Martha Hall Kelly Books in Order

Martha Hall Kelly has written 6 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is Lilac Girls / The Lilac Girls of Ravensbrück (2016) and the newest is The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2016–2025
Confirmed
1 of 6 titles
Pages on record
1,806 in 4 of 6 books
Reading time
30–45 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,806 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

Martha Hall Kelly writes historical fiction, and the catalogue lists 6 books between 2016 and 2025. Lilac Girls / The Lilac Girls of Ravensbrück (2016) is first, followed by Lost Roses (2019), Sunflower Sisters (2021), Naomi's Gift (2022) and The Golden Doves (2023). The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club (2025) is the newest. Kelly's series is Caroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls. Subjects include both World Wars, the Ravensbrück concentration camp, underground movements and female friendship.

How many Martha Hall Kelly books are there?

Martha Hall Kelly has 6 books, released between 2016 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Caroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls series.

Martha Hall Kelly Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Martha Hall Kelly 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
    Lilac Girls / The Lilac Girls of RavensbrückCaroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls #12016 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016512
  2. 2
    Lost RosesCaroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls #22019 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019448
  3. 3
    Sunflower SistersCaroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls #32021 · 528 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021528
  4. 4
    Naomi's GiftPoint In Time Collection #42022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022
  5. 5
    The Golden Doves2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  6. 6
    The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club2025 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025318

Martha Hall Kelly 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.

Caroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls in order

3 books
  1. 1. Lilac Girls / The Lilac Girls of Ravensbrück
  2. 2. Lost Roses
  3. 3. Sunflower Sisters

Point In Time Collection

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

2 books

2 Martha Hall Kelly titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Martha Hall Kelly books in order?

You only need to read Martha Hall Kelly books in order within the Caroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls series, which holds 3 of the 6 Martha Hall Kelly books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Martha Hall Kelly

Start with Lilac Girls / The Lilac Girls of Ravensbrück (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Martha Hall Kelly book?

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club (2025) is the newest Martha Hall Kelly book released so far.

Is there a new Martha Hall Kelly book coming?

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

Martha Hall Kelly at a glance

Still publishing
Martha Hall Kelly published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Martha Hall Kelly books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,806 pages across the 4 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Martha Hall Kelly books, 4 of 6, were published in the 2020s.

What the Martha Hall Kelly books are about

4 of the 6 Martha Hall Kelly books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.