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Lesley Pearse Books in Order

Lesley Pearse has written 34 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is Georgia (1993) and the newest is The Girl with the Suitcase (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
34
Published
1993–2025
Confirmed
1 of 34 titles
Pages on record
13,654 in 24 of 34 books
Reading time
228–341 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,654 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 34 titles with a page count on record.

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Lesley Pearse is a British novelist with global sales above 10 million copies. Pearse began writing at 35 and was first published at 48, and Georgia (1993) opens a catalogue of 34 books that reaches The Girl with the Suitcase (2025). Historical fiction set in England, female friendship, orphans and mothers and daughters run through the work. The autobiography The Long and Winding Road appeared in February 2024. Pearse lives in Devon.

How many Lesley Pearse books are there?

Lesley Pearse has 34 books, released between 1993 and 2025. They include 2 series and 29 titles listed outside any series.

Lesley Pearse Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 34 Lesley Pearse 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. Cover of Georgia by Lesley Pearse (1993)
  2. Cover of Tara by Lesley Pearse (1994)
  3. Cover of Charity by Lesley Pearse (1995)
  4. Cover of Ellie by Lesley Pearse, book 1 of the Ellie series (1996)
  5. Cover of Camellia by Lesley Pearse, book 2 of the Ellie series (1997)
  6. Cover of Rosie by Lesley Pearse (1998)
  7. Cover of Charlie by Lesley Pearse (1998)
  8. Cover of Never Look Back by Lesley Pearse (2000)
  9. Cover of Trust Me by Lesley Pearse (2001)
  10. Cover of Till We Meet Again by Lesley Pearse (2002)
  11. Cover of Father Unknown by Lesley Pearse (2002)
  12. Cover of Remember Me by Lesley Pearse (2003)
  13. Cover of Secrets by Lesley Pearse (2004)
  14. Cover of Hope by Lesley Pearse (2006)
  15. Cover of A Lesser Evil by Lesley Pearse (2006)
  16. Cover of Gypsy by Lesley Pearse (2008)
  17. Cover of Faith by Lesley Pearse (2008)
  18. Cover of Stolen by Lesley Pearse (2010)
  19. Cover of Belle by Lesley Pearse, book 1 of the Belle series (2011)
  20. Cover of The Promise by Lesley Pearse, book 2 of the Belle series (2012)
  21. Cover of Forgive Me by Lesley Pearse (2013)
  22. Cover of Survivor by Lesley Pearse, book 3 of the Belle series (2014)
  23. Cover of Without a Trace by Lesley Pearse (2015)
  24. Cover of Dead to Me by Lesley Pearse (2016)
  1. 1
    Georgia1993 · 624 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993624
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  2. 2
    Tara1994 · 720 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994720
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  3. 3
    Charity1995 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995688
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  4. 4
    EllieEllie #11996 · 745 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996745
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  5. 5
    CamelliaEllie #21997 · 763 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997763
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  6. 6
    Rosie1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  7. 7
    Charlie1998 · 720 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998720
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  8. 8
    Never Look Back2000 · 752 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000752
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  9. 9
    Trust Me2001 · 720 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001720
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  10. 10
    Till We Meet Again2002 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002528
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  11. 11
    Father Unknown2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  12. 12
    Remember Me2003 · 560 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003560
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  13. 13
    Secrets2004 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004576
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  14. 14
    Hope2006 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006688
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  15. 15
    A Lesser Evil2006 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006528
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  16. 16
    Gypsy2008 · 517 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008517
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  17. 17
    Faith2008 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008640
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  18. 18
    Stolen2010 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010385
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  19. 19
    BelleBelle #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  20. 20
    The PromiseBelle #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  21. 21
    Forgive Me2013 · 495 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013495
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  22. 22
    SurvivorBelle #32014 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014544
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  23. 23
    Without a Trace2015 · 405 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015405
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  24. 24
    Dead to Me2016 · 504 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016504
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  25. 25
    The Woman in the Wood2017 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017416
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  26. 26
    Affair Start2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  27. 27
    The House Across the Street2018 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018352
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  28. 28
    You'll Never See Me Again2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
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  29. 29
    Liar2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020384
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  30. 30
    Suspects2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  31. 31
    Deception2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  32. 32
    Betrayal2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  33. 33
    The Long and Winding Road2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  34. 34
    The Girl with the Suitcase2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Lesley Pearse 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.

Belle in order

3 books
  1. 1. Belle
  2. 2. The Promise
  3. 3. Survivor

Ellie in order

2 books
  1. 1. Ellie
  2. 2. Camellia

Standalone books

29 books

29 Lesley Pearse titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Lesley Pearse Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Lesley Pearse books run from Georgia (1993) to The Girl with the Suitcase (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Lesley Pearse in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Lesley Pearse books in order?

You only need to read Lesley Pearse 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 Lesley Pearse

Start with Georgia (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lesley Pearse book?

The Girl with the Suitcase (2025) is the newest Lesley Pearse book released so far.

Is there a new Lesley Pearse book coming?

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

Lesley Pearse at a glance

Still publishing
Lesley Pearse published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Lesley Pearse books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
13,654 pages across the 24 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 552 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lesley Pearse books, 11 of 34, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lesley Pearse books are about

29 of the 34 Lesley Pearse books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 8 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.