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Lynne Hinton Books in Order

Lynne Hinton has written 17 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is Friendship Cake (2000) and the newest is O, Biscuit! (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2000–2026
Pages on record
3,489 in 13 of 17 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,489 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Lynne Hinton writes about friendship and faith in small American towns. Friendship Cake (2000) opens a run of North Carolina church-community novels, and the Divine Private Detective Agency Mysteries and the Pie Town books, set in New Mexico, follow. Seventeen titles reach O, Biscuit! (2026), and Hinton is listed as actively publishing.

How many Lynne Hinton books are there?

Lynne Hinton has 17 books, released between 2000 and 2026. They include 2 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Lynne Hinton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Lynne Hinton 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.

  1. Cover of Friendship Cake by Lynne Hinton, book 1 of the Hope Springs series (2000)
  2. Cover of The Things I Know Best by Lynne Hinton (2001)
  3. Cover of Garden of Faith / Hope Springs by Lynne Hinton, book 2 of the Hope Springs series (2002)
  4. Cover of Forever Friends by Lynne Hinton, book 3 of the Hope Springs series (2003)
  5. Cover of The Arms of God by Lynne Hinton (2005)
  6. Cover of Christmas Cake by Lynne Hinton, book 4 of the Hope Springs series (2009)
  7. Cover of The Order of Things by Lynne Hinton (2009)
  8. Cover of Wedding Cake by Lynne Hinton, book 5 of the Hope Springs series (2010)
  9. Cover of Pie Town by Lynne Hinton, book 1 of the Pie Town series (2011)
  10. Cover of Welcome Back to Pie Town by Lynne Hinton, book 2 of the Pie Town series (2012)
  11. Cover of Sister Eve, Private Eye by Lynne Hinton, book 1 of the Divine Private Detective Agency Mystery series (2014)
  12. Cover of The Case of the Sin City Sister by Lynne Hinton, book 2 of the Divine Private Detective Agency Mystery series (2015)
  1. 1
    Friendship CakeHope Springs #12000 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000240
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  2. 2
    The Things I Know Best2001 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001159
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  3. 3
    Garden of Faith / Hope SpringsHope Springs #22002 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002212
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  4. 4
    Forever FriendsHope Springs #32003 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003213
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  5. 5
    The Last Odd Day2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  6. 6
    The Arms of God2005 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005272
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  7. 7
    Christmas CakeHope Springs #42009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    The Order of Things2009 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009260
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  9. 9
    Wedding CakeHope Springs #52010 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010281
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  10. 10
    Pie TownPie Town #12011 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011328
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  11. 11
    Welcome Back to Pie TownPie Town #22012 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012305
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  12. 12
    Sister Eve, Private EyeDivine Private Detective Agency Mystery #12014 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014327
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  13. 13
    The Case of the Sin City SisterDivine Private Detective Agency Mystery #22015 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015328
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  14. 14
    Sister Eve and the Blue NunDivine Private Detective Agency Mystery #32016 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016324
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  15. 15
    The View from Here2018 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018240
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  16. 16
    The Beekeeper's Wife2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  17. 17
    O, Biscuit!2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Lynne Hinton 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.

Hope Springs in order

5 books
  1. 1. Friendship Cake
  2. 2. Garden of Faith / Hope Springs
  3. 3. Forever Friends
  4. 4. Christmas Cake
  5. 5. Wedding Cake

Divine Private Detective Agency Mystery in order

3 books
  1. 1. Sister Eve, Private Eye
  2. 2. The Case of the Sin City Sister
  3. 3. Sister Eve and the Blue Nun

Pie Town in order

2 books
  1. 1. Pie Town
  2. 2. Welcome Back to Pie Town

Standalone books

7 books

7 Lynne Hinton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lynne Hinton books in order?

You only need to read Lynne Hinton 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 Lynne Hinton

Start with Friendship Cake (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lynne Hinton book?

O, Biscuit! (2026) is the newest Lynne Hinton book released so far.

Is there a new Lynne Hinton book coming?

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

Lynne Hinton at a glance

Still publishing
Lynne Hinton published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Lynne Hinton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,489 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lynne Hinton books, 8 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the Lynne Hinton books are about

15 of the 17 Lynne Hinton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: female friendship is tagged on 4 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.