Marcia Willett Books in Order
Marcia Willett has written 38 books, published between 1995 and 2022. The first book is A Friend of the Family (1995) and the newest is Christmas at the Keep (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
Marcia Willett also publishes as Willa Marsh.
- Books
- 38
- Published
- 1995–2022
- Confirmed
- 38 of 38 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,854 in 27 of 38 books
- Reading time
- 164–246 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,854 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 38 titles with a page count on record.
Marcia Willett (1945-2022) was a British writer of women's fiction who also published as Willa Marsh. The catalogue holds 38 titles published between 1995 and 2022, opening with A Friend of the Family (1995) and The Courtyard (1995) and closing with Christmas at the Keep (2022). The Chadwick Family Chronicles is Willett's one continuing series; the rest are standalone novels and novellas. Family life, family secrets, brothers and sisters, widows and the county of Cornwall recur across the subjects.
Source: Wikidata
How many Marcia Willett books are there?
Marcia Willett has 38 books, released between 1995 and 2022. 4 of them belong to the Chadwick Family series.
Marcia Willett Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 38 Marcia Willett 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 November 2026.
- 11995–3/4
- 219955123/4
- 3A Friend of the Family / Thea's ParrotMarcia Willett Standalone Novels #31995 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/419953523/4
- 419953683/4
- 519963143/4
- 6Amy Wingate's Journal (As: Willa Marsh)Marcia Willett Standalone Novels #61996 · 208 pages · confirmed 3/419962083/4
- 719974163/4
- 819974163/4
- 919984803/4
- 1019982893/4
- 1119995123/4
- 1220005123/4
- 1320014163/4
- 1420024073/4
- 1520025123/4
- 1620033843/4
- 1720044003/4
- 182005–3/4
- 192005–3/4
- 2020063523/4
- 212008–3/4
- 222009–3/4
- 2320102993/4
- 24Christmas in Cornwall / The Christmas AngelMarcia Willett Standalone Novels #202011 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420113203/4
- 252012–3/4
- 2620132993/4
- 2720142833/4
- 2820153153/4
- 2920163363/4
- 3020173043/4
- 3120183203/4
- 3220192723/4
- 332019–3/4
- 342019–3/4
- 352019–3/4
- 362021–3/4
- 3720212563/4
- 382022–3/4
Marcia Willett 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.
Marcia Willett Standalone Novels
33 books33 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Chadwick Family in order
4 booksMarcia Willett Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Marcia Willett Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Marcia Willett books run from A Friend of the Family (1995) to Christmas at the Keep (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Marcia Willett in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Marcia Willett books in order?
You only need to read Marcia Willett books in order within the Chadwick Family series, which holds 4 of the 38 Marcia Willett books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Marcia Willett
Start with A Friend of the Family (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Marcia Willett book?
Christmas at the Keep (2022) is the newest Marcia Willett book released so far.
Is there a new Marcia Willett book coming?
No next Marcia Willett book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Marcia Willett at a glance
- Died
- Marcia Willett died in 2022, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Marcia Willett on record dates from 2022.
- Release pace
- Marcia Willett books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,854 pages across the 27 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Marcia Willett books, 13 of 38, were published in the 2010s.
When Marcia Willett books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Marcia Willett titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 13 titles.
38 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Marcia Willett books are about
28 of the 38 Marcia Willett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 4 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 4 of 28 books
- Family life 4 of 28 books
- Family secrets 4 of 28 books
- Man-woman relationships 4 of 28 books
- Brothers and sisters 3 of 28 books
- Cornwall (England : county) 3 of 28 books
- Romance 3 of 28 books
- Country life 2 of 28 books
- Female friendship 2 of 28 books
- Friendship 2 of 28 books