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Marissa Stapley Books in Order

Marissa Stapley has written 5 books, published between 2014 and 2024. The first book is Mating for Life (2014) and the newest is The Lightning Bottles (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2014–2024
Pages on record
1,301 in 4 of 5 books
Reading time
22–33 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,301 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

See all 5 books in order Printable Marissa Stapley checklist

Mating for Life (2014) opens Marissa Stapley's catalogue of 5 books, which reaches The Lightning Bottles (2024). Stapley, born in 1978, is a Canadian author and journalist, and Lucky (2021) is the novel most associated with her name. Things to Do When It's Raining (2018) and The Last Resort (2019) fall between. Family life, family secrets, coming of age, swindlers and a lottery ticket supply the material.

How many Marissa Stapley books are there?

Marissa Stapley has 5 books, released between 2014 and 2024.

Marissa Stapley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Marissa Stapley 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 Things to Do When It's Raining by Marissa Stapley (2018)
  2. Cover of Lucky by Marissa Stapley (2021)
  1. 1
    Mating for Life2014 · 315 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014315
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Things to Do When It's Raining2018 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018362
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Last Resort2019 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Lucky2021 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Lightning Bottles2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Marissa Stapley 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

5 books

5 Marissa Stapley titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Marissa Stapley books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 5 Marissa Stapley books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Marissa Stapley

Start with Mating for Life (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Marissa Stapley book?

The Lightning Bottles (2024) is the newest Marissa Stapley book released so far.

Is there a new Marissa Stapley book coming?

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

Marissa Stapley at a glance

Still publishing
Marissa Stapley published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Marissa Stapley books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,301 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 338 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marissa Stapley books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2010s.

What the Marissa Stapley books are about

4 of the 5 Marissa Stapley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.