Johanna Lindsey Books in Order
Johanna Lindsey has written 57 books, published between 1977 and 2019. The first book is Captive Bride (1977) and the newest is Temptation's Darling (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
Johanna Lindsey is the pen name of Johanna Helen Howard.
- Books
- 57
- Published
- 1977–2019
- Confirmed
- 57 of 57 titles
- Pages on record
- 20,300 in 53 of 57 books
- Reading time
- 338–508 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 20,300 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 53 of 57 titles with a page count on record.
Johanna Lindsey wrote historical romance across pirates, Vikings, the English aristocracy and the American west. Captive Bride (1977) opens a catalogue of 57 books, and the Malory-Anderson family novels are the best known strand, alongside the Reid family, the Viking Haardrad family, Sherring Cross and the Ly-San-Ter books. The run closed in 2019 with Temptation's Darling.
How many Johanna Lindsey books are there?
Johanna Lindsey has 57 books, released between 1977 and 2019. They include 10 separate series.
Johanna Lindsey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 57 Johanna Lindsey 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.
- 119773133/4
- 219783733/4
- 319803443/4
- 419803623/4
- 519813113/4
- 619823133/4
- 719833593/4
- 819833293/4
- 919834033/4
- 1019853443/4
- 1119853273/4
- 1219863613/4
- 1319863603/4
- 1419873633/4
- 1519874053/4
- 1619883723/4
- 1719884233/4
- 1819894113/4
- 1919894093/4
- 2019904223/4
- 2119904263/4
- 2219914283/4
- 2319914253/4
- 2419924053/4
- 2519924033/4
- 2619934123/4
- 2719934073/4
- 281994–3/4
- 2919944033/4
- 3019953843/4
- 3119953953/4
- 3219964243/4
- 3319974033/4
- 3419982033/4
- 3519993843/4
- 3620004163/4
- 3720003393/4
- 3820013683/4
- 3920024003/4
- 4020033443/4
- 4120044443/4
- 4220054483/4
- 4320064403/4
- 4420065203/4
- 4520073683/4
- 4620083843/4
- 472010–3/4
- 482010–3/4
- 4920113883/4
- 5020123743/4
- 5120133753/4
- 5220143763/4
- 5320153943/4
- 5420163843/4
- 5520173713/4
- 5620183613/4
- 572019–3/4
Johanna Lindsey characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Malory Family books in order 12 books
Johanna Lindsey 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.
Johanna Lindsey Standalone Novels
18 books18 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Malory-Anderson Family in order
12 booksReid Family in order
4 booksWyoming in order
3 booksViking Haardrad Family in order
3 booksLy-San-Ter Family in order
3 booksSherring Cross in order
3 booksCallahan-Warren in order
3 booksGlorious Angel in order
2 booksStraton Family in order
2 booksShefford's Knights in order
2 booksCardinia's Royalty in order
2 booksJohanna Lindsey Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Johanna Lindsey books run from Captive Bride (1977) to Temptation's Darling (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Johanna Lindsey in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Johanna Lindsey books in order?
You only need to read Johanna Lindsey books in order within each series: the books listed here span 10 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Johanna Lindsey books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Love Only Once (1985), the first Malory Family book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Captive Bride (1977).
What is the newest Johanna Lindsey book?
Temptation's Darling (2019) is the newest Johanna Lindsey book released so far.
Is there a new Johanna Lindsey book coming?
No next Johanna Lindsey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Johanna Lindsey at a glance
- Died
- Johanna Lindsey died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Johanna Lindsey on record dates from 2019.
- Release pace
- Johanna Lindsey books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 20,300 pages across the 53 of 57 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Johanna Lindsey books, 17 of 57, were published in the 1980s.
What the Johanna Lindsey books are about
56 of the 57 Johanna Lindsey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical romance is tagged on 40 of 56. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical romance 40 of 56 books
- Social life and customs 16 of 56 books
- History 12 of 56 books
- Romance 10 of 56 books
- Man-woman relationships 8 of 56 books
- Malory family (Fictitious characters) 6 of 56 books
- England 5 of 56 books
- Historical fiction 4 of 56 books
- Vikings 4 of 56 books
- Aristocracy (social class) 3 of 56 books
- Arranged marriage 3 of 56 books