Di Morrissey Books in Order

Di Morrissey has written 30 books, published between 1992 and 2025. The first book is The Last Rose of Summer (1992) and the newest is The Endless Sky (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
30
Published
1992–2025
Confirmed
30 of 30 titles
Pages on record
8,565 in 18 of 30 books
Reading time
143–214 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,565 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 30 titles with a page count on record.

Di Morrissey, born Grace Diane Cairns in 1948, is an Australian novelist. Australia is the constant setting, and family secrets, friendship and pioneer life are the recurring subjects. Thirty books are catalogued between 1992 and 2025, from The Last Rose of Summer to The Endless Sky, most of them standalone and long at around 480 pages. Queenie and TR, and Lily Barton, are the two series among them.

How many Di Morrissey books are there?

Di Morrissey has 30 books, released between 1992 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.

Di Morrissey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Di Morrissey books in the order they were released, 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. 1
    The Last Rose of SummerDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #11992 · 600 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992600
  2. 2
    Follow the Morning StarQueenie and TR #11993 · confirmed 3/4
    1993
  3. 3
    The Last Mile HomeDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #21994 · 252 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994252
  4. 4
    Tears Of The MoonLily Barton #11996 · confirmed 3/4
    1996
  5. 5
    Heart of the DreamingQueenie and TR #21996 · 522 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996522
  6. 6
    When the Singing StopsDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #31996 · 520 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996520
  7. 7
    The SongmasterDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #41998 · 485 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998485
  8. 8
    Scatter the StarsDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #51999 · 540 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999540
  9. 9
    BlazeDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #62000 · 672 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000672
  10. 10
    The BayDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #72001 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001480
  11. 11
    Kimberley SunLily Barton #22002 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002480
  12. 12
    Barra CreekDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #82003 · confirmed 3/4
    2003
  13. 13
    The ReefDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #92004 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004512
  14. 14
    The ValleyDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #102006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006
  15. 15
    MonsoonDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #112007 · 468 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007468
  16. 16
    The IslandsDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #122008 · 483 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008483
  17. 17
    The Silent CountryDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #132009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009
  18. 18
    The PlantationDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #142010 · 468 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010468
  19. 19
    The Golden LandDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #152012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  20. 20
    The Opal DesertDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #162012 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012416
  21. 21
    The Winter SeaDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #172013 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013432
  22. 22
    The Road BackDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #182014 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014448
  23. 23
    Rain MusicDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #192015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015
  24. 24
    Distant JourneyDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #202017 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017400
  25. 25
    The Red CoastDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #212017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017
  26. 26
    ArcadiaDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #222018 · 387 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018387
  27. 27
    The Last ParadiseDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #232019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019
  28. 28
    Before the StormDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #242020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020
  29. 29
    The Night TideDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #252022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022
  30. 30
    The Endless SkyDi Morrissey Standalone Novels #262025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025

Di Morrissey 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.

Di Morrissey Standalone Novels

26 books

26 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Queenie and TR in order

2 books
  1. 1. Follow the Morning Star
  2. 2. Heart of the Dreaming

Lily Barton in order

2 books
  1. 1. Tears Of The Moon
  2. 2. Kimberley Sun

Di Morrissey Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Di Morrissey books run from The Last Rose of Summer (1992) to The Endless Sky (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Di Morrissey in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Di Morrissey books in order?

You only need to read Di Morrissey books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Di Morrissey

Start with The Last Rose of Summer (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Di Morrissey book?

The Endless Sky (2025) is the newest Di Morrissey book released so far.

Is there a new Di Morrissey book coming?

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

Di Morrissey at a glance

Still publishing
Di Morrissey published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Di Morrissey books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
8,565 pages across the 18 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Di Morrissey books, 10 of 30, were published in the 2010s.

What the Di Morrissey books are about

21 of the 30 Di Morrissey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 10 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.