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Diane Setterfield Books in Order

Diane Setterfield has written 4 books, published between 2006 and 2018. The first book is The Thirteenth Tale (2006) and the newest is Once Upon a River (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
2006–2018
Pages on record
928 in 2 of 4 books
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The Thirteenth Tale (2006) is Diane Setterfield's debut and her best known novel: it reached number one on the New York Times list, took the 2007 Quill Award for debut author of the year, and was adapted for BBC Two in 2013 with Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman and Sophie Turner in the cast. Setterfield, an English writer born in 1964, works in the Gothic tradition, with ghosts, family secrets and historical English settings. Four books span 2006 to Once Upon a River in 2018.

How many Diane Setterfield books are there?

Diane Setterfield has 4 books, released between 2006 and 2018.

Diane Setterfield Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Diane Setterfield 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 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (2006)
  2. Cover of Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield (2013)
  3. Cover of Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (2018)
  1. 1
    The Thirteenth Tale2006 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006432
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  2. 2
    The Princess and the Pea2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Bellman & Black2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  4. 4
    Once Upon a River2018 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018496
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Diane Setterfield 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

4 books

4 Diane Setterfield titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Diane Setterfield books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 4 Diane Setterfield books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Diane Setterfield

Start with The Thirteenth Tale (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Diane Setterfield book?

Once Upon a River (2018) is the newest Diane Setterfield book released so far.

Is there a new Diane Setterfield book coming?

No next Diane Setterfield 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 Setterfield at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Diane Setterfield title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Diane Setterfield books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
928 pages across the 2 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 464 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Diane Setterfield books, 3 of 4, were published in the 2010s.

What the Diane Setterfield books are about

3 of the 4 Diane Setterfield books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.