Hazel Gaynor Books in Order
Hazel Gaynor has written 14 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is Hot Cross Mum (2011) and the newest is Before Dorothy (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2011–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,567 in 9 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 59–89 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,567 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Fourteen catalogued books carry Hazel Gaynor's name, from Hot Cross Mum (2011) to Before Dorothy (2025). The novels are historical fiction, with the Titanic, shipwrecks, London, sisters and coming of age among their recurring subjects, and the run takes in The Girl Who Came Home (2012), A Memory of Violets (2015) and Last Christmas in Paris (2017). Gaynor is an English author of historical fiction and fantasy, based in Ireland.
How many Hazel Gaynor books are there?
Hazel Gaynor has 14 books, released between 2011 and 2025.
Hazel Gaynor Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Hazel Gaynor 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.
- 1Hot Cross Mum2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 2The Girl Who Came Home2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 3A Memory of Violets2015 · 389 pages · confirmed 2/420153892/4
- 4Hush2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 5The Girl from the Savoy2016 · 419 pages · confirmed 2/420164192/4
- 6The Cottingley Secret2017 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/420174162/4
- 7Last Christmas in Paris2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 8The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter2018 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/420183852/4
- 9Meet Me in Monaco2019 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/420193582/4
- 10When We Were Young & Brave2020 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/420204482/4
- 11Three Words for Goodbye2021 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420214002/4
- 12The Last Lifeboat2023 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420233842/4
- 13Christmas with the Queen2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 14Before Dorothy2025 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420253682/4
Hazel Gaynor 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.
Standalone books
14 books14 Hazel Gaynor titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Hazel Gaynor books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Hazel Gaynor books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Hazel Gaynor
Start with Hot Cross Mum (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Hazel Gaynor book?
Before Dorothy (2025) is the newest Hazel Gaynor book released so far.
Is there a new Hazel Gaynor book coming?
No next Hazel Gaynor book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Hazel Gaynor at a glance
- Still publishing
- Hazel Gaynor published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Hazel Gaynor books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,567 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 389 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Hazel Gaynor books, 9 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Hazel Gaynor books are about
8 of the 14 Hazel Gaynor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: shipwrecks is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Shipwrecks 2 of 8 books