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Isabelle Holland Books in Order

54 books are credited to Isabelle Holland, published between 1967 and 2010; 1 of them appeared after Isabelle Holland's death in 2002. The first book is Cecily (1967) and the newest is The Journey Home (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
54
Published
1967–2010
Pages on record
8,611 in 40 of 54 books
Reading time
144–215 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,611 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 40 of 54 titles with a page count on record.

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Isabelle Holland was an American author who wrote for both children and adults, living from 1920 to 2002. Holland produced gothic novels, adult mysteries and romantic thrillers alongside many children's and young adult books, among them The Man Without a Face (1972). The Claire Aldington mysteries, built around a woman priest, are her main detective series, with Maggie and Annie Lavin beside them. The catalogue records 54 titles between 1967 and 2010, with a median length of 208 pages.

How many Isabelle Holland books are there?

Isabelle Holland has 54 books, released between 1967 and 2010. 1 of them were published after Isabelle Holland's death in 2002. They include 3 series and 45 titles listed outside any series.

Isabelle Holland Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 54 Isabelle Holland 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 Man Without a Face by Isabelle Holland (1972)
  2. Cover of Journey for Three by Isabelle Holland (1974)
  3. Cover of Trelawny by Isabelle Holland (1974)
  4. Cover of The deMaury Papers by Isabelle Holland (1977)
  5. Cover of Hitchhike by Isabelle Holland (1977)
  6. Cover of Tower Abbey by Isabelle Holland (1978)
  7. Cover of The Marchington Inheritance by Isabelle Holland (1979)
  8. Cover of Counterpoint by Isabelle Holland (1980)
  9. Cover of Summer of My First Love by Isabelle Holland, book 1 of the Summer of My First Love series (1981)
  10. Cover of The Lost Madonna by Isabelle Holland (1981)
  11. Cover of Abbie's God Book by Isabelle Holland (1982)
  12. Cover of A Horse Named Peaceable by Isabelle Holland (1982)
  13. Cover of God, Mrs. Muskrat, and Aunt Dot by Isabelle Holland (1983)
  14. Cover of The Empty House by Isabelle Holland (1983)
  15. Cover of Green Andrew Green by Isabelle Holland (1984)
  16. Cover of Flight of the Archangel by Isabelle Holland, book 2 of the Claire Aldington series (1985)
  17. Cover of Jenny Kiss'd Me by Isabelle Holland (1985)
  18. Cover of A Lover Scorned by Isabelle Holland, book 3 of the Claire Aldington series (1986)
  19. Cover of Henry and Grudge by Isabelle Holland (1986)
  20. Cover of Toby the Splendid by Isabelle Holland (1987)
  21. Cover of The Christmas Cat by Isabelle Holland (1987)
  22. Cover of Love and the Genetic Factor by Isabelle Holland (1987)
  23. Cover of Love and Inheritance by Isabelle Holland (1988)
  24. Cover of A Fatal Advent by Isabelle Holland, book 4 of the Claire Aldington series (1989)
  1. 1
    Cecily1967 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967265
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  2. 2
    Amanda's Choice1970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
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  3. 3
    The Man Without a Face1972 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972157
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  4. 4
    Heads You Win, Tails I Lose1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  5. 5
    Journey for Three1974 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974105
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  6. 6
    Trelawny1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  7. 7
    Kilgaren1974 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974292
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  8. 8
    Ask No Questions1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  9. 9
    Moncrieff1975 · 431 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975431
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  10. 10
    Standish Place1975 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975222
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  11. 11
    Grenelle1976 · 357 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976357
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  12. 12
    Darcourt1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  13. 13
    The deMaury Papers1977 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977326
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  14. 14
    Hitchhike1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  15. 15
    Dinah and the Green Fat Kingdom1978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  16. 16
    Tower Abbey1978 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978317
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  17. 17
    Alan and the Animal Kingdom1979 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979190
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  18. 18
    The Marchington Inheritance1979 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979280
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  19. 19
    Counterpoint1980 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980295
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  20. 20
    Now Is Not Too Late1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  21. 21
    Summer of My First LoveSummer of My First Love #11981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  22. 22
    The Lost Madonna1981 · 419 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981419
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  23. 23
    Abbie's God Book1982 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198280
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  24. 24
    A Horse Named Peaceable1982 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982157
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  25. 25
    After the First LoveSummer of My First Love #21983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  26. 26
    God, Mrs. Muskrat, and Aunt Dot1983 · 77 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198377
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  27. 27
    Perdita1983 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983240
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  28. 28
    The Empty House1983 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983218
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  29. 29
    A Death at St. Anselm'sClaire Aldington #11984 · 411 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984411
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  30. 30
    Kevin's Hat1984 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198432
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Isabelle Holland 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.

Claire Aldington in order

5 books
  1. 1. A Death at St. Anselm's
  2. 2. Flight of the Archangel
  3. 3. A Lover Scorned
  4. 4. A Fatal Advent
  5. 5. The Long Search

Summer of My First Love in order

2 books
  1. 1. Summer of My First Love
  2. 2. After the First Love

Maggie and Annie Lavin in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Promised Land
  2. 2. The Journey Home

Standalone books

45 books

45 Isabelle Holland titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Isabelle Holland books in order?

You only need to read Isabelle Holland 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 Isabelle Holland

Start with Cecily (1967), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Isabelle Holland book?

The Journey Home (2010) is the newest Isabelle Holland book released so far.

Is there a new Isabelle Holland book coming?

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

Isabelle Holland at a glance

Died
Isabelle Holland died in 2002, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Isabelle Holland are still being published after Isabelle Holland's death in 2002; the newest appeared in 2010.
Release pace
Isabelle Holland books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
8,611 pages across the 40 of 54 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Isabelle Holland books, 28 of 54, were published in the 1980s.

What the Isabelle Holland books are about

45 of the 54 Isabelle Holland books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 18 of 45. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.