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Monica Furlong Books in Order

41 books are credited to Monica Furlong, published between 1965 and 2021; 4 of them appeared after Monica Furlong's death in 2003. The first book is With Love to the Church (1965) and the newest is Love Unknown (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
1965–2021
Pages on record
5,789 in 33 of 41 books
Reading time
96–145 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,789 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 41 titles with a page count on record.

See all 41 books in order Printable Monica Furlong checklist

Monica Furlong was a British author, journalist and activist whose work sat close to the Church of England; an obituary named her the church's most influential and creative layperson of the post-war period. The catalogue holds 41 books between With Love to the Church (1965) and Love Unknown (2021), covering biography, meditations, church history and the campaign for the ordination of women, with Merton (1980) among the lives. Furlong also wrote children's fiction, including the Doran books.

How many Monica Furlong books are there?

Monica Furlong has 41 books, released between 1965 and 2021. 4 of them were published after Monica Furlong's death in 2003. 3 of them belong to the Doran series.

Monica Furlong Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Monica Furlong 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 Travelling in by Monica Furlong (1971)
  2. Cover of Puritan's Progress by Monica Furlong (1975)
  3. Cover of Burrswood by Monica Furlong (1978)
  4. Cover of Merton by Monica Furlong (1980)
  5. Cover of Divorce by Monica Furlong (1981)
  6. Cover of Cousins by Monica Furlong (1983)
  7. Cover of Feminine In The Church by Monica Furlong (1984)
  8. Cover of Zen Effects by Monica Furlong (1985)
  9. Cover of Genuine Fake by Monica Furlong (1986)
  10. Cover of Mirror to the Church by Monica Furlong (1988)
  11. Cover of Juniper / A Year and a Day by Monica Furlong, book 2 of the Doran series (1990)
  12. Cover of Women Included by Monica Furlong (1991)
  13. Cover of A Dangerous Delight by Monica Furlong (1991)
  14. Cover of Christian Uncertainties by Monica Furlong (1993)
  15. Cover of Contemplating Now by Monica Furlong (1993)
  16. Cover of Our Childhood's Pattern by Monica Furlong (1995)
  17. Cover of Bird of Paradise by Monica Furlong (1995)
  18. Cover of Visions and Longings by Monica Furlong (1996)
  19. Cover of The Life of Christina of Markyate by Monica Furlong (1997)
  20. Cover of Flight of the Kingfisher by Monica Furlong (1997)
  21. Cover of Act of Synod, Act of Folly? by Monica Furlong (1998)
  22. Cover of Stories from the Old Testament by Monica Furlong (1998)
  23. Cover of C of E by Monica Furlong (2000)
  24. Cover of Dreamers Of Dreams by Monica Furlong (2001)
  1. 1
    With Love to the Church1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  2. 2
    Travelling in1971 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971127
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  3. 3
    The End Of Our Exploring1973 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973192
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  4. 4
    God's a good man, and other poems1974 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197472
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  5. 5
    Puritan's Progress1975 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975223
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  6. 6
    The Cat's Eye1977 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977174
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  7. 7
    The Trial of John Bunyan & The Persecution of the Puritans1978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  8. 8
    Burrswood1978 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978157
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  9. 9
    Merton1980 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980327
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  10. 10
    Divorce1981 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198128
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  11. 11
    Cousins1983 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983172
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  12. 12
    Feminine In The Church1984 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984194
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  13. 13
    Merton a Biography1985 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985342
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  14. 14
    Zen Effects1985 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985235
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  15. 15
    Genuine Fake1986 · 198 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986198
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  16. 16
    Wise ChildDoran #11987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  17. 17
    Therese Of Lisieux1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  18. 18
    Mirror to the Church1988 · 135 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988135
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  19. 19
    Juniper / A Year and a DayDoran #21990 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990208
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  20. 20
    Women Included1991 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991112
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  21. 21
    A Dangerous Delight1991 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991162
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  22. 22
    Christian Uncertainties1993 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993128
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  23. 23
    Contemplating Now1993 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993124
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  24. 24
    Robin's Country1995 · 139 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995139
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  25. 25
    Our Childhood's Pattern1995 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995192
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  26. 26
    Bird of Paradise1995 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995144
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  27. 27
    Visions and Longings1996 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996248
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  28. 28
    The Wisdom of Julian of Norwich1996 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199648
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  29. 29
    The Life of Christina of Markyate1997 · 122 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997122
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  30. 30
    Emma Lazarus1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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Monica Furlong 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.

Doran in order

3 books
  1. 1. Wise Child
  2. 2. Juniper / A Year and a Day
  3. 3. Colman

Standalone books

38 books

38 Monica Furlong titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Monica Furlong books in order?

You only need to read Monica Furlong books in order within the Doran series, which holds 3 of the 41 Monica Furlong books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Monica Furlong

Start with With Love to the Church (1965), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Monica Furlong book?

Love Unknown (2021) is the newest Monica Furlong book released so far.

Is there a new Monica Furlong book coming?

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

Award nominations for Monica Furlong

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Monica Furlong. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature2005Shortlistedfor Wise Child

Monica Furlong at a glance

Died
Monica Furlong died in 2003, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Monica Furlong are still being published after Monica Furlong's death in 2003; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Monica Furlong books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,789 pages across the 33 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 162 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Monica Furlong books, 16 of 41, were published in the 1990s.

What the Monica Furlong books are about

33 of the 41 Monica Furlong 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 7 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.