Carole Matthews Books in Order
Carole Matthews has written 38 books, published between 1997 and 2020. The first book is Let's Meet on Platform 8 (1997) and the newest is Christmas For Beginners (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 38
- Published
- 1997–2020
- Confirmed
- 38 of 38 titles
- Pages on record
- 12,353 in 30 of 38 books
- Reading time
- 206–309 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,353 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 38 titles with a page count on record.
Carole Matthews is a British writer of romantic comedy whose books have sold more than 7 million copies across 31 countries. Let's Meet on Platform 8 (1997) opens 38 catalogued titles ending with Christmas For Beginners (2020). The Chocolate Lovers' Club is the one continuing series; standalone novels, short stories and novellas make up the rest. Female friendship, single mothers, marriage and Christmas supply the material. The Festival of Romance put Matthews in its Hall of Fame in 2011.
How many Carole Matthews books are there?
Carole Matthews has 38 books, released between 1997 and 2020. 4 of them belong to the Chocolate Lovers’ Club series.
Carole Matthews Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 38 Carole 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.
- 119973093/4
- 2A Whiff of Scandal / The Scent of ScandalCarole Matthews Standalone Novels #21998 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/419983523/4
- 319993463/4
- 420003443/4
- 520013943/4
- 6A Compromising Position / Bare NecessityCarole Matthews Standalone Novels #62003 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/420034803/4
- 720043283/4
- 820043843/4
- 92005–3/4
- 1020064483/4
- 1120073523/4
- 1220073523/4
- 132008–3/4
- 1420084483/4
- 1520094643/4
- 1620094483/4
- 1720103843/4
- 1820104803/4
- 1920114283/4
- 202012–3/4
- 212012–3/4
- 2220124323/4
- 232013–3/4
- 242013–3/4
- 2520134483/4
- 2620134803/4
- 2720144643/4
- 2820144483/4
- 2920154703/4
- 3020154323/4
- 3120163723/4
- 3220174213/4
- 332017–3/4
- 34Christmas Cakes and Mistletoe NightsCarole Matthews Standalone Novels #272017 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/420174003/4
- 3520184003/4
- 3620194453/4
- 3720204003/4
- 382020–3/4
Carole 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.
Carole Matthews Standalone Novels
31 books31 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Chocolate Lovers’ Club in order
4 booksCarole Matthews Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Carole Matthews Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Carole Matthews books in order?
You only need to read Carole Matthews books in order within the Chocolate Lovers’ Club series, which holds 4 of the 38 Carole Matthews books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Carole Matthews
Start with Let's Meet on Platform 8 (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Carole Matthews book?
Christmas For Beginners (2020) is the newest Carole Matthews book released so far.
Is there a new Carole Matthews book coming?
No next Carole 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.
Carole Matthews at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Carole Matthews title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Carole Matthews books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 12,353 pages across the 30 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 424 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Carole Matthews books, 20 of 38, were published in the 2010s.
What the Carole Matthews books are about
33 of the 38 Carole Matthews 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 12 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 12 of 33 books
- Man-woman relationships 8 of 33 books
- Contemporary romance 5 of 33 books
- Female friendship 4 of 33 books
- Chick lit 3 of 33 books
- Christmas 3 of 33 books
- England 3 of 33 books
- Single mothers 3 of 33 books
- Single women 3 of 33 books
- Triangles (interpersonal relations) 3 of 33 books
- British 2 of 33 books
- Businesswomen 2 of 33 books