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Charlotte Bingham Books in Order

Charlotte Bingham has written 53 books, published between 1963 and 2019. The first book is Coronet Among the Weeds (1963) and the newest is Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
53
Published
1963–2019
Pages on record
16,510 in 39 of 53 books
Reading time
275–413 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 16,510 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 39 of 53 titles with a page count on record.

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Charlotte Bingham (29 June 1942 to 16 November 2025) was an English novelist who wrote more than 30 novels, most of them historical romance. Bingham also wrote for television, including Upstairs, Downstairs, Play for Today and Robin's Nest, often in partnership with Terence Brady, Bingham's husband. The catalogue lists 53 books from Coronet Among the Weeds (1963) to Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me (2019). Series include Honestly, Love Quartet, Nightingale, Bexham Trilogy and Mums on the Run, and debutantes, England and World War II are among the subjects.

How many Charlotte Bingham books are there?

Charlotte Bingham has 53 books, released between 1963 and 2019. They include 7 series and 33 titles listed outside any series.

Charlotte Bingham Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 53 Charlotte Bingham 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.

  1. Cover of Coronet Among the Weeds by Charlotte Bingham (1963)
  2. Cover of Rose's Story, book 2 of the Upstairs Downstairs series (1972)
  3. Cover of No - Honestly! by Charlotte Bingham, book 1 of the Honestly series (1974)
  4. Cover of Victoria And Company by Charlotte Bingham, book 2 of the Victoria series (1974)
  5. Cover of Yes - Honestly by Charlotte Bingham, book 2 of the Honestly series (1977)
  6. Cover of Belgravia by Charlotte Bingham, book 1 of the Love Quartet (1984)
  7. Cover of Country Life by Charlotte Bingham, book 2 of the Love Quartet (1985)
  8. Cover of In Sunshine Or In Shadow by Charlotte Bingham (1991)
  9. Cover of The Magic Hour by Charlotte Bingham (1992)
  10. Cover of Stardust by Charlotte Bingham (1993)
  11. Cover of Change of Heart by Charlotte Bingham (1994)
  12. Cover of Debutantes by Charlotte Bingham, book 1 of the Debutantes series (1995)
  13. Cover of The Nightingale Sings by Charlotte Bingham, book 1 of the Nightingale series (1996)
  14. Cover of Grand Affair by Charlotte Bingham (1997)
  15. Cover of Love Song by Charlotte Bingham (1998)
  16. Cover of The Kissing Garden by Charlotte Bingham (1999)
  17. Cover of The Love Knot by Charlotte Bingham (2000)
  18. Cover of The Blue Note by Charlotte Bingham (2000)
  19. Cover of The Season by Charlotte Bingham, book 2 of the Debutantes series (2001)
  20. Cover of Summertime by Charlotte Bingham (2001)
  21. Cover of The Chestnut Tree by Charlotte Bingham, book 1 of the Bexham Trilogy (2002)
  22. Cover of Distant Music by Charlotte Bingham (2002)
  23. Cover of The Wind Off the Sea by Charlotte Bingham, book 2 of the Bexham Trilogy (2003)
  24. Cover of The Moon at Midnight by Charlotte Bingham, book 3 of the Bexham Trilogy (2003)
  1. 1
    Coronet Among the Weeds1963 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963156
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  2. 2
    Lucinda1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  3. 3
    VictoriaVictoria #11972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  4. 4
    Rose's StoryUpstairs Downstairs #21972 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972215
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  5. 5
    No - Honestly!Honestly #11974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  6. 6
    Victoria And CompanyVictoria #21974 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974232
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  7. 7
    Yes - HonestlyHonestly #21977 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977175
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  8. 8
    BelgraviaLove Quartet #11984 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984208
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  9. 9
    Country LifeLove Quartet #21985 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985256
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  10. 10
    At HomeLove Quartet #31986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  11. 11
    In Sunshine Or In Shadow1991 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991576
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  12. 12
    The Magic Hour1992 · 439 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992439
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  13. 13
    Stardust1993 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993576
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  14. 14
    By InvitationLove Quartet #41993 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993330
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  15. 15
    Change of Heart1994 · 631 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994631
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  16. 16
    Nanny1994 · 463 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994463
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  17. 17
    DebutantesDebutantes #11995 · 495 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995495
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  18. 18
    The Nightingale SingsNightingale #11996 · 639 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996639
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  19. 19
    Grand Affair1997 · 478 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997478
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  20. 20
    Love Song1998 · 562 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998562
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  21. 21
    The Kissing Garden1999 · 612 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999612
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  22. 22
    Country Wedding1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  23. 23
    To Hear a NightingaleNightingale #22000 · 736 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000736
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  24. 24
    The Love Knot2000 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000544
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  25. 25
    The Blue Note2000 · 566 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000566
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  26. 26
    The SeasonDebutantes #22001 · 589 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001589
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  27. 27
    Summertime2001 · 589 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001589
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  28. 28
    The Chestnut TreeBexham Trilogy #12002 · 462 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002462
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  29. 29
    Distant Music2002 · 570 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002570
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  30. 30
    The Wind Off the SeaBexham Trilogy #22003 · 459 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003459
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Charlotte Bingham 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.

Love Quartet in order

4 books
  1. 1. Belgravia
  2. 2. Country Life
  3. 3. At Home
  4. 4. By Invitation

Bexham Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Chestnut Tree
  2. 2. The Wind Off the Sea
  3. 3. The Moon at Midnight

Victoria in order

2 books
  1. 1. Victoria
  2. 2. Victoria And Company

Honestly in order

2 books
  1. 1. No - Honestly!
  2. 2. Yes - Honestly

Debutantes in order

2 books
  1. 1. Debutantes
  2. 2. The Season

Nightingale in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Nightingale Sings
  2. 2. To Hear a Nightingale

Eden in order

2 books
  1. 1. Daughters of Eden
  2. 2. The House of Flowers

Mums on the Run in order

2 books
  1. 1. Mums on the Run
  2. 2. A Dip Before Breakfast

Upstairs Downstairs in order

1 book
  1. 2. Rose's Story

Standalone books

33 books

33 Charlotte Bingham titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Charlotte Bingham books in order?

You only need to read Charlotte Bingham books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Charlotte Bingham

Start with Coronet Among the Weeds (1963), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charlotte Bingham book?

Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me (2019) is the newest Charlotte Bingham book released so far.

Is there a new Charlotte Bingham book coming?

No next Charlotte Bingham book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Charlotte Bingham at a glance

Died
Charlotte Bingham died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Charlotte Bingham on record dates from 2019.
Release pace
Charlotte Bingham books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
16,510 pages across the 39 of 53 books with a recorded length, a median of 459 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charlotte Bingham books, 19 of 53, were published in the 2000s.

What the Charlotte Bingham books are about

31 of the 53 Charlotte Bingham books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: world war, 1939-1945 is tagged on 6 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.