Catrin Collier Books in Order
Catrin Collier has written 50 books, published between 1990 and 2019. The first book is Without Trace (1990) and the newest is A Dragon's Legacy (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
Catrin Collier is the pen name of Karen Jones.
- Books
- 50
- Published
- 1990–2019
- Pages on record
- 4,110 in 12 of 50 books
Catrin Collier is the pen name of Karen Watkins, a Welsh novelist born in 1948 and known for historical fiction. The Hearts of Gold series is set in Pontypridd, Collier's home town, between 1930 and 1950, and its first book became a BBC drama in 2003. Other names include Katherine John and K. A. John for crime, Katherine Hardy for TV novelisations and Caro French for modern fiction. The catalogue lists 50 books from Without Trace (1990) to A Dragon's Legacy (2019), including the Detective Trevor Joseph, Swansea Girls and Tiger Bay series.
Source: Wikidata
How many Catrin Collier books are there?
Catrin Collier has 50 books, released between 1990 and 2019. They include 11 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Catrin Collier Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 50 Catrin Collier 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 November 2026.
- 119904261/4
- 219925101/4
- 31993–1/4
- 41993–1/4
- 519951921/4
- 619951921/4
- 71995–1/4
- 81995–1/4
- 919967311/4
- 101996–1/4
- 111996–1/4
- 1219972561/4
- 1319973141/4
- 141997–1/4
- 15By Any Name (As: Katherine John)1998 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/419982741/4
- 1619983981/4
- 172000–1/4
- 182001–1/4
- 192002–1/4
- 202003–1/4
- 212003–1/4
- 222004–1/4
- 232004–1/4
- 242005–1/4
- 252006–1/4
- 262006–1/4
- 272006–1/4
- 28One Last Summer2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 2920083201/4
- 302008–1/4
- 312009–1/4
- 322009–1/4
- 332010–1/4
- 34Wake Wood (As: K.A. John)2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 352012–1/4
- 362013–1/4
- 372013–1/4
- 38The Amber Knight (As: Katherine John)2013 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/420133481/4
- 392013–1/4
- 402014–1/4
- 412014–1/4
- 422014–1/4
- 43The Defeated Aristocrat (As: Katherine John)2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 442015–1/4
- 452015–1/4
- 462015–1/4
- 472016–1/4
- 48Collected Short Stories Volume One (As: Katherine John)Katherine John #12019 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/420191491/4
- 49Poppies at the Well2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 502019–1/4
Catrin Collier 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.
Hearts of Gold in order
10 booksDetective Trevor Joseph in order
9 booksBeggars and Choosers in order
5 booksFarcreek in order
3 booksSwansea Girls in order
3 booksLong Road to Baghdad in order
3 booksGlyndŵr in order
3 booksTsar's Dragons in order
3 booksGrand in order
2 booksTiger Bay in order
2 booksKatherine John in order
1 bookStandalone books
6 books6 Catrin Collier titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Catrin Collier books in order?
You only need to read Catrin Collier books in order within each series: the books listed here span 11 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Catrin Collier
Start with Without Trace (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Catrin Collier book?
A Dragon's Legacy (2019) is the newest Catrin Collier book released so far.
Is there a new Catrin Collier book coming?
No next Catrin Collier book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Catrin Collier at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Catrin Collier title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Catrin Collier books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,110 pages across the 12 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 317 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Catrin Collier books, 18 of 50, were published in the 2010s.
When Catrin Collier books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Catrin Collier titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 18 titles.
50 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Catrin Collier books are about
10 of the 50 Catrin Collier books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 2 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 2 of 10 books
- Family life 2 of 10 books
- History 2 of 10 books
- Hotels 2 of 10 books
- Joseph, trevor (fictitious character) 2 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 2 of 10 books
- Nineteen twenties 2 of 10 books
- Police 2 of 10 books
- Serial murders 2 of 10 books