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Katherine V. Forrest Books in Order

Katherine V. Forrest has written 18 books, published between 1983 and 2022. The first book is Curious Wine (1983) and the newest is Delafield (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 10 of the 18 books listed here are in the Kate Delafield series, which has its own page: Kate Delafield books in order.

Books
18
Published
1983–2022
Pages on record
3,671 in 16 of 18 books
Reading time
61–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,671 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable Katherine V. Forrest checklist

Katherine V. Forrest, born in Canada in 1939, is an American writer known best for the novels about Kate Delafield, a lesbian police detective. Los Angeles appears among the recorded subjects. Forrest's books have won or been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award twelve times. The catalogue lists 18 books from Curious Wine (1983) to Delafield (2022). Amateur City (1984), Murder at the Nightwood Bar (1987), The Beverly Malibu (1989) and Murder by Tradition (1991) are among the titles. Science fiction and life on other planets are also recorded subjects, and the Coral Dawn Trilogy appears among the series. Some have called Forrest a founding mother of lesbian fiction writing.

How many Katherine V. Forrest books are there?

Katherine V. Forrest has 18 books, released between 1983 and 2022. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Katherine V. Forrest Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Katherine V. Forrest 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 Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest (1983)
  2. Cover of Daughters of a Coral Dawn by Katherine V. Forrest, book 1 of the Coral Dawn Trilogy (1984)
  3. Cover of An Emergence of Green by Katherine V. Forrest (1986)
  4. Cover of Dreams And Swords by Katherine V. Forrest (1987)
  5. Cover of Murder at the Nightwood Bar by Katherine V. Forrest, book 2 of the Kate Delafield series (1987)
  6. Cover of The Beverly Malibu by Katherine V. Forrest, book 3 of the Kate Delafield series (1989)
  7. Cover of Murder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest, book 4 of the Kate Delafield series (1991)
  8. Cover of Flashpoint by Katherine V. Forrest (1994)
  9. Cover of Liberty Square by Katherine V. Forrest, book 5 of the Kate Delafield series (1996)
  10. Cover of Sleeping Bones by Katherine V. Forrest, book 7 of the Kate Delafield series (1999)
  11. Cover of Daughters of an Amber Noon by Katherine V. Forrest, book 2 of the Coral Dawn Trilogy (2002)
  12. Cover of Hancock Park by Katherine V. Forrest, book 8 of the Kate Delafield series (2004)
  13. Cover of Daughters of an Emerald Dusk by Katherine V. Forrest, book 3 of the Coral Dawn Trilogy (2005)
  14. Cover of High Desert by Katherine V. Forrest, book 9 of the Kate Delafield series (2013)
  15. Cover of Delafield by Katherine V. Forrest, book 10 of the Kate Delafield series (2022)
  1. 1
    Curious Wine1983 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983160
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  2. 2
    Amateur CityKate Delafield #11984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  3. 3
    Daughters of a Coral DawnCoral Dawn Trilogy #11984 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984226
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  4. 4
    An Emergence of Green1986 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986230
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  5. 5
    Dreams And Swords1987 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987175
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  6. 6
    Murder at the Nightwood BarKate Delafield #21987 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987220
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  7. 7
    The Beverly MalibuKate Delafield #31989 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989274
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  8. 8
    Murder by TraditionKate Delafield #41991 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991272
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  9. 9
    Flashpoint1994 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994233
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  10. 10
    Liberty SquareKate Delafield #51996 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996256
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  11. 11
    Apparition AlleyKate Delafield #61997 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997248
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  12. 12
    Sleeping BonesKate Delafield #71999 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999260
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  13. 13
    Daughters of an Amber NoonCoral Dawn Trilogy #22002 · 209 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002209
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  14. 14
    Hancock ParkKate Delafield #82004 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004256
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  15. 15
    Daughters of an Emerald DuskCoral Dawn Trilogy #32005 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005196
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  16. 16
    O Captain, My Captain2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  17. 17
    High DesertKate Delafield #92013 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013232
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  18. 18
    DelafieldKate Delafield #102022 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022224
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Katherine V. Forrest series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Katherine V. Forrest 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.

Coral Dawn Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Daughters of a Coral Dawn
  2. 2. Daughters of an Amber Noon
  3. 3. Daughters of an Emerald Dusk

Standalone books

5 books

5 Katherine V. Forrest titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Katherine V. Forrest books in order?

You only need to read Katherine V. Forrest books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Katherine V. Forrest

Start with Amateur City (1984), the first Kate Delafield book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Curious Wine (1983).

What is the newest Katherine V. Forrest book?

Delafield (2022) is the newest Katherine V. Forrest book released so far.

Is there a new Katherine V. Forrest book coming?

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

Awards Katherine V. Forrest has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Katherine V. Forrest. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Bill Whitehead Award2008Won

Katherine V. Forrest at a glance

Paused
No new Katherine V. Forrest title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Katherine V. Forrest books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,671 pages across the 16 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 231 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Katherine V. Forrest books, 7 of 18, were published in the 1980s.

What the Katherine V. Forrest books are about

16 of the 18 Katherine V. Forrest books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: lesbians is tagged on 16 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.