Liz Trenow Books in Order
Liz Trenow has written 10 books, published between 2012 and 2023. The first book is The Last Telegram (2012) and the newest is The Secret Sister (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2012–2023
- Pages on record
- 2,423 in 6 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 40–61 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,423 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Textiles run through Liz Trenow's historical fiction, with silk weaving, quilting, seamstresses and dressmakers all in the subject headings. The Last Telegram (2012) opens a catalogue of ten novels taking in The Forgotten Seamstress (2013), The Silk Weaver, also published as The Hidden Thread (2017), and The Dressmaker of Draper's Lane (2019). Several books carry alternate titles, and the run ends at The Secret Sister (2023). Other subjects cover the Second World War, London and royal households.
How many Liz Trenow books are there?
Liz Trenow has 10 books, released between 2012 and 2023.
Liz Trenow Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Liz Trenow 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.
- 1The Last Telegram2012 · 405 pages · confirmed 1/420124051/4
- 2The Forgotten Seamstress2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 3The Poppy Factory / All the Things We Lost2014 · 386 pages · confirmed 1/420143861/4
- 5In Love and War / The Lost Soldiers2018 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420184001/4
- 6The Dressmaker of Draper's Lane2019 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420194161/4
- 7Under a Wartime Sky / Our Last Letter2020 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420204161/4
- 8The Secrets of the Lake2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 9Searching for My Daughter2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 10The Secret Sister2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Liz Trenow 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.
Standalone books
10 books10 Liz Trenow titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Liz Trenow books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Liz Trenow books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Liz Trenow
Start with The Last Telegram (2012), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Liz Trenow book?
The Secret Sister (2023) is the newest Liz Trenow book released so far.
Is there a new Liz Trenow book coming?
No next Liz Trenow book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Liz Trenow at a glance
- Paused
- No new Liz Trenow title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Liz Trenow books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,423 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 402 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Liz Trenow books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Liz Trenow books are about
8 of the 10 Liz Trenow 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 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 4 of 8 books
- English literature 2 of 8 books
- London (England) 2 of 8 books
- Silk weaving 2 of 8 books