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Joanna Trollope Books in Order

Joanna Trollope has written 40 books, published between 1978 and 2020. The first book is Eliza Stanhope (1978) and the newest is Mum & Dad (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Joanna Trollope also publishes as Caroline Harvey.

Books
40
Published
1978–2020
Confirmed
2 of 40 titles
Pages on record
10,237 in 33 of 40 books
Reading time
171–256 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,237 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 40 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Joanna Trollope, author of the Legacy Saga

Joanna Trollope (9 December 1943 to 11 December 2025) was an English writer who also published as Caroline Harvey. Parson Harding's Daughter, a Caroline Harvey novel, won the Romantic Novelists' Association's 1980 Romantic Novel of the Year Award. The catalogue lists 40 books from Eliza Stanhope (1978) to Mum & Dad (2020), including The Choir (1988). Subjects include history, romance, domestic fiction, family life, clergy and England. The Legacy Saga is Trollope's listed series.

How many Joanna Trollope books are there?

Joanna Trollope has 40 books, released between 1978 and 2020. 2 of them belong to the Legacy Saga series.

Joanna Trollope Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 40 Joanna Trollope 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.

  1. Cover of Eliza Stanhope by Joanna Trollope (1978)
  2. Cover of Mistaken Virtues by Joanna Trollope (1980)
  3. Cover of Parson Harding's Daughter (As:Caroline Harvey) by Joanna Trollope (1980)
  4. Cover of The City Of Gems (As:Caroline Harvey) by Joanna Trollope (1981)
  5. Cover of Britannia's Daughters by Joanna Trollope (1983)
  6. Cover of Legacy of Love by Joanna Trollope, book 1 of the Legacy Saga (1983)
  7. Cover of The Steps of the Sun (As:Caroline Harvey) by Joanna Trollope (1983)
  8. Cover of The Taverners' Place (As:Caroline Harvey) by Joanna Trollope (1986)
  9. Cover of The Choir by Joanna Trollope (1988)
  10. Cover of A Passionate Man by Joanna Trollope (1990)
  11. Cover of The Rector's Wife by Joanna Trollope (1991)
  12. Cover of The Men and the Girls by Joanna Trollope (1992)
  13. Cover of A Second Legacy by Joanna Trollope, book 2 of the Legacy Saga (1993)
  14. Cover of The Country Habit by Joanna Trollope (1993)
  15. Cover of A Spanish Lover by Joanna Trollope (1993)
  16. Cover of A Castle In Italy (As:Caroline Harvey) by Joanna Trollope (1993)
  17. Cover of The Best of Friends by Joanna Trollope (1995)
  18. Cover of Faith by Joanna Trollope (1996)
  19. Cover of The Brass Dolphin (As:Caroline Harvey) by Joanna Trollope (1997)
  20. Cover of Brother and Sister by Joanna Trollope (2004)
  21. Cover of Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope (2006)
  22. Cover of The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope (2006)
  23. Cover of The Other Family by Joanna Trollope (2010)
  24. Cover of Daughters-in-Law by Joanna Trollope (2011)
  1. 1
    Eliza Stanhope1978 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978223
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  2. 2
    Mistaken Virtues1980 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980284
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  3. 3
    Parson Harding's Daughter (As:Caroline Harvey)1980 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980284
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  4. 4
    Leaves from the Valley1980 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980253
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  5. 5
    The City Of Gems (As:Caroline Harvey)1981 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981448
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  6. 6
    Britannia's Daughters1983 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983224
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  7. 7
    Legacy of LoveLegacy Saga #11983 · 385 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983385
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  8. 8
    The Steps of the Sun (As:Caroline Harvey)1983 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983266
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  9. 9
    The Taverners' Place (As:Caroline Harvey)1986 · 547 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986547
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  10. 10
    The Choir1988 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988261
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  11. 11
    A Village Affair1989 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989304
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  12. 12
    A Passionate Man1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  13. 13
    The Rector's Wife1991 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991321
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  14. 14
    The Men and the Girls1992 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992319
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  15. 15
    A Second LegacyLegacy Saga #21993 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993400
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  16. 16
    The Country Habit1993 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993356
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  17. 17
    A Spanish Lover1993 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993384
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  18. 18
    A Castle In Italy (As:Caroline Harvey)1993 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993359
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  19. 19
    Next of Kin1995 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995289
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  20. 20
    The Best of Friends1995 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995299
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  21. 21
    Faith1996 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199664
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  22. 22
    The Brass Dolphin (As:Caroline Harvey)1997 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997320
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  23. 23
    Other People's Children1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  24. 24
    Marrying the Mistress2000 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000352
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  25. 25
    Girl from the South2002 · 349 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002349
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  26. 26
    Brother and Sister2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004320
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  27. 27
    Second Honeymoon2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  28. 28
    The Book Boy2006 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006112
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  29. 29
    Friday Nights2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  30. 30
    The Other Family2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  31. 31
    Daughters-in-Law2011 · 353 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011353
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  32. 32
    The Soldier's Wife2012 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012320
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  33. 33
    Sense & SensibilityAusten Project #12013 · 362 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013362
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  34. 34
    Balancing Act2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  35. 35
    The BBC National Short Story Award 2017BBC National Short Story Award #82017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  36. 36
    City of Friends2017 · 329 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017329
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  37. 37
    Poems for Love2018 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018160
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  38. 38
    A Suitable Match2018 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018327
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  39. 39
    An Unsuitable Match2019 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019327
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  40. 40
    Mum & Dad2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020336
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Joanna Trollope 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.

Legacy Saga in order

2 books
  1. 1. Legacy of Love
  2. 2. A Second Legacy

Austen Project in order

1 book
  1. 1. Sense & Sensibility

BBC National Short Story Award

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

36 books

36 Joanna Trollope titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Joanna Trollope Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Joanna Trollope books run from Eliza Stanhope (1978) to Mum & Dad (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Joanna Trollope in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Joanna Trollope books in order?

You only need to read Joanna Trollope books in order within the Legacy Saga series, which holds 2 of the 40 Joanna Trollope books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Joanna Trollope

Start with Eliza Stanhope (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joanna Trollope book?

Mum & Dad (2020) is the newest Joanna Trollope book released so far.

Is there a new Joanna Trollope book coming?

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

Awards Joanna Trollope has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Joanna Trollope. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Romantic Novelists' Association Awards1980Won

Joanna Trollope at a glance

Died
Joanna Trollope died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Joanna Trollope on record dates from 2020.
Release pace
Joanna Trollope books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
10,237 pages across the 33 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joanna Trollope books, 12 of 40, were published in the 1990s.

What the Joanna Trollope books are about

36 of the 40 Joanna Trollope books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 9 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.