Nan Rossiter Books in Order

Nan Rossiter has written 15 books, published between 1997 and 2022. The first book is Rugby and Rosie (1997) and the newest is A Good Measure (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1997–2022
Pages on record
2,920 in 10 of 15 books
Reading time
49–73 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,920 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

Nan Rossiter began in children's picture books and moved to family fiction. Rugby and Rosie (1997), The Way Home (1999) and Sugar on Snow (2003) opened the catalogue with dogs, guide dogs, geese and maple syrup; from 2011 the novels take over, among them The Gin & Chowder Club (2011), More Than You Know (2013) and Nantucket (2015). Two sequences hold them, the Coleman and Shepherd Families and Savannah Skies. Fifteen books are catalogued, the last A Good Measure (2022).

How many Nan Rossiter books are there?

Nan Rossiter has 15 books, released between 1997 and 2022. They include 3 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Nan Rossiter Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Nan Rossiter 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
    Rugby and Rosie1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997
  2. 2
    The Way Home1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999
  3. 3
    Sugar on Snow2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003
  4. 4
    The Gin & Chowder ClubColeman and Shepherd Families #12011 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011281
  5. 5
    Christmas on Cape CodColeman and Shepherd Families #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  6. 6
    The Fo'c'sle2011 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201132
  7. 7
    Words Get in the Way2012 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012256
  8. 8
    More Than You Know2013 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013322
  9. 9
    Under a Summer SkyColeman and Shepherd Families #32014 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014342
  10. 10
    NantucketNantucket #12015 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015352
  11. 11
    Firefly Summer2016 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016352
  12. 12
    Summer DanceNantucket #22017 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017311
  13. 13
    Promises of the HeartSavannah Skies #12020 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020352
  14. 14
    Promises to KeepSavannah Skies #22021 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021320
  15. 15
    A Good MeasureSavannah Skies #32022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022

Nan Rossiter 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.

Coleman and Shepherd Families in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Gin & Chowder Club
  2. 2. Christmas on Cape Cod
  3. 3. Under a Summer Sky

Savannah Skies in order

3 books
  1. 1. Promises of the Heart
  2. 2. Promises to Keep
  3. 3. A Good Measure

Nantucket in order

2 books
  1. 1. Nantucket
  2. 2. Summer Dance

Standalone books

7 books

7 Nan Rossiter titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Nan Rossiter books in order?

You only need to read Nan Rossiter 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 Nan Rossiter

Start with Rugby and Rosie (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Nan Rossiter book?

A Good Measure (2022) is the newest Nan Rossiter book released so far.

Is there a new Nan Rossiter book coming?

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

Nan Rossiter at a glance

Paused
No new Nan Rossiter title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Nan Rossiter books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,920 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 321 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Nan Rossiter books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Nan Rossiter books are about

11 of the 15 Nan Rossiter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.