Mary Stewart Books in Order
25 books are credited to Mary Stewart, published between 1954 and 2017; 1 of them appeared after Mary Stewart's death in 2014. The first book is Madam, Will You Talk? (1954) and the newest is The Wind Off the Small Isles and The Lost One (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
Mary Stewart is the pen name of Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1954–2017
- Confirmed
- 25 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,661 in 22 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 111–167 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,661 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Mary Stewart wrote romantic suspense and, later, Arthurian historical fiction. The suspense novels begin in 1954 and continue through Wildfire at Midnight (1956), Thunder on the Right (1957), Nine Coaches Waiting (1958), My Brother Michael (1959) and The Ivy Tree (1961). The Arthurian Saga retells the legend of Merlin and the kings around him. 25 titles are catalogued in all, including children's books, short stories and poetry, the last being The Wind Off the Small Isles and The Lost One.
How many Mary Stewart books are there?
Mary Stewart has 25 books, released between 1954 and 2017. 1 of them were published after Mary Stewart's death in 2014. They include 3 separate series.
Mary Stewart Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Mary Stewart 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 September 2026.
- 119543683/4
- 219562143/4
- 319573523/4
- 419583523/4
- 519592563/4
- 619612233/4
- 719623123/4
- 819643483/4
- 919653843/4
- 1019673363/4
- 111968963/4
- 1219704943/4
- 131971–3/4
- 1419734753/4
- 1519741663/4
- 1619763723/4
- 1719795133/4
- 181980–3/4
- 1919834173/4
- 2019882073/4
- 2119901103/4
- 2219912723/4
- 231995–3/4
- 2419972343/4
- 25The Wind Off the Small Isles and The Lost OneMary Stewart Short Stories/Novellas #22017 · 160 pages · confirmed 3/420171603/4
Mary Stewart 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.
Mary Stewart Standalone Novels
14 books14 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Arthurian Saga in order
5 booksMary Stewart Children's in order
3 booksMary Stewart Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Mary Stewart Poetry in order
1 bookDo you have to read Mary Stewart books in order?
You only need to read Mary Stewart books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Mary Stewart
Start with Madam, Will You Talk? (1954), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mary Stewart book?
The Wind Off the Small Isles and The Lost One (2017) is the newest Mary Stewart book released so far.
Is there a new Mary Stewart book coming?
No next Mary Stewart book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Mary Stewart has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 1 nomination for Mary Stewart. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement1996Won
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award1974Wonfor The Hollow Hills
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award1971Wonfor The Crystal Cave
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel1980Shortlistedfor The Last Enchantment
Mary Stewart at a glance
- Died
- Mary Stewart died in 2014, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Mary Stewart are still being published after Mary Stewart's death in 2014; the newest appeared in 2017.
- Release pace
- Mary Stewart books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 6,661 pages across the 22 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 324 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mary Stewart books, 6 of 25, were published in the 1970s.
What the Mary Stewart books are about
All 25 Mary Stewart books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 6 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 6 of 25 books
- Adaptations 5 of 25 books
- Kings and rulers 5 of 25 books
- Romantic suspense 5 of 25 books
- Arthurian romances 4 of 25 books
- Britons 4 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 25 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 25 books
- Fantasy 3 of 25 books
- Gothic 3 of 25 books
- Greece 3 of 25 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 25 books