Jan Karon Books in Order
Jan Karon has written 30 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is Miss Fannie's Hat (1993) and the newest is My Beloved (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 16 of the 30 books listed here are in the Mitford series, which has its own page: Mitford books in order.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1993–2025
- Confirmed
- 30 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,498 in 23 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 108–162 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,498 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
The Mitford novels are the core of Jan Karon's work: New York Times bestsellers set in the fictional village of Mitford and featuring Father Timothy Kavanagh, an Episcopal priest. Karon, an American novelist born March 14, 1937, writes for adults and young readers. My Beloved, the most recent Mitford novel, came out in October 2025. Karon was named a lay Canon for the Arts in the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy, Illinois, and in May 2000 received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Nashotah House, a seminary in Wisconsin. The catalogue records 30 books from Miss Fannie's Hat (1993) onward, with At Home in Mitford (1994) as the second.
How many Jan Karon books are there?
Jan Karon has 30 books, released between 1993 and 2025. They include 5 separate series.
Jan Karon Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Jan Karon books in the order they were released, 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.
- 11993314/4
- 219944464/4
- 319954134/4
- 419963334/4
- 51997–3/4
- 61997–4/4
- 719994164/4
- 82000804/4
- 920011924/4
- 102001234/4
- 1120011864/4
- 122002374/4
- 1320023424/4
- 142003324/4
- 1520032884/4
- 16Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen ReaderMitford Gift Books #52004 · 363 pages · confirmed 4/420043634/4
- 1720051924/4
- 1820053843/4
- 192006–4/4
- 2020065124/4
- 2120073554/4
- 222007–4/4
- 232007–4/4
- 2420103994/4
- 252010–4/4
- 2620145113/4
- 2720152873/4
- 2820174503/4
- 2920182264/4
- 302025–4/4
Jan Karon series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Father Tim books in order 2 books
- Mitford books in order 24 books
Jan Karon books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Mitford books in order
16 books by Jan Karon- 1. At Home in Mitford
- 1. Bathed in Prayer
- 2. A Light in the Window
- 3. These High, Green Hills
- 4. Out to Canaan
- 5. A New Song
- 6. A Common Life
- 7. In This Mountain
- 8. Shepherds Abiding
- 9. Light from Heaven
- 10. Home to Holly Springs
- 11. In the Company of Others
- and 4 more in the table above
Mitford Gift Books in order
6 booksJan Karon Children's in order
2 booksMitford For Children in order
2 booksJan Karon Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jan Karon Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jan Karon Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Jan Karon books run from Miss Fannie's Hat (1993) to My Beloved (2025), the sequence in the table above. The Mitford series also has a separate in-universe order on record: Mitford books in chronological order. No other Jan Karon story order is on record.
Do you have to read Jan Karon books in order?
You only need to read Jan Karon books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Jan Karon books in?
Read Jan Karon one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Father Tim starts with Home to Holly Springs (2007) and Mitford starts with At Home in Mitford (1994). The earliest catalogued title overall is Miss Fannie's Hat (1993).
What is the newest Jan Karon book?
My Beloved (2025) is the newest Jan Karon book released so far.
Is there a new Jan Karon book coming?
No next Jan Karon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jan Karon at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jan Karon published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Jan Karon books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,498 pages across the 23 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 333 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jan Karon books, 16 of 30, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 25 of the 30 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Jan Karon books are about
28 of the 30 Jan Karon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: clergy is tagged on 17 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Clergy 17 of 28 books
- Mitford (N.C. : Imaginary place) 14 of 28 books
- Episcopalians 13 of 28 books
- Timothy Kavanagh (Fictitious character) 13 of 28 books
- Christian fiction 8 of 28 books
- Church membership 6 of 28 books
- City and town life 6 of 28 books
- Domestic fiction 4 of 28 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 28 books
- Quotations 3 of 28 books
- Weddings 3 of 28 books
Other Christian / Religious authors
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.