Eileen Goudge Books in Order
Eileen Goudge has written 57 books, published between 1984 and 2025. The first book is Too Much Too Soon (1984) and the newest is The House on Mountain Laurel Lane (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 57
- Published
- 1984–2025
- Confirmed
- 57 of 57 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,220 in 35 of 57 books
- Reading time
- 170–256 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,220 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 57 titles with a page count on record.
Romance, domestic fiction and young adult series all sit in Eileen Goudge's catalogue of 57 books. Goudge, born in 1950 in San Mateo, California, has also published as Marian Woodruff and Elizabeth Merrit. Garden of Lies (1989), her first novel for adults, became a New York Times bestseller. Mothers and daughters, sisters and California family life recur across the work, which runs from 1984 to The House on Mountain Laurel Lane in 2025.
How many Eileen Goudge books are there?
Eileen Goudge has 57 books, released between 1984 and 2025. They include 8 separate series.
Eileen Goudge Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 57 Eileen Goudge 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.
- 119841553/4
- 21984–3/4
- 319841583/4
- 41984–3/4
- 51985–3/4
- 619851563/4
- 719851503/4
- 81985–3/4
- 91985–3/4
- 1019851543/4
- 1119851533/4
- 1219851533/4
- 131985–3/4
- 141986–3/4
- 151986–3/4
- 161986–3/4
- 171986–3/4
- 181986–3/4
- 191986–3/4
- 201986–3/4
- 211986–3/4
- 2219861483/4
- 231986–3/4
- 241986–3/4
- 251987–3/4
- 2619872023/4
- 2719871603/4
- 2819882473/4
- 291988–3/4
- 3019895753/4
- 3119901813/4
- 3219912453/4
- 3319916243/4
- 3419912403/4
- 3519912403/4
- 3619922003/4
- 3719944923/4
- 3819965283/4
- 3919983983/4
- 4019993843/4
- 4120004473/4
- 4220014223/4
- 4320024153/4
- 4420034163/4
- 4520053063/4
- 4620053993/4
- 4720063373/4
- 4820073553/4
- 4920083503/4
- 5020092073/4
- 512009–3/4
- 522012873/4
- 532012–3/4
- 5420142583/4
- 5520152783/4
- 562024–3/4
- 572025–3/4
Eileen Goudge 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.
Seniors in order
20 books- 1. Too Much Too Soon
- 2. Smart Enough to Know
- 3. Winner All the Way
- 4. Afraid to Love
- 5. Before It's Too Late
- 6. Too Hot to Handle
- 7. Hands Off, He's Mine
- 8. Forbidden Kisses
- 9. A Touch of Ginger
- 10. Presenting Superhunk
- 11. Bad Girl
- 12. Don't Say Good-Bye
- and 8 more in the table above
Eileen Goudge Standalone Novels
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Eileen Goudge's Swept Away in order
5 booksSuper Seniors in order
4 booksWho Killed Peggy Sue? in order
4 booksCarson Springs in order
4 booksGarden of Lies in order
2 booksEileen Goudge Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cypress Bay in order
2 booksGold Creek in order
2 booksDo you have to read Eileen Goudge books in order?
You only need to read Eileen Goudge books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Eileen Goudge
Start with Too Much Too Soon (1984), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Eileen Goudge book?
The House on Mountain Laurel Lane (2025) is the newest Eileen Goudge book released so far.
Is there a new Eileen Goudge book coming?
No next Eileen Goudge book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Eileen Goudge at a glance
- Still publishing
- Eileen Goudge published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Eileen Goudge books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,220 pages across the 35 of 57 books with a recorded length, a median of 247 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Eileen Goudge books, 30 of 57, were published in the 1980s.
What the Eileen Goudge books are about
32 of the 57 Eileen Goudge books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mothers and daughters is tagged on 5 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mothers and daughters 5 of 32 books
- California 4 of 32 books
- Family life 4 of 32 books
- Domestic fiction 3 of 32 books
- Romance 3 of 32 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 32 books
- High school seniors 2 of 32 books
- Infants switched at birth 2 of 32 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 32 books
- Murder 2 of 32 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 32 books