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Frances Parkinson Keyes Books in Order

58 books are credited to Frances Parkinson Keyes, published between 1924 and 2023; 3 of them appeared after Frances Parkinson Keyes's death in 1970. The first book is Letters From a Senator's Wife (1924) and the newest is The Summer My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
58
Published
1924–2023
Pages on record
4,558 in 12 of 58 books
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Photo of Frances Parkinson Keyes, author of the Blue Camellia series

Frances Parkinson Keyes wrote about her life as the wife of a U.S. senator, and set novels in New England, Louisiana and Europe. Letters From a Senator's Wife (1924) opens a catalogue of 58 titles. A convert to Roman Catholicism, Keyes gave the later books Catholic themes, and saints, biography and both world wars appear among the subjects. Keyes lived from 1885 to 1970, and the surname rhymes with eyes rather than keys.

How many Frances Parkinson Keyes books are there?

Frances Parkinson Keyes has 58 books, released between 1924 and 2023. 3 of them were published after Frances Parkinson Keyes's death in 1970. 2 of them belong to the Blue Camellia series.

Frances Parkinson Keyes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 58 Frances Parkinson Keyes 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 Queen Anne's Lace by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1930)
  2. Cover of Lady Blanche Farm by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1931)
  3. Cover of The Great Tradition by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1939)
  4. Cover of Dinner at Antoine's by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1948)
  5. Cover of Mother Cabrini by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1959)
  6. Cover of All Flags Flying by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1972)
  1. 1
    Letters From a Senator's Wife1924 · confirmed 1/4
    1924–
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  2. 2
    Queen Anne's Lace1930 · 397 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1930397
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  3. 3
    Lady Blanche Farm1931 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1931206
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  4. 4
    Silver Seas & Golden Cities1931 · confirmed 1/4
    1931–
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  5. 5
    Capital Kaleidoscope1937 · confirmed 1/4
    1937–
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  6. 6
    Pioneering people in northern New England1937 · confirmed 1/4
    1937–
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  7. 7
    Written in heaven1937 · confirmed 1/4
    1937–
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  8. 8
    Parts Unknown1938 · confirmed 1/4
    1938–
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  9. 9
    The Great Tradition1939 · 420 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1939420
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  10. 10
    Bernadette of Lourdes1940 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1940150
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  11. 11
    All That Glitters1940 · confirmed 1/4
    1940–
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  12. 12
    The sublime shepherdess1940 · confirmed 1/4
    1940–
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  13. 13
    Crescent Carnival1942 · confirmed 1/4
    1942–
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  14. 14
    Fielding's Folly1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  15. 15
    The Old Gray Homestead1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  16. 16
    Also the Hills1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  17. 17
    Came a Cavalier1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947–
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  18. 18
    Once on Esplanade1947 · confirmed 1/4
    1947–
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  19. 19
    Along a Little Way1948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948–
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  20. 20
    Dinner at Antoine's1948 · 825 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1948825
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  21. 21
    All this is Louisiana1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  22. 22
    The cost of a best seller1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  23. 23
    The Safe Bridge1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  24. 24
    St. Teresa of Lisieux1950 · confirmed 1/4
    1950–
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  25. 25
    The Grace of Guadalupe1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  26. 26
    Joy Street1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  27. 27
    Steamboat Gothic1952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  28. 28
    Larry Vincent1953 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953336
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  29. 29
    The Royal Box1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  30. 30
    The Frances Parkinson Keyes Cookbook1955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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Frances Parkinson Keyes 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.

Blue Camellia in order

2 books
  1. 1. Blue Camellia
  2. 2. Gold Slippers / Victorine

Standalone books

56 books

56 Frances Parkinson Keyes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Frances Parkinson Keyes books in order?

You only need to read Frances Parkinson Keyes books in order within the Blue Camellia series, which holds 2 of the 58 Frances Parkinson Keyes books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Frances Parkinson Keyes

Start with Letters From a Senator's Wife (1924), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Frances Parkinson Keyes book?

The Summer My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon (2023) is the newest Frances Parkinson Keyes book released so far.

Is there a new Frances Parkinson Keyes book coming?

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

Frances Parkinson Keyes at a glance

Died
Frances Parkinson Keyes died in 1970, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Frances Parkinson Keyes are still being published after Frances Parkinson Keyes's death in 1970; the newest appeared in 2023.
Release pace
Frances Parkinson Keyes books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,558 pages across the 12 of 58 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Frances Parkinson Keyes books, 18 of 58, were published in the 1960s.

What the Frances Parkinson Keyes books are about

13 of the 58 Frances Parkinson Keyes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 3 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.