Lucinda Roy Books in Order
Lucinda Roy has written 9 books, published between 1983 and 2026. The first book is Wailing The Dead To Sleep (1983) and the newest is The Bird Tribe (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1983–2026
- Pages on record
- 2,257 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 38–56 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,257 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Lucinda Roy, born in 1955, is a British novelist, educator and poet based in the United States. Nine books are catalogued, from Wailing The Dead To Sleep (1983) to The Bird Tribe (2026), a span of more than forty years. Dreambird Chronicles is the series recorded here. Subjects record poetry, Africa, London, sisters, interracial marriage and racially mixed children. Lady Moses (1998), The Hotel Alleluia (2000), No Right to Remain Silent (2009), Fabric (2017), The Freedom Race (2021) and Flying the Coop (2022) fill out the list.
How many Lucinda Roy books are there?
Lucinda Roy has 9 books, released between 1983 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Dreambird Chronicles series.
Lucinda Roy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Lucinda Roy 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.
- 1Wailing The Dead To Sleep1983 · 75 pages · confirmed 1/41983751/4
- 2The Humming Birds1995 · 88 pages · confirmed 1/41995881/4
- 3Lady Moses1998 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419984001/4
- 4The Hotel Alleluia2000 · 355 pages · confirmed 1/420003551/4
- 5No Right to Remain Silent2009 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/420093251/4
- 6Fabric2017 · 102 pages · confirmed 1/420171021/4
- 720214161/4
- 820224961/4
- 92026–1/4
Lucinda Roy 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.
Dreambird Chronicles in order
3 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Lucinda Roy titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lucinda Roy books in order?
You only need to read Lucinda Roy books in order within the Dreambird Chronicles series, which holds 3 of the 9 Lucinda Roy books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Lucinda Roy
Start with Wailing The Dead To Sleep (1983), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lucinda Roy book?
The Bird Tribe (2026) is the newest Lucinda Roy book released so far.
Is there a new Lucinda Roy book coming?
No next Lucinda Roy 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 Roy at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lucinda Roy published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Lucinda Roy books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 2,257 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lucinda Roy books, 3 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
What the Lucinda Roy books are about
6 of the 9 Lucinda Roy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: africa is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Africa 2 of 6 books
- English literature 2 of 6 books
- Racially mixed people 2 of 6 books