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Meg Hutchinson Books in Order

Meg Hutchinson has written 29 books, published between 1996 and 2012. The first book is For The Sake Of Her Child (1996) and the newest is Short Back And Sighs (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1996–2012
Pages on record
5,152 in 13 of 29 books
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Meg Hutchinson wrote English historical fiction and romance, long books at a median of 416 pages. Working life is the backdrop: coal miners, social conditions, single mothers, inheritance disputes and revenge all sit in the subject list. Abel's Daughter and For The Sake Of Her Child both date from 1996, with A Handful of Silver (1997), No Place of Angels (1998), and A Love Forbidden, A Promise Given, Bitter Seed and Pit Bank Wench all in 1999. The catalogue holds 29 books and closes with Short Back And Sighs in 2012.

How many Meg Hutchinson books are there?

Meg Hutchinson has 29 books, released between 1996 and 2012.

Meg Hutchinson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Meg Hutchinson 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 Pit Bank Wench by Meg Hutchinson (1999)
  2. Cover of No Place for a Woman by Meg Hutchinson (2000)
  3. Cover of The Hitch Hiker by Meg Hutchinson (2001)
  4. Cover of The Judas Touch by Meg Hutchinson (2001)
  5. Cover of Peppercorn Woman by Meg Hutchinson (2001)
  6. Cover of The Seal by Meg Hutchinson (2002)
  7. Cover of Unholy Love by Meg Hutchinson (2003)
  8. Cover of A Penny Dip by Meg Hutchinson (2005)
  9. Cover of Devil's Own Daughter by Meg Hutchinson (2005)
  10. Cover of Ties Of Love by Meg Hutchinson (2005)
  11. Cover of The Wanton Redhead by Meg Hutchinson (2006)
  12. Cover of A Step Too Far by Meg Hutchinson (2008)
  13. Cover of Short Back And Sighs by Meg Hutchinson (2012)
  1. 1
    For The Sake Of Her Child1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  2. 2
    Abel's Daughter1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  3. 3
    A Handful of Silver1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  4. 4
    No Place of Angels1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  5. 5
    Pit Bank Wench1999 · 490 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999490
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  6. 6
    Bitter Seed1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  7. 7
    A Promise Given1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  8. 8
    A Love Forbidden1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  9. 9
    No Place for a Woman2000 · 534 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000534
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  10. 10
    Child of Sin2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  11. 11
    The Hitch Hiker2001 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001416
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  12. 12
    The Judas Touch2001 · 518 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001518
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  13. 13
    Peppercorn Woman2001 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001416
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  14. 14
    The Seal2002 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002320
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  15. 15
    The Deverell Woman2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  16. 16
    Unholy Love2003 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003416
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  17. 17
    Heritage of Shame2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  18. 18
    Sixpenny Girl2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  19. 19
    Pauper's Child2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  20. 20
    A Penny Dip2005 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005272
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  21. 21
    Devil's Own Daughter2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  22. 22
    For The Love Of A Sister2005 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005448
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  23. 23
    Ties Of Love2005 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005496
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  24. 24
    The Wanton Redhead2006 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006297
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  25. 25
    All is Not Enough2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  26. 26
    A Step Too Far2008 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008337
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  27. 27
    A Sister's Tears2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  28. 28
    Friendship's Bond2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  29. 29
    Short Back And Sighs2012 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012192
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Meg Hutchinson 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

29 books

29 Meg Hutchinson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Meg Hutchinson books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 29 Meg Hutchinson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Meg Hutchinson

Start with For The Sake Of Her Child (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Meg Hutchinson book?

Short Back And Sighs (2012) is the newest Meg Hutchinson book released so far.

Is there a new Meg Hutchinson book coming?

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

Meg Hutchinson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Meg Hutchinson title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Meg Hutchinson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,152 pages across the 13 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Meg Hutchinson books, 19 of 29, were published in the 2000s.

What the Meg Hutchinson books are about

14 of the 29 Meg Hutchinson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 2 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.