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Donna Douglas Books in Order

Donna Douglas has written 19 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is The Nightingale Girls (2012) and the newest is A Nurse’s Secret (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
2012–2025
Pages on record
2,808 in 7 of 19 books
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Donna Douglas writes historical sagas about nurses. The Nightingale Girls (2012) opens a catalogue of 19 books that reaches A Nurse's Secret (2025). Three series are catalogued: the Nightingales, the Yorkshire Blitz books and Steeple Street. Nurses, hospitals, London and English social life across the First and Second World Wars carry the work, and Douglas remains actively publishing.

How many Donna Douglas books are there?

Donna Douglas has 19 books, released between 2012 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.

Donna Douglas Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Donna Douglas 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 Nightingale Girls by Donna Douglas, book 1 of the Nightingales series (2012)
  2. Cover of The Nightingale Nurses by Donna Douglas, book 3 of the Nightingales series (2013)
  3. Cover of Nightingales on Call by Donna Douglas, book 5 of the Nightingales series (2014)
  4. Cover of A Nightingale Christmas Wish by Donna Douglas, book 6 of the Nightingales series (2014)
  5. Cover of Nightingales at War by Donna Douglas, book 7 of the Nightingales series (2015)
  6. Cover of Nightingales Under the Mistletoe by Donna Douglas, book 8 of the Nightingales series (2015)
  7. Cover of The Nurses of Steeple Street by Donna Douglas, book 1 of the Steeple Street series (2016)
  8. Cover of District Nurse on Call by Donna Douglas, book 2 of the Steeple Street series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Nightingale GirlsNightingales #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    The Nightingale SistersNightingales #22013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  3. 3
    The Nightingale NursesNightingales #32013 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013608
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  4. 4
    A Child is BornNightingales #42013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  5. 5
    Nightingales on CallNightingales #52014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  6. 6
    A Nightingale Christmas WishNightingales #62014 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014410
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  7. 7
    Nightingales at WarNightingales #72015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  8. 8
    Nightingales Under the MistletoeNightingales #82015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  9. 9
    The Nurses of Steeple StreetSteeple Street #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  10. 10
    A Nightingale Christmas CarolNightingales #92016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  11. 11
    District Nurse on CallSteeple Street #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  12. 12
    The Nightingale Christmas ShowNightingales #102017 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017368
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  13. 13
    A Nightingale Christmas PromiseNightingales #112018 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018448
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  14. 14
    Nightingale Wedding BellsNightingales #122019 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019350
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  15. 15
    A Mother's JourneyYorkshire Blitz #12021 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021352
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  16. 16
    A Sister's WishYorkshire Blitz #22021 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021272
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  17. 17
    A Daughter's HopeYorkshire Blitz #32022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  18. 18
    The Nightingale DaughtersNightingales #132023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  19. 19
    A Nurse’s SecretNightingales #142025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Donna Douglas 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.

Nightingales in order

14 books
  1. 1. The Nightingale Girls
  2. 2. The Nightingale Sisters
  3. 3. The Nightingale Nurses
  4. 4. A Child is Born
  5. 5. Nightingales on Call
  6. 6. A Nightingale Christmas Wish
  7. 7. Nightingales at War
  8. 8. Nightingales Under the Mistletoe
  9. 9. A Nightingale Christmas Carol
  10. 10. The Nightingale Christmas Show
  11. 11. A Nightingale Christmas Promise
  12. 12. Nightingale Wedding Bells
  13. and 2 more in the table above

Yorkshire Blitz in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Mother's Journey
  2. 2. A Sister's Wish
  3. 3. A Daughter's Hope

Steeple Street in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Nurses of Steeple Street
  2. 2. District Nurse on Call

Do you have to read Donna Douglas books in order?

You only need to read Donna Douglas books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Donna Douglas

Start with The Nightingale Girls (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Donna Douglas book?

A Nurse’s Secret (2025) is the newest Donna Douglas book released so far.

Is there a new Donna Douglas book coming?

No next Donna Douglas 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 Douglas at a glance

Still publishing
Donna Douglas published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Donna Douglas books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,808 pages across the 7 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Donna Douglas books, 14 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Donna Douglas books are about

11 of the 19 Donna Douglas books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.