Carol Birch Books in Order
Carol Birch has written 13 books, published between 1988 and 2022. The first book is Life in the Palace (1988) and the newest is Shadow Girls (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1988–2022
- Pages on record
- 3,002 in 10 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 50–75 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,002 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Carol Birch has 13 catalogued books, from Life in the Palace (1988) to Shadow Girls (2022). Titles include The Fog Line (1989), Little Sister (1998), Turn Again Home (2003), Scapegallows (2009) and Jamrach's Menagerie (2011). Birch is an English novelist, born in 1951, who also works as a lecturer, book critic and creative writing teacher. Subject headings include historical fiction, freak shows, sisters, missing persons and England.
How many Carol Birch books are there?
Carol Birch has 13 books, released between 1988 and 2022.
Carol Birch Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Carol Birch 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.
- 1Life in the Palace1988 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419882561/4
- 2The Fog Line1989 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419892241/4
- 3The Unmaking1992 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/419921821/4
- 4Songs Of The West1997 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/419972961/4
- 5Little Sister1998 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/419982781/4
- 6Come Back Paddy Riley2000 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/420002791/4
- 7Turn Again Home2003 · 405 pages · confirmed 1/420034051/4
- 8The Naming of Eliza Quinn2005 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420053521/4
- 9Scapegallows2009 · 435 pages · confirmed 1/420094351/4
- 10Jamrach's Menagerie2011 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/420112951/4
- 11Orphans of the Carnival2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 12Cold Boy's Wood2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 13Shadow Girls2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Carol Birch 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.
Standalone books
13 books13 Carol Birch titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Carol Birch books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 13 Carol Birch books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Carol Birch
Start with Life in the Palace (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Carol Birch book?
Shadow Girls (2022) is the newest Carol Birch book released so far.
Is there a new Carol Birch book coming?
No next Carol Birch 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 Carol Birch has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 2 nominations for Carol Birch. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize1991Won
- Booker Prize2011Shortlistedfor Jamrach's Menagerie
- Booker Prize2003Shortlistedfor Turn Again Home
Carol Birch at a glance
- Paused
- No new Carol Birch title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Carol Birch books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,002 pages across the 10 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 287 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Carol Birch books, 4 of 13, were published in the 2000s.
What the Carol Birch books are about
8 of the 13 Carol Birch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 2 of 8 books