Diane Chamberlain Books in Order
Diane Chamberlain has written 32 books, published between 1990 and 2022. The first book is Lovers and Strangers (1990) and the newest is The Last House on the Street (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1990–2022
- Confirmed
- 32 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,125 in 24 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 169–253 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,125 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Domestic fiction is Diane Chamberlain's form: mothers and daughters, sisters, marriages and friendships, with North Carolina and New Jersey as the usual settings. Chamberlain's 32 catalogued books open with Lovers and Strangers (1990) and include the Keeper of the Light Trilogy, Before The Storm, Necessary Lies and Pretending To Dance. The Last House on the Street is the most recent title, and the catalogue has been dormant since 2022.
How many Diane Chamberlain books are there?
Diane Chamberlain has 32 books, released between 1990 and 2022. They include 5 separate series.
Diane Chamberlain Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Diane Chamberlain 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.
- 119903683/4
- 2Private Relations / Secrets at the Beach HouseDiane Chamberlain Standalone Novels #21990 · confirmed 3/41990–3/4
- 319914643/4
- 419924803/4
- 519933523/4
- 619955183/4
- 71996–3/4
- 819973913/4
- 919994113/4
- 1019994083/4
- 1120014003/4
- 12Cypress Point/The Shadow Wife / The Forgotten SonDiane Chamberlain Standalone Novels #112002 · 408 pages · confirmed 3/420024083/4
- 1320034323/4
- 1420044323/4
- 1520054673/4
- 16The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes / The Lost Daughter / A Beautiful LieDiane Chamberlain Standalone Novels #132006 · 522 pages · confirmed 3/420065223/4
- 1720074803/4
- 1820094903/4
- 1920104003/4
- 2020114173/4
- 2120123473/4
- 222013–3/4
- 2320133433/4
- 242014–3/4
- 252014–3/4
- 262015–3/4
- 272015–3/4
- 2820173763/4
- 2920184963/4
- 3020183713/4
- 312020–3/4
- 3220223523/4
Diane Chamberlain 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.
Diane Chamberlain Standalone Novels
21 books21 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Keeper of the Light Trilogy in order
3 booksBefore The Storm in order
2 booksNecessary Lies in order
2 booksPretending To Dance in order
2 booksDiane Chamberlain Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Riley MacPherson in order
1 bookDiane Chamberlain Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Diane Chamberlain books run from Lovers and Strangers (1990) to The Last House on the Street (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Diane Chamberlain in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Diane Chamberlain books in order?
You only need to read Diane Chamberlain books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Diane Chamberlain
Start with Lovers and Strangers (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Diane Chamberlain book?
The Last House on the Street (2022) is the newest Diane Chamberlain book released so far.
Is there a new Diane Chamberlain book coming?
No next Diane Chamberlain book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Diane Chamberlain at a glance
- Paused
- No new Diane Chamberlain title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Diane Chamberlain books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,125 pages across the 24 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 410 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Diane Chamberlain books, 12 of 32, were published in the 2010s.
What the Diane Chamberlain books are about
28 of the 32 Diane Chamberlain 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 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 10 of 28 books
- Relationship Novel 9 of 28 books
- North Carolina 7 of 28 books
- Mothers and daughters 5 of 28 books
- Family life 4 of 28 books
- American literature 3 of 28 books
- Domestic fiction 3 of 28 books
- Contemporary romance 3 of 28 books
- Arson 2 of 28 books
- Crimes against 2 of 28 books
- Family secrets 2 of 28 books
- Friendship 2 of 28 books