  5. 6
    A Time of PeaceWebster Family #32004 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004448
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  6. 7
    A Change Of Fortune2004 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004448
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  7. 8
    Fighting With Shadows2005 · 487 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005487
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  8. 9
    One Step at a Time2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  9. 10
    The Forgotten Family2006 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006288
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  10. 11
    A Flight of Golden Wings2007 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007250
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  11. 12
    Diamonds in the Dust2008 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008252
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  12. 13
    Hold on to Your Dreams2009 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009232
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  13. 14
    The Uncertain Years2010 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010251
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  14. 15
    Battles Lost and Won2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011320
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  15. 16
    A New Day2012 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012235
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  16. 17
    A Debt From The Past2013 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013232
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  17. 18
    Two Strangers2015 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015224
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  18. 19
    The Day Will Come2016 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016320
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  19. 20
    When the Music Stopped2017 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017320
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  20. 21
    When Midnight Comes2018 · 379 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018379
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  21. 22
    Friends and Enemies2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019384
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  22. 23
    From This Day Forward2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020352
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  23. 24
    Together Under the Stars2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  24. 25
    Beautiful Innocence2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Beryl Matthews 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.

Webster Family in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Open Door/The Winter Child
  2. 2. Wings of the Morning/The Spitfire Sweetheart
  3. 3. A Time of Peace

Standalone books

22 books

22 Beryl Matthews titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Beryl Matthews books in order?

You only need to read Beryl Matthews books in order within the Webster Family series, which holds 3 of the 25 Beryl Matthews books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Beryl Matthews

Start with A Christmas Crisis (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Beryl Matthews book?

Beautiful Innocence (2023) is the newest Beryl Matthews book released so far.

Is there a new Beryl Matthews book coming?

No next Beryl Matthews book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Beryl Matthews at a glance

Paused
No new Beryl Matthews title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Beryl Matthews books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,942 pages across the 22 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Beryl Matthews books, 13 of 25, were published in the 2000s.

What the Beryl Matthews books are about

21 of the 25 Beryl Matthews books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: london (england) is tagged on 9 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.