Marjorie Holmes Books in Order

25 books are credited to Marjorie Holmes, published between 1969 and 2006; 1 of them appeared after Marjorie Holmes's death in 2002. The first book is I've Got to Talk to Somebody, God (1969) and the newest is Lord, Let Me Love (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1969–2006
Pages on record
3,699 in 17 of 25 books
Reading time
62–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,699 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

Christian devotional writing defines the catalogue of Marjorie Holmes (1910-2002), an American columnist whose output reached 134 books, 32 of them best sellers. The 25 catalogued titles run from I've Got to Talk to Somebody, God (1969) to Lord, Let Me Love (2006). Holmes is known above all for a biblical trilogy that opened with Two from Galilee, a novel about the love of Mary and Joseph, from the publisher Fleming H. Revell. Subjects list prayers, meditations and the lives of women, wives and mothers.

How many Marjorie Holmes books are there?

Marjorie Holmes has 25 books, released between 1969 and 2006. 1 of them were published after Marjorie Holmes's death in 2002. 3 of them belong to the Life of Jesus series.

Marjorie Holmes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Marjorie Holmes 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. 1
    I've Got to Talk to Somebody, God1969 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969152
  2. 2
    To Treasure Our Days1970 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197061
  3. 3
    Two from GalilleeLife of Jesus #11972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972
  4. 4
    Love and Laughter1972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972
  5. 5
    Nobody Else Will Listen1973 · 133 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973133
  6. 6
    You and I and Yesterday1973 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973191
  7. 7
    As Tall As My Heart1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974
  8. 8
    How Can I Find You, God?1975 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975202
  9. 9
    Writing The Creative Article1976 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976143
  10. 10
    Hold Me Up a Little Longer Lord1977 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977224
  11. 11
    God and Vitamins1980 · 365 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980365
  12. 12
    Sunday Morning1982 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982194
  13. 13
    Cherry Blossom Princess1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982
  14. 14
    Saturday Night1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982
  15. 15
    To Help You Through the Hurting1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983
  16. 16
    Three from GalileeLife of Jesus #21985 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985287
  17. 17
    The MessiahLife of Jesus #31987 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987416
  18. 18
    At Christmas the Heart Goes Home1991 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991235
  19. 191991
  20. 20
    Gifts Freely Given1992 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992191
  21. 21
    Writing Articles From The Heart1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993176
  22. 22
    Second Wife, Second Life!1993 · 407 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993407
  23. 23
    Still by Your Side1996 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996130
  24. 24
    Who Am I, God?1998 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998192
  25. 25
    Lord, Let Me Love2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006

Marjorie Holmes 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.

Life of Jesus in order

3 books
  1. 1. Two from Galillee
  2. 2. Three from Galilee
  3. 3. The Messiah

Standalone books

22 books

22 Marjorie Holmes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Marjorie Holmes books in order?

You only need to read Marjorie Holmes books in order within the Life of Jesus series, which holds 3 of the 25 Marjorie Holmes books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Marjorie Holmes

Start with I've Got to Talk to Somebody, God (1969), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Marjorie Holmes book?

Lord, Let Me Love (2006) is the newest Marjorie Holmes book released so far.

Is there a new Marjorie Holmes book coming?

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

Marjorie Holmes at a glance

Died
Marjorie Holmes died in 2002, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Marjorie Holmes are still being published after Marjorie Holmes's death in 2002; the newest appeared in 2006.
Release pace
Marjorie Holmes books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,699 pages across the 17 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marjorie Holmes books, 9 of 25, were published in the 1970s.

What the Marjorie Holmes books are about

20 of the 25 Marjorie Holmes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian life is tagged on 5 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.