Karen White Books in Order
Karen White has written 35 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is In the Shadow of the Moon (2000) and the newest is That Last Carolina Summer (2025). One more title is announced: The Birds on Newcomb Boulevard (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35 + 1 announced
- Published
- 2000–2025
- Confirmed
- 36 of 36 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,494 in 23 of 36 books
- Reading time
- 142–212 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,494 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 36 titles with a page count on record.
Karen White writes about family secrets, old houses and the women who inherit them. 36 catalogued books run from In the Shadow of the Moon (2000) to That Last Carolina Summer, with Whispers of Goodbye (2001), Falling Home (2002), After the Rain (2003), The Color of Light (2005) and Pieces of the Heart (2006) among the early titles. The Tradd Street series turns on a real estate agent and a haunted historic property; Royal Street and Falling Home form separate groupings. The Birds on Newcomb Boulevard is scheduled for 2027.
How many Karen White books are there?
Karen White has 35 published books, released between 2000 and 2025. They include 3 separate series. One more, The Birds on Newcomb Boulevard (2027), is announced.
Karen White Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Karen White 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.
- 120003593/4
- 220013613/4
- 320024123/4
- 420033723/4
- 520052673/4
- 620062673/4
- 720073093/4
- 820083393/4
- 920083363/4
- 1020093353/4
- 112009–3/4
- 122010–3/4
- 1320113383/4
- 1420114033/4
- 152012–3/4
- 162012–3/4
- 172013–3/4
- 1820143213/4
- 1920144173/4
- 2020154193/4
- 2120164003/4
- 2220164323/4
- 2320173373/4
- 2420174323/4
- 2520184083/4
- 2620184043/4
- 2720193863/4
- 2820204403/4
- 292021–3/4
- 302021–3/4
- 312022–3/4
- 322023–3/4
- 342025–3/4
- 352025–3/4
- 362027–3/4
Karen White series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Tradd Street books in order 7 books
Karen White 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.
Karen White Standalone Novels
22 books22 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Royal Street in order
4 booksFalling Home in order
2 booksKaren White Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Karen White Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Karen White books run from In the Shadow of the Moon (2000) to That Last Carolina Summer (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Karen White in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Karen White books in order?
You only need to read Karen White books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Karen White books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The House on Tradd Street (2008), the first Tradd Street book. The earliest catalogued title overall is In the Shadow of the Moon (2000).
What is the newest Karen White book?
That Last Carolina Summer (2025) is the newest Karen White book released so far.
Is there a new Karen White book coming?
Yes. The Birds on Newcomb Boulevard (2027) is the next Karen White book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Karen White at a glance
- Still publishing
- Karen White is still publishing. The Birds on Newcomb Boulevard is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Karen White books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,494 pages across the 23 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 372 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Karen White books, 16 of 36, were published in the 2010s.
What the Karen White books are about
29 of the 36 Karen White books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family secrets is tagged on 9 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Family secrets 9 of 29 books
- Family life 7 of 29 books
- Haunted houses 4 of 29 books
- Historic buildings 4 of 29 books
- Mothers and daughters 4 of 29 books
- Romance 4 of 29 books
- Women real estate agents 4 of 29 books
- Charleston (s.c.) 3 of 29 books
- Ghosts 3 of 29 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 29 books
- Self-realization in women 3 of 29 books
- Single women 3 of 29 books