Kimberla Lawson Roby Books in Order
Kimberla Lawson Roby has written 29 books, published between 1996 and 2022. The first book is Behind Closed Doors (1996) and the newest is Sister Friends Forever (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1996–2022
- Pages on record
- 7,504 in 26 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 125–188 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,504 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
Kimberla Lawson Roby writes about African American families, marriage and the church. The Reverend Curtis Black series, opening with Casting the First Stone (2000), is the long-running sequence, and Behind Closed Doors (1996) came before it. Clergy, spouses of clergy and life in Illinois are recurring subjects. Twenty-nine books run to Sister Friends Forever in 2022, and nothing new has appeared since.
How many Kimberla Lawson Roby books are there?
Kimberla Lawson Roby has 29 books, released between 1996 and 2022. 15 of them belong to the Reverend Curtis Black series.
Kimberla Lawson Roby Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Kimberla Lawson Roby 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.
- 1Behind Closed Doors1996 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/419962762/4
- 2Here and Now1999 · 377 pages · confirmed 2/419993772/4
- 320003842/4
- 4It's a Thin Line2001 · 347 pages · confirmed 2/420013472/4
- 5A Taste of Reality2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420033202/4
- 620043362/4
- 720053202/4
- 8Changing Faces2006 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420063042/4
- 920072882/4
- 1020083042/4
- 11One in a Million2008 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420082082/4
- 122009–2/4
- 13A Deep Dark Secret2009 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420091922/4
- 142010–2/4
- 1520103242/4
- 16Secret Obsession2011 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420112082/4
- 172012–2/4
- 18The Perfect Marriage2013 · 179 pages · confirmed 2/420131792/4
- 1920133242/4
- 20A Christmas Prayer2014 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/420141812/4
- 2120143192/4
- 2220153432/4
- 23Best Friends Forever2016 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/420161832/4
- 2420163982/4
- 25Copycat2017 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/420171812/4
- 2620173122/4
- 2720183062/4
- 28The Woman God Created You to Be2020 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/420202702/4
- 29Sister Friends Forever2022 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420223202/4
Kimberla Lawson Roby 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.
Reverend Curtis Black in order
15 books- 1. Casting the First Stone
- 2. Too Much of a Good Thing
- 3. The Best-Kept Secret
- 4. Love & Lies
- 5. Sin No More
- 6. The Best of Everything
- 7. Be Careful What You Pray For
- 8. Love, Honor, and Betray
- 9. The Reverend's Wife
- 10. A House Divided
- 11. The Prodigal Son
- 12. The Ultimate Betrayal
- and 3 more in the table above
Standalone books
14 books14 Kimberla Lawson Roby titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Kimberla Lawson Roby Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Kimberla Lawson Roby books run from Behind Closed Doors (1996) to Sister Friends Forever (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Kimberla Lawson Roby in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Kimberla Lawson Roby books in order?
You only need to read Kimberla Lawson Roby books in order within the Reverend Curtis Black series, which holds 15 of the 29 Kimberla Lawson Roby books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Kimberla Lawson Roby
Start with Behind Closed Doors (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kimberla Lawson Roby book?
Sister Friends Forever (2022) is the newest Kimberla Lawson Roby book released so far.
Is there a new Kimberla Lawson Roby book coming?
No next Kimberla Lawson Roby book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kimberla Lawson Roby at a glance
- Paused
- No new Kimberla Lawson Roby title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Kimberla Lawson Roby books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,504 pages across the 26 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 309 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kimberla Lawson Roby books, 14 of 29, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kimberla Lawson Roby books are about
28 of the 29 Kimberla Lawson Roby books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 16 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 16 of 28 books
- Family life 8 of 28 books
- African American women 6 of 28 books
- Curtis Black (Fictitious character) 6 of 28 books
- Marriage 6 of 28 books
- African American clergy 4 of 28 books
- African american & black, women 3 of 28 books
- Clergy 3 of 28 books
- Illinois 3 of 28 books
- Spouses of clergy 3 of 28 books
- Adultery 2 of 28 books
- Chicago (Ill.) 2 of 28 books