Kate Morton Books in Order
Kate Morton has written 7 books, published between 2006 and 2023. The first book is The House at Riverton / The Shifting Fog (2006) and the newest is Homecoming (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2006–2023
- Confirmed
- 7 of 7 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,013 in 4 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 34–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,013 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Kate Morton writes historical fiction about family secrets, old houses and the past reaching into the present. The House at Riverton, also published as The Shifting Fog, opened the catalogue in 2006, followed by The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper, The Lake House, The Clockmaker's Daughter and Homecoming (2023). Seven long novels make up the whole catalogue, at a median of 490 pages, and it is now dormant.
Kate Morton's novels are structured around dual timelines, alternating between two time periods within the same story.
How many Kate Morton books are there?
Kate Morton has 7 books, released between 2006 and 2023.
Kate Morton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Kate Morton 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.
- 1The House at Riverton / The Shifting FogKate Morton Standalone Novels #12006 · 473 pages · confirmed 4/420064734/4
- 220085604/4
- 32010–4/4
- 42012–4/4
- 520154954/4
- 620184854/4
- 72023–4/4
Kate Morton 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.
Kate Morton Standalone Novels
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Kate Morton Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Kate Morton books run from The House at Riverton / The Shifting Fog (2006) to Homecoming (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Kate Morton in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Kate Morton books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 7 Kate Morton books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
What order should you read Kate Morton books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The House at Riverton / The Shifting Fog (2006), the earliest published title. After it come The Forgotten Garden (2008), The Distant Hours (2010), The Secret Keeper (2012), The Lake House (2015), The Clockmaker's Daughter (2018) and Homecoming (2023).
What is the newest Kate Morton book?
Homecoming (2023) is the newest Kate Morton book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Morton book coming?
No next Kate Morton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Morton at a glance
- Paused
- No new Kate Morton title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Kate Morton books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,013 pages across the 4 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 490 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Morton books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 7 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Kate Morton books are about
All 7 Kate Morton 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 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Family secrets 2 of 7 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 7 books
- London (England) 2 of 7 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 7 books
- World War, 1939-1945 2 of 7 books