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Beth Gutcheon Books in Order

Beth Gutcheon has written 12 books, published between 1974 and 2018. The first book is The Perfect Patchwork Primer (1974) and the newest is The Affliction (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1974–2018
Pages on record
2,803 in 8 of 12 books
Reading time
47–70 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,803 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Beth Gutcheon checklist

Beth Gutcheon is an American author of ten novels and two quilting books. The catalogue records 12 titles, from The Perfect Patchwork Primer (1974) to The Affliction (2018). The New Girls (1979), Still Missing/Without a Trace (1980), Five Fortunes (1998), Leeway Cottage (2005) and Gossip (2012) are among them. Gutcheon also writes the Maggie Detweiler and Hope Babbin series. Subject headings include quilting, New York, Maine, preparatory schools and divorced women.

How many Beth Gutcheon books are there?

Beth Gutcheon has 12 books, released between 1974 and 2018. 2 of them belong to the Maggie Detweiler and Hope Babbin series.

Beth Gutcheon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Beth Gutcheon 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 The New Girls by Beth Gutcheon (1979)
  2. Cover of Domestic Pleasures by Beth Gutcheon (1991)
  3. Cover of Saying Grace by Beth Gutcheon (1995)
  4. Cover of Five Fortunes by Beth Gutcheon (1998)
  5. Cover of More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon (2000)
  6. Cover of Leeway Cottage by Beth Gutcheon (2005)
  7. Cover of Good-bye and Amen by Beth Gutcheon (2008)
  8. Cover of The Affliction by Beth Gutcheon, book 2 of the Maggie Detweiler and Hope Babbin series (2018)
  1. 1
    The Perfect Patchwork Primer1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  2. 2
    The New Girls1979 · 347 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979347
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  3. 3
    Still Missing/Without a Trace1980 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980255
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  4. 4
    Domestic Pleasures1991 · 353 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991353
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  5. 5
    Saying Grace1995 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995312
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  6. 6
    Five Fortunes1998 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998416
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  7. 7
    More Than You Know2000 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000288
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  8. 8
    Leeway Cottage2005 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005448
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  9. 9
    Good-bye and Amen2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  10. 10
    Gossip2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Death at BreakfastMaggie Detweiler and Hope Babbin #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  12. 12
    The AfflictionMaggie Detweiler and Hope Babbin #22018 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018384
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Beth Gutcheon 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.

Maggie Detweiler and Hope Babbin in order

2 books
  1. 1. Death at Breakfast
  2. 2. The Affliction

Standalone books

10 books

10 Beth Gutcheon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Beth Gutcheon books in order?

You only need to read Beth Gutcheon books in order within the Maggie Detweiler and Hope Babbin series, which holds 2 of the 12 Beth Gutcheon books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Beth Gutcheon

Start with The Perfect Patchwork Primer (1974), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Beth Gutcheon book?

The Affliction (2018) is the newest Beth Gutcheon book released so far.

Is there a new Beth Gutcheon book coming?

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

Beth Gutcheon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Beth Gutcheon title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Beth Gutcheon books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,803 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 350 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Beth Gutcheon books, 3 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Beth Gutcheon books are about

11 of the 12 Beth Gutcheon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: maine is tagged on 2 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.