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Helen Forrester Books in Order

Helen Forrester has written 15 books, published between 1974 and 2003. The first book is Twopence to Cross the Mersey (1974) and the newest is A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1974–2003
Pages on record
3,989 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
66–100 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,989 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable Helen Forrester checklist

Helen Forrester was the pen name of June Huband Bhatia (6 June 1919 to 24 November 2011), an Anglo-Canadian author. Bhatia wrote about growing up in Liverpool, England, through the Great Depression and World War II, and also produced fiction. The catalogue lists 15 Forrester books from Twopence to Cross the Mersey (1974) to A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin (2003). Titles include Liverpool Daisy (1979), By the Waters of Liverpool (1981), Three Women of Liverpool (1984), The Latchkey Kid (1985) and The Moneylenders of Shahpur (1987).

How many Helen Forrester books are there?

Helen Forrester has 15 books, released between 1974 and 2003.

Helen Forrester Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Helen Forrester 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 Minerva's Stepchild / Liverpool Miss by Helen Forrester (1979)
  2. Cover of By the Waters of Liverpool by Helen Forrester (1981)
  3. Cover of Three Women of Liverpool by Helen Forrester (1984)
  4. Cover of The Latchkey Kid by Helen Forrester (1985)
  5. Cover of Thursday's Child by Helen Forrester (1985)
  6. Cover of The Moneylenders of Shahpur by Helen Forrester (1987)
  7. Cover of Yes, Mama by Helen Forrester (1987)
  8. Cover of The Lemon Tree by Helen Forrester (1989)
  9. Cover of The Liverpool Basque by Helen Forrester (1993)
  10. Cover of Mourning Doves by Helen Forrester (1996)
  11. Cover of Madame Barbara by Helen Forrester (1999)
  12. Cover of A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin by Helen Forrester (2003)
  1. 1
    Twopence to Cross the Mersey1974 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974223
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  2. 2
    Liverpool Daisy1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  3. 3
    Minerva's Stepchild / Liverpool Miss1979 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979300
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  4. 4
    By the Waters of Liverpool1981 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981280
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  5. 5
    Three Women of Liverpool1984 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984256
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  6. 6
    The Latchkey Kid1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  7. 7
    Lime Street at Two1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  8. 8
    Thursday's Child1985 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985256
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  9. 9
    The Moneylenders of Shahpur1987 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987256
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  10. 10
    Yes, Mama1987 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987368
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  11. 11
    The Lemon Tree1989 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989400
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  12. 12
    The Liverpool Basque1993 · 380 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993380
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  13. 13
    Mourning Doves1996 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996400
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  14. 14
    Madame Barbara1999 · 374 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999374
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  15. 15
    A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin2003 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003496
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Helen Forrester 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

15 books

15 Helen Forrester titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Helen Forrester books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 15 Helen Forrester books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Helen Forrester

Start with Twopence to Cross the Mersey (1974), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Helen Forrester book?

A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin (2003) is the newest Helen Forrester book released so far.

Is there a new Helen Forrester book coming?

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

Helen Forrester at a glance

Died
Helen Forrester died in 2011, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Helen Forrester on record dates from 2003.
Release pace
Helen Forrester books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,989 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 334 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Helen Forrester books, 8 of 15, were published in the 1980s.

What the Helen Forrester books are about

14 of the 15 Helen Forrester books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 4 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Social life and customs 4 of 14 books
  • Biography 3 of 14 books
  • Childhood and youth 3 of 14 books
  • Authors 3 of 14 books
  • Canadian fiction 2 of 14 books
  • England 2 of 14 books
  • England, social life and customs 2 of 14 books
  • Man-woman relationships 2 of 14 books
  • Social conditions 2 of 14 books
  • World War, 1939-1945 2 of 14 books