Kristin Harmel Books in Order

Kristin Harmel has written 20 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is How to Sleep with a Movie Star (2006) and the newest is Meet Me in Paris (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2006–2026
Confirmed
20 of 20 titles
Pages on record
4,559 in 13 of 20 books
Reading time
76–114 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,559 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Kristin Harmel, author

Kristin Harmel is an American novelist, born May 4, 1979, in Newton, Massachusetts. The Book of Lost Names, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, The Sweetness of Forgetting and The Paris Daughter are among Harmel's most notable novels. At 16 Harmel was already a sports reporter for the St. Petersburg Times and Tampa Bay AllSports magazine, and after graduating from the University of Florida worked as a PEOPLE magazine reporter from 2000 to 2012. The catalogue lists 20 books from How to Sleep with a Movie Star (2006) to Meet Me in Paris (2026), with subjects such as France, family secrets and the Second World War.

How many Kristin Harmel books are there?

Kristin Harmel has 20 books, released between 2006 and 2026. 1 of them belong to the Sweetness of Forgetting series.

Kristin Harmel Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Kristin Harmel 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.

  1. 1
    How to Sleep with a Movie StarKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #12006 · 326 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006326
  2. 2
    The Blonde TheoryKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #22007 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2007304
  3. 3
    The Art of French KissingKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #32007 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2007352
  4. 4
    When You WishKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #42008 · 288 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2008288
  5. 5
    Italian for BeginnersKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #52009 · confirmed 4/4
    2009
  6. 6
    AfterKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #62010 · 240 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2010240
  7. 7
    The Snow GlobeSweetness of Forgetting #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  8. 8
    The Sweetness of ForgettingKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #72012 · 353 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2012353
  9. 9
    The Life IntendedKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #82014 · 348 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014348
  10. 10
    How to Save a LifeKristin Harmel Short Stories/Novellas #12016 · confirmed 4/4
    2016
  11. 11
    When We Meet AgainKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #92016 · confirmed 4/4
    2016
  12. 12
    The Room on Rue AmélieKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #102018 · 391 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018391
  13. 13
    The Winemaker's WifeKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #112019 · 389 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019389
  14. 14
    The Book of Lost NamesKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #122020 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2020400
  15. 15
    The Forest of Vanishing StarsKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #132021 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021416
  16. 16
    The Road HomeGood Intentions #12023 · confirmed 4/4
    2023
  17. 17
    The Paris DaughterKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #142023 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2023384
  18. 18
    All the Diamonds in ParisKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #152025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025
  19. 19
    The Stolen Life of Colette MarceauKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #172025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025
  20. 20
    Meet Me in ParisKristin Harmel Standalone Novels #182026 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2026368

Kristin Harmel 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 Harmel Standalone Novels

17 books

17 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Sweetness of Forgetting in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Snow Globe

Kristin Harmel Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Good Intentions in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Road Home

Do you have to read Kristin Harmel books in order?

You only need to read Kristin Harmel books in order within the Sweetness of Forgetting series, which holds 1 of the 20 Kristin Harmel books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Kristin Harmel

Start with How to Sleep with a Movie Star (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kristin Harmel book?

Meet Me in Paris (2026) is the newest Kristin Harmel book released so far.

Is there a new Kristin Harmel book coming?

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

Kristin Harmel at a glance

Still publishing
Kristin Harmel published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Kristin Harmel books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,559 pages across the 13 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 353 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kristin Harmel books, 8 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
15 of the 20 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Kristin Harmel books are about

14 of the 20 Kristin Harmel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 5 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.