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Judith Michael Books in Order

Judith Michael has written 11 books, published between 1982 and 2005. The first book is Deceptions (1982) and the newest is The Real Mother (2005). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1982–2005
Pages on record
4,752 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
79–119 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,752 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Judith Michael is the shared name of a husband-and-wife writing team, Judith Barnard and Michael Fain. Eleven books carry it, from Deceptions (1982) to The Real Mother (2005), with Possessions (1984), Private Affairs (1986), Inheritance (1988), Ruling Passion (1990), Acts of Love (1991), Sleeping Beauty (1991), Pot of Gold (1993), A Tangled Web (1994) and A Certain Smile (1999) filling the rest. Twins, sisters, marriage, impostors and the theatre recur as subjects, in long books at a median of 528 pages. Nothing new has appeared since 2005.

How many Judith Michael books are there?

Judith Michael has 11 books, released between 1982 and 2005. 2 of them belong to the Deceptions series.

Judith Michael Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Judith Michael 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 Deceptions by Judith Michael, book 1 of the Deceptions series (1982)
  2. Cover of Possessions by Judith Michael (1984)
  3. Cover of Inheritance by Judith Michael (1988)
  4. Cover of Sleeping Beauty by Judith Michael (1991)
  5. Cover of Acts of Love by Judith Michael (1991)
  6. Cover of Pot of Gold by Judith Michael (1993)
  7. Cover of A Tangled Web by Judith Michael, book 2 of the Deceptions series (1994)
  8. Cover of A Certain Smile by Judith Michael (1999)
  1. 1
    DeceptionsDeceptions #11982 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982528
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  2. 2
    Possessions1984 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984544
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  3. 3
    Private Affairs1986 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986640
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  4. 4
    Inheritance1988 · 704 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988704
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Ruling Passion1990 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990640
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  6. 6
    Sleeping Beauty1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  7. 7
    Acts of Love1991 · 420 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991420
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  8. 8
    Pot of Gold1993 · 516 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993516
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    A Tangled WebDeceptions #21994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  10. 10
    A Certain Smile1999 · 339 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999339
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  11. 11
    The Real Mother2005 · 421 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005421
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Judith Michael 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.

Deceptions in order

2 books
  1. 1. Deceptions
  2. 2. A Tangled Web

Standalone books

9 books

9 Judith Michael titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Judith Michael books in order?

You only need to read Judith Michael books in order within the Deceptions series, which holds 2 of the 11 Judith Michael books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Judith Michael

Start with Deceptions (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Judith Michael book?

The Real Mother (2005) is the newest Judith Michael book released so far.

Is there a new Judith Michael book coming?

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

Judith Michael at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Judith Michael title on record dates from 2005, 21 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Judith Michael books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,752 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 528 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Judith Michael books, 6 of 11, were published in the 1990s.

What the Judith Michael books are about

All 11 Judith Michael 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 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.