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Donna Ball Books in Order

Donna Ball has written 109 books, published between 1982 and 2026. The first book is Winners (1982) and the newest is Bones From the Sky (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
109
Published
1982–2026
Confirmed
9 of 109 titles
Pages on record
19,515 in 70 of 109 books
Reading time
325–488 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 19,515 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 70 of 109 titles with a page count on record.

See all 109 books in order Printable Donna Ball checklist

Donna Ball, born in North Georgia in 1951, has published mainly romantic novels since 1982, under that name and as Rebecca Flanders, Donna Carlisle and Donna Boyd, and jointly with Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol and Taylor Brady. The catalogue holds 109 books from Winners (1982) to Bones From the Sky (2026), several 1983 and 1984 titles carrying the Rebecca Flanders byline. Raine Stockton Dog Mystery, Ladybug Farm, Dogleg Island Mystery, Hummingbird House and Blood River are the series listed. Debra Dixon, Sandra Chastain, Deborah Smith, Virginia Ellis and Nancy Knight are each credited beside Ball on one title. Subjects include romance, historical romance, western romance, female friendship and time travel.

The Ladybug Farm series follows three friends who leave city life to restore a dilapidated farmhouse, focusing on friendship, hard work and the move to country living.

How many Donna Ball books are there?

Donna Ball has 109 books, released between 1982 and 2026. They include 5 series and 60 titles listed outside any series.

Donna Ball Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 109 Donna Ball 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 Twice in a Lifetime (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1983)
  2. Cover of Best Of Friends (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1983)
  3. Cover of Suddenly Love (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  4. Cover of Falkone's Promise (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  5. Cover of A Modern Girl (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  6. Cover of Second Sight (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  7. Cover of Desert Fire (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  8. Cover of The Key (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  9. Cover of The Third Time (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  10. Cover of Silver Threads (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  11. Cover of Daydreams (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1984)
  12. Cover of Easy Access (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1985)
  13. Cover of Open Hands (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1985)
  14. Cover of Rainbows And Unicorn (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1985)
  15. Cover of The Growing Season (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1985)
  16. Cover of Uncertain Images (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1985)
  17. Cover of The Last Frontier (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1985)
  18. Cover of Afterglow (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1985)
  19. Cover of The Straight Game (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1986)
  20. Cover of Minor Miracles (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1986)
  21. Cover of Obsessions (As: Rebecca Flanders) by Donna Ball (1986)
  22. Cover of Scarlet Sunrise (As: Leigh Bristol) by Donna Ball (1987)
  23. Cover of Amber Skies (As: Leigh Bristol) by Donna Ball (1987)
  24. Cover of Under Cover (As: Donna Carlisle) by Donna Ball (1988)
  1. 1
    Winners1982 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982256
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  2. 2
    Summer Masquerade1982 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982181
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  3. 3
    Twice in a Lifetime (As: Rebecca Flanders)1983 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983251
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  4. 4
    A Matter of Trust (As: Rebecca Flanders)1983 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983255
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  5. 5
    Morning Song (As: Rebecca Flanders)1983 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983187
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  6. 6
    Best Of Friends (As: Rebecca Flanders)1983 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983253
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  7. 7
    Suddenly Love (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984255
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  8. 8
    Falkone's Promise (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984187
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  9. 9
    A Modern Girl (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984186
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  10. 10
    Gilded Heart (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984253
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  11. 11
    Second Sight (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984255
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  12. 12
    Desert Fire (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 251 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984251
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  13. 13
    The Key (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984253
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  14. 14
    The Third Time (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984253
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  15. 15
    Silver Threads (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984252
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  16. 16
    Daydreams (As: Rebecca Flanders)1984 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984253
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  17. 17
    Easy Access (As: Rebecca Flanders)1985 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985256
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  18. 18
    Open Hands (As: Rebecca Flanders)1985 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985260
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  19. 19
    Rainbows And Unicorn (As: Rebecca Flanders)1985 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985250
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  20. 20
    The Growing Season (As: Rebecca Flanders)1985 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985304
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  21. 21
    Uncertain Images (As: Rebecca Flanders)1985 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985249
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  22. 22
    The Last Frontier (As: Rebecca Flanders)1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  23. 23
    Afterglow (As: Rebecca Flanders)1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  24. 24
    The Straight Game (As: Rebecca Flanders)1986 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986253
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  25. 25
    Minor Miracles (As: Rebecca Flanders)1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  26. 26
    Obsessions (As: Rebecca Flanders)1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  27. 27
    Satin Fires (As: Rebecca Flanders)1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  28. 28
    Scarlet Sunrise (As: Leigh Bristol)1987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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  29. 29
    Amber Skies (As: Leigh Bristol)1987 · 375 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987375
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  30. 30
    Silver Twilight (As: Leigh Bristol)1987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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Donna Ball series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Donna Ball 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.

Raine Stockton Dog Mystery in order

19 books
  1. 1. Smoky Mountain Tracks
  2. 2. Rapid Fire
  3. 3. Gun Shy
  4. 4. Bone Yard
  5. 5. Silent Night
  6. 6. The Dead Season
  7. 7. All That Glitters (Short Story)
  8. 8. High In Trial
  9. 9. Double Dog Dare
  10. 10. Home of the Brave
  11. 11. Dog Days
  12. 12. Land of the Free
  13. and 7 more in the table above

Dogleg Island Mystery in order

7 books
  1. 1. Flash
  2. 2. The Sound of Running Horses
  3. 3. Flash of Brilliance
  4. 4. Pieces of Eight
  5. 5. Flash in the Dark
  6. 6. Flash of Fire
  7. 7. A Flash of Shadow

Kincaids in order

4 books
  1. 1. Raging Rivers
  2. 2. Prairie Thunder
  3. 3. Mountain Fury
  4. 4. Westward Winds

Hummingbird House in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Hummingbird House
  2. 2. Christmas at The Hummingbird House
  3. 3. Love, From the Hummingbird House

Blood River in order

3 books
  1. 1. Unfixable
  2. 2. Unstoppable
  3. 3. Undefeatable

More Than Men in order

2 books
  1. 3. Forever Always (As: Rebecca Flanders)
  2. 5. Kissed by the Sea (As: Rebecca Flanders)

Sweet Tea in order

1 book
  1. 1. Sweet Tea and Jesus Shoes

Mossy Creek in order

1 book
  1. 1. Mossy Creek

Devoncroix Dynasty in order

1 book
  1. 3. Renegade

Standalone books

60 books

60 Donna Ball titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Donna Ball books in order?

You only need to read Donna Ball 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 Donna Ball

Start with the first book of the Donna Ball series you want to read: Ladybug Farm starts with A Year on Ladybug Farm (2009), Raine Stockton starts with Smoky Mountain Tracks (2006) and Raine Stockton Dog Mysteries starts with Smoky Mountain Tracks (2006). The earliest catalogued title overall is Winners (1982).

What is the newest Donna Ball book?

Bones From the Sky (2026) is the newest Donna Ball book released so far.

Is there a new Donna Ball book coming?

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

Donna Ball at a glance

Still publishing
Donna Ball published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Donna Ball books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
19,515 pages across the 70 of 109 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Donna Ball books, 35 of 109, were published in the 1980s.

What the Donna Ball books are about

53 of the 109 Donna Ball books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: female friendship is tagged on 6 of 53. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.