Lucinda Riley Books in Order
33 books are credited to Lucinda Riley, published between 1992 and 2025; 6 of them appeared after Lucinda Riley's death in 2021. The first book is Lovers and Players (As:Lucinda Edmonds) (1992) and the newest is The Last Love Song (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1992–2025
- Confirmed
- 31 of 33 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,542 in 22 of 33 books
- Reading time
- 176–264 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,542 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 33 titles with a page count on record.
Family secrets, sisters and houses with histories are Lucinda Riley's material, set across the twentieth century and into wartime. Riley published first as Lucinda Edmonds, from Lovers and Players (1992) through Hidden Beauty, Enchanted and Aria. The Seven Sisters novels are the best known later work, and the Guardian Angels books sit alongside the standalones. Thirty-three titles make up the catalogue, long ones at a median of 472 pages, running to The Last Love Song in 2025.
The Seven Sisters series follows six adopted sisters raised by a man known as Pa Salt. After his death, each sister receives clues to her origins, and each book follows one sister as she travels to uncover her heritage.
How many Lucinda Riley books are there?
Lucinda Riley has 33 books, released between 1992 and 2025. 6 of them were published after Lucinda Riley's death in 2021. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Lucinda Riley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 Lucinda Riley 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.
- 1Lovers and Players (As:Lucinda Edmonds)Lucinda Riley Standalone Novels #11992 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/419924323/4
- 319944003/4
- 4Not Quite An Angel (As:Lucinda Edmonds)Lucinda Riley Standalone Novels #41995 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/419955123/4
- 519964803/4
- 619963683/4
- 7Playing with Fire (As:Lucinda Edmonds)Lucinda Riley Standalone Novels #71996 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/419964003/4
- 8Seeing Double / The Love Letter / The Royal Secret (As:Lucinda Edmonds)Lucinda Riley Standalone Novels #82000 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420003203/4
- 9The Orchid House / Hothouse FlowerLucinda Riley Standalone Novels #92010 · 449 pages · confirmed 3/420104493/4
- 102011–3/4
- 11The Lavender Garden / The Light Behind the WindowLucinda Riley Standalone Novels #112012 · 403 pages · confirmed 3/420124033/4
- 1220134903/4
- 1320144613/4
- 1420144003/4
- 15The Seven Sisters: Book One2015 · 461 pages · confirmed 1/420154611/4
- 1620155123/4
- 1720156553/4
- 1820164983/4
- 1920165993/4
- 2020175103/4
- 21Pearl Sister2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 2220185443/4
- 232019–3/4
- 242019–3/4
- 2520196243/4
- 262020–3/4
- 2720215603/4
- 282022–3/4
- 292022–3/4
- 302023–3/4
- 312023–3/4
- 332025–3/4
Lucinda Riley series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Seven Sisters books in order 8 books
Lucinda Riley 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.
Lucinda Riley Standalone Novels
19 books19 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Guardian Angels Series in order
4 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Lucinda Riley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Lucinda Riley Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Lucinda Riley books run from Lovers and Players (As:Lucinda Edmonds) (1992) to The Last Love Song (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Lucinda Riley in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Lucinda Riley books in order?
You only need to read Lucinda Riley books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Lucinda Riley books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Seven Sisters (2014), the first Seven Sisters book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Lovers and Players (As:Lucinda Edmonds) (1992).
What is the newest Lucinda Riley book?
The Last Love Song (2025) is the newest Lucinda Riley book released so far.
Is there a new Lucinda Riley book coming?
No next Lucinda Riley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lucinda Riley at a glance
- Died
- Lucinda Riley died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Lucinda Riley are still being published after Lucinda Riley's death in 2021; the newest appeared in 2025.
- Release pace
- Lucinda Riley books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,542 pages across the 22 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 472 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lucinda Riley books, 17 of 33, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lucinda Riley books are about
22 of the 33 Lucinda Riley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sisters is tagged on 6 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Sisters 6 of 22 books
- Family secrets 4 of 22 books
- Nineteen twenties 4 of 22 books
- Country homes 3 of 22 books
- English fiction 3 of 22 books
- Adoptees 2 of 22 books
- English literature 2 of 22 books
- Family life 2 of 22 books
- FICTION / General 2 of 22 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 22 books
- FICTION / Literary 2 of 22 books
- Romance 2 of 22 books