Kristin Hannah Books in Order
Kristin Hannah has written 27 books, published between 1991 and 2024. The first book is A Handful of Heaven (1991) and the newest is The Women (2024). One more title is announced: The Fire (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27 + 1 announced
- Published
- 1991–2024
- Confirmed
- 28 of 28 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,655 in 16 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 111–166 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,655 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
American novelist Kristin Hannah was born in 1960. The catalogue lists 28 of her books, from A Handful of Heaven (1991) through The Women, with The Fire announced and the list reaching 2027. The Women, published in 2024, is set in the United States during the Vietnam War of the 1960s. Winter Garden, The Nightingale, Firefly Lane, The Great Alone and The Four Winds rank among her most notable works. Subjects across the list include historical and contemporary romance, mothers and daughters, sisters and female friendship. Her listings also contain the Girls of Firefly Lane series, standalone novels and short stories.
The Nightingale and The Great Alone are among Kristin Hannah's novels. Her writing focuses on love, loss, and resilience, with attention to character development and the struggles and triumphs of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
How many Kristin Hannah books are there?
Kristin Hannah has 27 published books, released between 1991 and 2024. 2 of them belong to the Girls Of Firefly Lane series. One more, The Fire (2027), is announced.
Kristin Hannah Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Kristin Hannah 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.
- 11991–4/4
- 21992–4/4
- 31992–4/4
- 419933714/4
- 51994–4/4
- 619953744/4
- 719964364/4
- 819994044/4
- 920003774/4
- 102001–4/4
- 1120023424/4
- 1220034804/4
- 13The Things We Do for Love / Another LifeKristin Hannah Standalone Novels #132004 · 388 pages · confirmed 4/420043884/4
- 1420052374/4
- 152006–4/4
- 1620085284/4
- 1720095444/4
- 182010–4/4
- 192011–3/4
- 2020114324/4
- 2120123904/4
- 2220134484/4
- 232015–4/4
- 2420184404/4
- 2520214644/4
- 262023–3/4
- 272024–3/4
- 282027–3/4
Kristin Hannah 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.
Kristin Hannah Standalone Novels
25 books25 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Girls Of Firefly Lane in order
2 books- 1. Firefly Lane
- 2. Fly Away
Kristin Hannah Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Kristin Hannah Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Kristin Hannah books run from A Handful of Heaven (1991) to The Women (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Kristin Hannah in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Kristin Hannah books in order?
You only need to read Kristin Hannah books in order within the Girls Of Firefly Lane series, which holds 2 of the 28 Kristin Hannah books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
What order should you read Kristin Hannah books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with A Handful of Heaven (1991), the earliest published title. After it come The Enchantment (1992), Once in Every Life (1992), If You Believe (1993) and When Lightning Strikes (1994); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the first Kristin Hannah book?
A Handful of Heaven (1991) is the first Kristin Hannah book, and the numbered table above starts with it.
What is the newest Kristin Hannah book?
The Women (2024) is the newest Kristin Hannah book released so far.
Is there a new Kristin Hannah book coming?
Yes. The Fire (2027) is the next Kristin Hannah 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.
Printable Kristin Hannah Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 28 books in publication order is on the Kristin Hannah reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Kristin Hannah at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kristin Hannah is still publishing. The Fire is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Kristin Hannah books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,655 pages across the 16 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 418 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kristin Hannah books, 9 of 28, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 24 of the 28 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Kristin Hannah books are about
24 of the 28 Kristin Hannah books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mothers and daughters is tagged on 4 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mothers and daughters 4 of 24 books
- Historical romance 4 of 24 books
- Women 4 of 24 books
- Family life 3 of 24 books
- Female friendship 3 of 24 books
- Romance 3 of 24 books
- Sisters 3 of 24 books
- Divorced women 2 of 24 books
- Women's fiction 2 of 24 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 24 books
- Life change events 2 of 24 books