Charlotte Gray Books in Order
Charlotte Gray has written 15 books, published between 1988 and 2023. The first book is Mother Teresa (1988) and the newest is Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1988–2023
- Pages on record
- 3,919 in 12 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 65–98 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,919 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Charlotte Gray, CM, born January 3, 1948, is a Canadian historian and author who was born in Britain. The Winnipeg Free Press has praised Gray as a writer of popular history and literary biography. The catalogue lists 15 books from Mother Teresa (1988) to Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons (2023), including Henry Dunant (1989) and Bob Geldof (1990) in the People Who Have Helped the World series. Sisters in the Wilderness (1999), Flint and Feather (2002) and Reluctant Genius (2006) are among the other titles.
How many Charlotte Gray books are there?
Charlotte Gray has 15 books, released between 1988 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the People Who Have Helped the World series.
Charlotte Gray Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Charlotte Gray 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.
- 11988681/4
- 21989681/4
- 31990681/4
- 4Mrs. King: The Life & Times of Isabel Mackenzie King1997 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/419973861/4
- 5Sisters in the Wilderness1999 · 379 pages · confirmed 1/419993791/4
- 6Flint and Feather2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 7Canada: A Portrait in Letters, 1800-20002003 · 536 pages · confirmed 1/420035361/4
- 8The Museum Called Canada2004 · 705 pages · confirmed 1/420047051/4
- 9Reluctant Genius2006 · 466 pages · confirmed 1/420064661/4
- 10Sisters in Two Worlds2007 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/420071751/4
- 11Gold Diggers: Striking it Rich in the Klondike2010 · 413 pages · confirmed 1/420104131/4
- 12The Massey Murder2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420133361/4
- 13The Promise of Canada: 150 Years2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 14Murdered Midas2019 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/420193191/4
- 15Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Charlotte Gray 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.
People Who Have Helped the World in order
3 books- 1. Mother Teresa
- 2. Henry Dunant
- 3. Bob Geldof
Standalone books
12 books12 Charlotte Gray titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Charlotte Gray books in order?
You only need to read Charlotte Gray books in order within the People Who Have Helped the World series, which holds 3 of the 15 Charlotte Gray books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Charlotte Gray
Start with Mother Teresa (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Charlotte Gray book?
Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons (2023) is the newest Charlotte Gray book released so far.
Is there a new Charlotte Gray book coming?
No next Charlotte Gray 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 Charlotte Gray has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Charlotte Gray. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Floyd S. Chalmers Award in Ontario History1999Won
Charlotte Gray at a glance
- Paused
- No new Charlotte Gray title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Charlotte Gray books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,919 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 358 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Charlotte Gray books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2000s.
What the Charlotte Gray books are about
12 of the 15 Charlotte Gray books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 10 of 12 books
- History 4 of 12 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 3 of 12 books
- Juvenile literature 3 of 12 books
- Canadian Authors 2 of 12 books
- Canadian Women authors 2 of 12 books
- Gold mines and mining 2 of 12 books
- Murder 2 of 12 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 12 books
- Women authors, Canadian (English) 2 of 12 books
- Women, biography 2 of 12 books