Cassandra Clark Books in Order
Cassandra Clark has written 33 books, published between 1987 and 2023. The first book is Impossible To Forget (As: Sally Heywood) (1987) and the newest is The Night of the Wolf (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1987–2023
- Pages on record
- 5,197 in 22 of 33 books
- Reading time
- 87–130 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,197 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 33 titles with a page count on record.
Cassandra Clark is an English novelist and playwright, and her catalogue divides in two. The earliest titles carry the name Sally Heywood and belong to romance: Impossible To Forget (1987), Fantasy Lover (1988), Jungle Lover (1990), The Gemini Bride (1990). The later work is historical mystery, with Abbess Hildegard of Meaux as its investigator and a second series around Brother Chandler. Thirty-three books are catalogued, published between 1987 and 2023 and ending with The Night of the Wolf (2023). Nuns, Great Britain and history run through the subject headings.
How many Cassandra Clark books are there?
Cassandra Clark has 33 books, released between 1987 and 2023. They include 2 series and 17 titles listed outside any series.
Cassandra Clark Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 Cassandra Clark 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.
- 1Impossible To Forget (As: Sally Heywood)1987 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/419871871/4
- 2Fantasy Lover (As: Sally Heywood)1988 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/419882511/4
- 3Today, Tomorrow and Forever (As: Sally Heywood)1989 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/419891881/4
- 4Law Of Love (As: Sally Heywood)1989 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/419891891/4
- 5Hazard of love (As: Sally Heywood)1989 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/419891871/4
- 6Jungle Lover (As: Sally Heywood)1990 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419901921/4
- 7Love's Sweet Harvest (As: Sally Heywood)1990 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/419901891/4
- 8Simply Forever (As: Sally Heywood)1990 · confirmed 1/41990–1/4
- 9Bride Of Ravenscroft (As: Sally Heywood)1990 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/419901871/4
- 10Trust Me, My Love (As: Sally Heywood)1990 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/419901891/4
- 11The Gemini Bride (As: Sally Heywood)1990 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419901921/4
- 12Dark Passion (As: Sally Heywood)1991 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419911921/4
- 13Love Island (As: Sally Heywood)1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419921921/4
- 14Castle of Desire (As: Sally Heywood)1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419921921/4
- 15Steps To Heaven (As: Sally Heywood)1992 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/419921871/4
- 16Tides of Passion (As: Sally Heywood)1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419921921/4
- 17Master of Destiny (As: Sally Heywood)1994 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419941921/4
- 1820083201/4
- 19The Red Velvet Turnshoe aka The Velvet TurnshoeHildegard of Meaux Medieval Mystery #22009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 2020115121/4
- 2120124161/4
- 2220133391/4
- 232014–1/4
- 242016–1/4
- 252016–1/4
- 262017–1/4
- 272018–1/4
- 282019–1/4
- 2920202561/4
- 3020212561/4
- 312021–1/4
- 322022–1/4
- 332023–1/4
Cassandra Clark characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Hildegard of Meaux books in order 13 books
Cassandra Clark 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.
Hildegard of Meaux Medieval Mystery in order
13 books- 1. Hangman Blind
- 2. The Red Velvet Turnshoe aka The Velvet Turnshoe
- 3. The Law of Angels
- 4. A Parliament of Spies
- 5. The Dragon of Handale
- 6. The Butcher of Avignon
- 7. The Scandal of the Skulls
- 8. Ten Weeks That Changed England Forever
- 9. The Alchemist of Netley Abbey
- 10. Murder at Meaux
- 11. Murder at Whitby Abbey
- 12. Murder at Beaulieu Abbey
- and 1 more in the table above
Brother Chandler in order
3 booksStandalone books
17 books17 Cassandra Clark titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Cassandra Clark books in order?
You only need to read Cassandra Clark books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Cassandra Clark
Start with Hangman Blind (2008), the first Hildegard of Meaux book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Impossible To Forget (As: Sally Heywood) (1987).
What is the newest Cassandra Clark book?
The Night of the Wolf (2023) is the newest Cassandra Clark book released so far.
Is there a new Cassandra Clark book coming?
No next Cassandra Clark book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cassandra Clark at a glance
- Paused
- No new Cassandra Clark title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Cassandra Clark books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,197 pages across the 22 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cassandra Clark books, 12 of 33, were published in the 1990s.
What the Cassandra Clark books are about
19 of the 33 Cassandra Clark books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: great britain is tagged on 5 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Great Britain 5 of 19 books
- Abbess Hildegard (Fictitious character) 4 of 19 books
- English literature 4 of 19 books
- History 4 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 3 of 19 books
- Nuns 3 of 19 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 19 books