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Karen Kingsbury Books in Order

Karen Kingsbury has written 115 books, published between 1991 and 2025. The first book is Missy's Murder (1991) and the newest is The Christmas Ring (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Karen Kingsbury also publishes as Kelsey Tyler.

Books
115
Published
1991–2025
Confirmed
108 of 115 titles
Pages on record
23,563 in 80 of 115 books
Reading time
393–589 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 23,563 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 80 of 115 titles with a page count on record.

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Karen Kingsbury is an American Christian novelist, born in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 8, 1963. Kingsbury worked as a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times and later wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News. Missy's Murder (1991), Kingsbury's first book, grew out of a murder story covered as a reporter in Los Angeles. Kingsbury is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist. The catalogue holds 115 titles, running to The Christmas Ring (2025), and the series include Firstborn, Sunrise, Above the Line, Bailey Flanigan, Red Gloves and Forever Faithful. Christian fiction and family life recur among the subjects.

How many Karen Kingsbury books are there?

Karen Kingsbury has 115 books, released between 1991 and 2025. They include 15 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Karen Kingsbury Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 115 Karen Kingsbury 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 Final Vows by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the Non-Fiction Novels series (1992)
  2. Cover of Deadly Pretender by Karen Kingsbury, book 3 of the Non-Fiction Novels series (1993)
  3. Cover of The Snake and the Spider by Karen Kingsbury, book 4 of the Non-Fiction Novels series (1995)
  4. Cover of Where Yesterday Lives by Karen Kingsbury, book 1 of the Karen Kingsbury Standalone Novels series (1998)
  5. Cover of Waiting for Morning by Karen Kingsbury, book 1 of the Forever Faithful series (1999)
  6. Cover of The Prism Weight Loss Program by Karen Kingsbury, book 5 of the Non-Fiction Novels series (1999)
  7. Cover of A Moment of Weakness by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the Forever Faithful series (2000)
  8. Cover of When Joy Came to Stay by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the Karen Kingsbury Standalone Novels series (2000)
  9. Cover of A Time to Dance by Karen Kingsbury, book 1 of the Timeless Love series (2001)
  10. Cover of A Treasury of Christmas Miracles by Karen Kingsbury, book 1 of the Karen Kingsbury Short Story series (2001)
  11. Cover of On Every Side by Karen Kingsbury, book 3 of the Karen Kingsbury Standalone Novels series (2001)
  12. Cover of Gideon's Gift by Karen Kingsbury, book 1 of the Red Gloves series (2002)
  13. Cover of Redemption by Karen Kingsbury, book 1 of the Redemption series (2002)
  14. Cover of A Time to Embrace by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the Timeless Love series (2002)
  15. Cover of A Treasury of Miracles for Women by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the Karen Kingsbury Short Story series (2002)
  16. Cover of Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury, book 4 of the Karen Kingsbury Standalone Novels series (2002)
  17. Cover of One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury, book 1 of the September 11 series (2003)
  18. Cover of Maggie's Miracle by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the Red Gloves series (2003)
  19. Cover of Remember by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the Redemption series (2003)
  20. Cover of A Treasury of Miracles for Teens by Karen Kingsbury, book 3 of the Karen Kingsbury Short Story series (2003)
  21. Cover of Return by Karen Kingsbury, book 3 of the Redemption series (2003)
  22. Cover of Beyond Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the September 11 series (2004)
  23. Cover of Let Me Hold You Longer by Karen Kingsbury, book 2 of the Karen Kingsbury Picture series (2004)
  24. Cover of Sarah's Song by Karen Kingsbury, book 3 of the Red Gloves series (2004)
  1. 1
    Missy's MurderNon-Fiction Novels #11991 · 390 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991390
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  2. 2
    Final VowsNon-Fiction Novels #21992 · 417 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1992417
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  3. 3
    Deadly PretenderNon-Fiction Novels #31993 · 388 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1993388
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  4. 4
    The Snake and the SpiderNon-Fiction Novels #41995 · confirmed 3/4
    1995–
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  5. 5
    Where Yesterday LivesKaren Kingsbury Standalone Novels #11998 · 416 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1998416
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  6. 6
    Waiting for MorningForever Faithful #11999 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1999384
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  7. 7
    The Prism Weight Loss ProgramNon-Fiction Novels #51999 · 272 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1999272
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  8. 8
    Go Ahead and DreamKaren Kingsbury Picture #12000 · confirmed 4/4
    2000–
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  9. 9
    A Moment of WeaknessForever Faithful #22000 · 411 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2000411
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  10. 10
    When Joy Came to StayKaren Kingsbury Standalone Novels #22000 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2000400
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  11. 11
    A Time to DanceTimeless Love #12001 · 528 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2001528
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  12. 12
    A Treasury of Christmas MiraclesKaren Kingsbury Short Story #12001 · 176 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2001176
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  13. 13
    On Every SideKaren Kingsbury Standalone Novels #32001 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2001384
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  14. 14
    Gideon's GiftRed Gloves #12002 · 148 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2002148
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  15. 15
    RedemptionRedemption #12002 · 373 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2002373
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  16. 16
    A Time to EmbraceTimeless Love #22002 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2002400
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  17. 17
    A Treasury of Miracles for WomenKaren Kingsbury Short Story #22002 · 162 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2002162
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  18. 18
    Halfway to ForeverForever Faithful #32002 · confirmed 4/4
    2002–
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  19. 19
    Oceans ApartKaren Kingsbury Standalone Novels #42002 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2002352
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  20. 20
    One Tuesday MorningSeptember 11 #12003 · 337 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003337
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  21. 21
    Maggie's MiracleRed Gloves #22003 · 167 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003167
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  22. 22
    RememberRedemption #22003 · 409 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003409
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  23. 23
    A Treasury of Miracles for TeensKaren Kingsbury Short Story #32003 · 175 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003175
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  24. 24
    ReturnRedemption #32003 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003368
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  25. 25
    Beyond Tuesday MorningSeptember 11 #22004 · 316 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004316
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  26. 26
    Let Me Hold You LongerKaren Kingsbury Picture #22004 · 32 pages · confirmed 4/4
    200432
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  27. 27
    Sarah's SongRed Gloves #32004 · 157 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004157
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  28. 28
    A Treasury of Miracles for FriendsKaren Kingsbury Short Story #42004 · 162 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004162
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  29. 29
    RejoiceRedemption #42004 · confirmed 4/4
    2004–
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  30. 30
    ReunionRedemption #52004 · 378 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004378
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Karen Kingsbury characters in order

Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Karen Kingsbury 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.

Karen Kingsbury Standalone Novels

14 books

14 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Non-Fiction Novels

13 books

13 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Karen Kingsbury Picture in order

12 books
  1. 1. Go Ahead and Dream
  2. 2. Let Me Hold You Longer
  3. 3. Let's Go on a Mommy Date
  4. 4. We Believe in Christmas
  5. 5. The Princess and the Three Knights
  6. 6. Let's Have a Daddy Day
  7. 7. Brave Young Knight
  8. 8. Far Flutterby
  9. 9. Always Daddy's Princess
  10. 10. Whatever You Grow Up to Be
  11. 11. Forever My Little Boy
  12. 12. Forever My Little Girl

Baxter Family books in order

11 books by Karen Kingsbury
  1. 1. A Baxter Family Christmas
  2. 2. Love Story
  3. 3. In This Moment
  4. 4. To the Moon and Back
  5. 5. When We Were Young
  6. 6. Two Weeks
  7. 7. Someone Like You
  8. 8. Truly, Madly, Deeply
  9. 9. Forgiving Paris
  10. 10. The Baxters: A Prequel
  11. 11. The Baxters Devotional

Karen Kingsbury Short Story

5 books

5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Redemption in order

5 books
  1. 1. Redemption
  2. 2. Remember
  3. 3. Return
  4. 4. Rejoice
  5. 5. Reunion

Firstborn in order

5 books
  1. 1. Fame
  2. 2. Forgiven
  3. 3. Found
  4. 4. Family
  5. 5. Forever

Baxter Family Children in order

5 books
  1. 1. Best Family Ever
  2. 2. Finding Home
  3. 3. Never Grow Up
  4. 4. Adventure Awaits
  5. 5. Being Baxters

Red Gloves in order

4 books
  1. 1. Gideon's Gift
  2. 2. Maggie's Miracle
  3. 3. Sarah's Song
  4. 4. Hannah's Hope

Sunrise in order

4 books
  1. 1. Sunrise
  2. 2. Summer
  3. 3. Someday
  4. 4. Sunset

Above the Line in order

4 books
  1. 1. Take One
  2. 2. Take Two
  3. 3. Take Three
  4. 4. Take Four

Bailey Flanigan in order

4 books
  1. 1. Leaving
  2. 2. Learning
  3. 3. Longing
  4. 4. Loving

Forever Faithful in order

3 books
  1. 1. Waiting for Morning
  2. 2. A Moment of Weakness
  3. 3. Halfway to Forever

September 11 in order

3 books
  1. 1. One Tuesday Morning
  2. 2. Beyond Tuesday Morning
  3. 3. Every Now & Then / Remember Tuesday Morning

Cody Gunner in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Thousand Tomorrows
  2. 2. Just Beyond the Clouds
  3. 3. This Side of Heaven

Angels Walking in order

3 books
  1. 1. Angels Walking
  2. 2. Chasing Sunsets
  3. 3. Brush of Wings

Timeless Love in order

2 books
  1. 1. A Time to Dance
  2. 2. A Time to Embrace

Lost Love in order

2 books
  1. 1. Even Now
  2. 2. Ever After

Bridge in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Beginning
  2. 2. The Bridge

Heart of the Story in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Family of Jesus
  2. 2. The Friends of Jesus

Coming Home in order

1 book
  1. 1. Coming Home

Liberty University Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

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

Standalone books

7 books

7 Karen Kingsbury titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Karen Kingsbury Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Karen Kingsbury books run from Missy's Murder (1991) to The Christmas Ring (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Karen Kingsbury in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Karen Kingsbury books in order?

You only need to read Karen Kingsbury books in order within each series: the books listed here span 15 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Karen Kingsbury books in?

Read Karen Kingsbury one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Baxter Family starts with Redemption (2002) and The Baxter Family starts with A Baxter Family Christmas (2016). The earliest catalogued title overall is Missy's Murder (1991).

What is the newest Karen Kingsbury book?

The Christmas Ring (2025) is the newest Karen Kingsbury book released so far.

Is there a new Karen Kingsbury book coming?

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

Printable Karen Kingsbury Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 115 books in publication order is on the Karen Kingsbury reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Karen Kingsbury at a glance

Still publishing
Karen Kingsbury published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Karen Kingsbury books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
23,563 pages across the 80 of 115 books with a recorded length, a median of 329 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Karen Kingsbury books, 54 of 115, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
101 of the 115 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 108 in at least three.

What the Karen Kingsbury books are about

106 of the 115 Karen Kingsbury books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian fiction is tagged on 25 of 106. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other Christian / Religious authors

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.