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Deborah Moggach Books in Order

Deborah Moggach has written 21 books, published between 1978 and 2023. The first book is You Must Be Sisters (1978) and the newest is Fool for Love: The Selected Short Stories (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1978–2023
Pages on record
4,229 in 15 of 21 books
Reading time
70–106 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,229 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Deborah Moggach, author

Deborah Moggach, born Deborah Hough on 28 June 1948, is an English novelist, playwright and screenwriter credited with 19 novels. Tulip Fever (1999) became a 2017 film, and These Foolish Things (2004) was adapted as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011). Moggach wrote the screenplay for Pride and Prejudice (2005). The catalogue records 21 books from You Must Be Sisters (1978) to Fool for Love: The Selected Short Stories (2023), including The Ex-Wives (1993).

How many Deborah Moggach books are there?

Deborah Moggach has 21 books, released between 1978 and 2023.

Deborah Moggach Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Deborah Moggach 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 You Must Be Sisters by Deborah Moggach (1978)
  2. Cover of A Quiet Drink by Deborah Moggach (1980)
  3. Cover of Hot Water Man by Deborah Moggach (1982)
  4. Cover of Porky by Deborah Moggach (1983)
  5. Cover of Stolen by Deborah Moggach (1990)
  6. Cover of The Stand-in by Deborah Moggach (1991)
  7. Cover of The Ex-Wives by Deborah Moggach (1993)
  8. Cover of Seesaw by Deborah Moggach (1996)
  9. Cover of Close Relations by Deborah Moggach (1997)
  10. Cover of Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach (1999)
  11. Cover of These Foolish Things / The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach (2004)
  12. Cover of In the Dark by Deborah Moggach (2007)
  13. Cover of Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach (2013)
  14. Cover of Something to Hide by Deborah Moggach (2015)
  1. 1
    You Must Be Sisters1978 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978224
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  2. 2
    Close to Home1979 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979250
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  3. 3
    A Quiet Drink1980 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980224
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  4. 4
    Hot Water Man1982 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982256
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  5. 5
    Porky1983 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983236
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  6. 6
    To Have and to Hold1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  7. 7
    Driving in the Dark1988 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988240
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  8. 8
    Stolen1990 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990336
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  9. 9
    The Stand-in1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  10. 10
    The Ex-Wives1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  11. 11
    Seesaw1996 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996320
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  12. 12
    Close Relations1997 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997356
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  13. 13
    Tulip Fever1999 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999281
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  14. 14
    Final Demand2001 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001240
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  15. 15
    These Foolish Things / The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004320
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  16. 16
    In the Dark2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007320
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  17. 17
    Heartbreak Hotel2013 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013304
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  18. 18
    Something to Hide2015 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015322
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  19. 19
    The Carer2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  20. 20
    The Black Dress2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  21. 21
    Fool for Love: The Selected Short Stories2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Deborah Moggach 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.

Standalone books

21 books

21 Deborah Moggach titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Deborah Moggach books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 21 Deborah Moggach books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Deborah Moggach

Start with You Must Be Sisters (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Deborah Moggach book?

Fool for Love: The Selected Short Stories (2023) is the newest Deborah Moggach book released so far.

Is there a new Deborah Moggach book coming?

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

Deborah Moggach at a glance

Paused
No new Deborah Moggach title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Deborah Moggach books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,229 pages across the 15 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 281 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Deborah Moggach books, 6 of 21, were published in the 1990s.

What the Deborah Moggach books are about

19 of the 21 Deborah Moggach 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 3 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.