Dinah Jefferies Books in Order
Dinah Jefferies has written 12 books, published between 2013 and 2026. The first book is The Separation (2013) and the newest is The Lost Château (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2013–2026
- Pages on record
- 2,823 in 7 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 47–71 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,823 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Dinah Jefferies, born in 1948, is a British novelist and writer of short stories and articles. Her historical fiction travels: tea plantations and colonial households in Sri Lanka and India, wartime Vietnam, Tuscany, Marrakech. The Separation (2013) opens a catalogue of 12 books, followed by The Tea Planter's Wife (2015), The Silk Merchant's Daughter, The Sapphire Widow, the Daughters Of War series and The Lost Château (2026).
How many Dinah Jefferies books are there?
Dinah Jefferies has 12 books, released between 2013 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Daughters Of War series.
Dinah Jefferies Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Dinah Jefferies 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.
- 1The Separation2013 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420134002/4
- 2The Tea Planter's Wife2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 3The Silk Merchant's Daughter2016 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420164002/4
- 4Before the Rains2017 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/420174162/4
- 5The Sapphire Widow2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420183842/4
- 6The Missing Sister2019 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/420193112/4
- 7The Tuscan Contessa2020 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420203682/4
- 820215442/4
- 102023–2/4
- 11The Greek House2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
- 12The Lost Château2026 · confirmed 2/42026–2/4
Dinah Jefferies 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.
Daughters Of War in order
3 booksStandalone books
9 books9 Dinah Jefferies titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Dinah Jefferies books in order?
You only need to read Dinah Jefferies books in order within the Daughters Of War series, which holds 3 of the 12 Dinah Jefferies books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Dinah Jefferies
Start with The Separation (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dinah Jefferies book?
The Lost Château (2026) is the newest Dinah Jefferies book released so far.
Is there a new Dinah Jefferies book coming?
No next Dinah Jefferies book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dinah Jefferies at a glance
- Still publishing
- Dinah Jefferies published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Dinah Jefferies books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,823 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dinah Jefferies books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2020s.
What the Dinah Jefferies books are about
6 of the 12 Dinah Jefferies books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: british is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- British 2 of 6 books
- History 2 of 6 books
- Sri lanka 2 of 6 books