Cathy Kelly Books in Order
Cathy Kelly has written 27 books, published between 1997 and 2026. The first book is Woman To Woman (1997) and the newest is The Island Retreat (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1997–2026
- Confirmed
- 27 of 27 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,557 in 20 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 143–214 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,557 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Cathy Kelly writes women's fiction. Twenty-seven books are catalogued from Woman To Woman (1997) to The Island Retreat (2026), most of them standalone novels, with short stories and novellas beside them. Ireland, families, sisters, female friendship and life change events recur as subjects. Kelly, born in 1966, worked as a journalist before this, and Someone Like You took the Romantic Novelists' Association award for Romantic Novel of the Year in 2001. The median book runs 455 pages.
How many Cathy Kelly books are there?
Cathy Kelly has 27 books, released between 1997 and 2026.
Cathy Kelly Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Cathy Kelly books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119976243/4
- 219995673/4
- 319995673/4
- 420004803/4
- 520015293/4
- 62002803/4
- 72002–3/4
- 82003–3/4
- 920044543/4
- 1020064963/4
- 1120085123/4
- 1220094163/4
- 132010873/4
- 1420104513/4
- 1520113423/4
- 1620124803/4
- 1720134223/4
- 1820144643/4
- 1920154563/4
- 2020183943/4
- 2120184163/4
- 222020–3/4
- 2320213203/4
- 242021–3/4
- 252022–3/4
- 262024–3/4
- 272026–3/4
Cathy Kelly 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.
Cathy Kelly Standalone Novels
24 books24 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cathy Kelly Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cathy Kelly Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cathy Kelly Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Cathy Kelly books run from Woman To Woman (1997) to The Island Retreat (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Cathy Kelly in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Cathy Kelly books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 27 Cathy Kelly books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Cathy Kelly
Start with Woman To Woman (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Cathy Kelly book?
The Island Retreat (2026) is the newest Cathy Kelly book released so far.
Is there a new Cathy Kelly book coming?
No next Cathy Kelly 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 Cathy Kelly has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Cathy Kelly. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Romantic Novelists' Association Awards2001Won
Cathy Kelly at a glance
- Still publishing
- Cathy Kelly published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Cathy Kelly books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,557 pages across the 20 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 455 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cathy Kelly books, 9 of 27, were published in the 2010s.
What the Cathy Kelly books are about
23 of the 27 Cathy Kelly books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women is tagged on 10 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Women 10 of 23 books
- Family life 5 of 23 books
- Ireland 5 of 23 books
- Female friendship 3 of 23 books
- Friendship 3 of 23 books
- Interpersonal relations 3 of 23 books
- Life change events 3 of 23 books
- Man-woman relationships 3 of 23 books
- Sisters 3 of 23 books
- English literature 2 of 23 books
- Marriage 2 of 23 books