Darlene Ryan Books in Order
Darlene Ryan has written 11 books, published between 2001 and 2024. The first book is A Mother's Adoption Journey (2001) and the newest is Furever After (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2001–2024
- Confirmed
- 1 of 11 titles
- Pages on record
- 924 in 6 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 15–23 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 924 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Darlene Ryan's catalogue holds 11 books published between 2001 and 2024, and it covers more than one kind of writing. A Mother's Adoption Journey (2001) is the earliest, with adoption, adoptive parents, intercountry adoption and Canadian biography among the recorded subjects. Fiction for younger readers follows in Rules for Life (2004), Saving Grace (2006) and Five Minutes More (2009), where schools, friendship and suicide enter the subjects. The listing also carries titles filed under the Magical Cats Mysteries and Second Chance Cat Mystery headings, among them Curiosity Thrilled the Cat (2011) and Furever After (2024).
How many Darlene Ryan books are there?
Darlene Ryan has 11 books, released between 2001 and 2024.
Darlene Ryan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Darlene Ryan 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.
- 1A Mother's Adoption Journey2001 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/420011202/4
- 2Rules for Life2004 · 163 pages · confirmed 2/420041632/4
- 32006972/4
- 420071002/4
- 5Five Minutes More2009 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/420092122/4
- 62011–2/4
- 7Pieces of Me2012 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/420122322/4
- 82012–2/4
- 92016–3/4
- 102023–2/4
- 112024–2/4
Darlene Ryan 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.
Magical Cats Mystery in order
3 booksOrca Soundings in order
3 books- 28. Saving Grace
- 36. Responsible
- 77. Cuts Like a Knife
Second Chance Cat Mystery in order
1 bookStandalone books
4 books4 Darlene Ryan titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Darlene Ryan books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Darlene Ryan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Darlene Ryan
Start with A Mother's Adoption Journey (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Darlene Ryan book?
Furever After (2024) is the newest Darlene Ryan book released so far.
Is there a new Darlene Ryan book coming?
No next Darlene Ryan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Darlene Ryan at a glance
- Still publishing
- Darlene Ryan published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Darlene Ryan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 924 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 142 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Darlene Ryan books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2000s.
What the Darlene Ryan books are about
7 of the 11 Darlene Ryan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 4 of 7 books