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Norah Lofts Books in Order

62 books are credited to Norah Lofts, published between 1935 and 2024; 3 of them appeared after Norah Lofts's death in 1983. The first book is I Met a Gypsy (1935) and the newest is The Story of Maude Reed (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Norah Lofts is the pen name of Norah Ethel Robinson. Norah Lofts also publishes as Juliet Astley, Peter Curtis.

Books
62
Published
1935–2024
Pages on record
11,986 in 43 of 62 books
Reading time
200–300 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,986 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 43 of 62 titles with a page count on record.

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Norah Lofts (27 August 1904 – 10 September 1983), born Norah Ethel Robinson, was a British writer of more than fifty books who also published as Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. Historical fiction rooted in English history was the Lofts specialty, though the output also covers mysteries, short stories and non-fiction. Lofts wrote novels, the Suffolk Trilogy among them, that trace particular houses and their occupants across generations. The catalogue holds 62 titles, from I Met a Gypsy (1935) to The Story of Maude Reed, dated 2024, and one 1940 entry carries the Peter Curtis byline. Series listed are House, Sir Godfrey Tallboys and Gad's Hall.

How many Norah Lofts books are there?

Norah Lofts has 62 books, released between 1935 and 2024. 3 of them were published after Norah Lofts's death in 1983. They include 3 series and 54 titles listed outside any series.

Norah Lofts Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 62 Norah Lofts 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 I Met a Gypsy by Norah Lofts (1935)
  2. Cover of Here Was a Man by Norah Lofts (1936)
  3. Cover of Hester Roon by Norah Lofts (1940)
  4. Cover of The Road to Revelation / Winter Harvest by Norah Lofts (1941)
  5. Cover of Lady Living Alone (As:Peter Curtis) by Norah Lofts (1945)
  6. Cover of A Calf for Venus / Letty by Norah Lofts (1949)
  7. Cover of Bless This House by Norah Lofts (1954)
  8. Cover of Eleanor the Queen / Queen in Waiting by Norah Lofts (1955)
  9. Cover of Heaven in Your Hand by Norah Lofts (1958)
  10. Cover of The Town House by Norah Lofts, book 1 of the House series (1959)
  11. Cover of The House at Old Vine by Norah Lofts, book 2 of the House series (1961)
  12. Cover of The House at Sunset by Norah Lofts, book 3 of the House series (1962)
  13. Cover of The Concubine by Norah Lofts (1963)
  14. Cover of How Far to Bethlehem? by Norah Lofts (1964)
  15. Cover of Madselin by Norah Lofts (1968)
  16. Cover of The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts (1969)
  17. Cover of A Rose for Virtue by Norah Lofts (1971)
  18. Cover of Rupert Hatton's Story / Rupert Hatton's Tales by Norah Lofts (1972)
  19. Cover of Charlotte / Out of the Dark by Norah Lofts (1972)
  20. Cover of Nethergate by Norah Lofts (1973)
  21. Cover of Eternal France by Norah Lofts (1974)
  22. Cover of Crown of Aloes by Norah Lofts (1974)
  23. Cover of Domestic Life in England by Norah Lofts (1976)
  24. Cover of The Lonely Furrow by Norah Lofts, book 3 of the Sir Godfrey Tallboys series (1976)
  1. 1
    I Met a Gypsy1935 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1935192
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  2. 2
    Here Was a Man1936 · 297 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1936297
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  3. 3
    White Hell of Pity1937 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1937188
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  4. 4
    Out of This Nettle1938 · confirmed 2/4
    1938–
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  5. 5
    Requiem for Idols1938 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1938208
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  6. 6
    Blossom Like the Rose1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
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  7. 7
    Hester Roon1940 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940316
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  8. 8
    Bride of Moat House / Dead March in Three Keys / No Question of Murder (As:Peter Curtis)1940 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940208
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  9. 9
    Scent of Cloves1940 · confirmed 2/4
    1940–
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  10. 10
    The Road to Revelation / Winter Harvest1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
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  11. 11
    The Brittle Glass1942 · 387 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1942387
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  12. 12
    Michael and All Angels / The Golden Fleece1943 · confirmed 2/4
    1943–
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  13. 13
    Jassy1944 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1944255
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  14. 14
    Lady Living Alone (As:Peter Curtis)1945 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1945188
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  15. 15
    To See a Fine Lady1946 · confirmed 2/4
    1946–
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  16. 16
    Silver Nutmeg1947 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1947368
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  17. 17
    A Calf for Venus / Letty1949 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1949300
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  18. 18
    Esther1950 · 141 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950141
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  19. 19
    The Lute Player1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  20. 20
    Bless This House1954 · confirmed 2/4
    1954–
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  21. 21
    Eleanor the Queen / Queen in Waiting1955 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955240
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  22. 22
    Afternoon ofan Autocrat / The Devil in Clevely / The Deadly Gift1956 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1956336
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  23. 23
    Heaven in Your Hand1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  24. 24
    The Town HouseHouse #11959 · 414 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1959414
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  25. 25
    Little Wax Dolls1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  26. 26
    The House at Old VineHouse #21961 · 446 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961446
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  27. 27
    The House at SunsetHouse #31962 · 366 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962366
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  28. 28
    The Concubine1963 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963358
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  29. 29
    How Far to Bethlehem?1964 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964350
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  30. 30
    Madselin1968 · 209 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968209
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Norah Lofts 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.

House in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Town House
  2. 2. The House at Old Vine
  3. 3. The House at Sunset

Sir Godfrey Tallboys in order

3 books
  1. 1. Knight's Acre
  2. 2. The Homecoming
  3. 3. The Lonely Furrow

Gad's Hall in order

2 books
  1. 1. Gad's Hall
  2. 2. The Haunting of Gad's Hall / Haunted House

Standalone books

54 books

54 Norah Lofts titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Norah Lofts books in order?

You only need to read Norah Lofts 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 Norah Lofts

Start with I Met a Gypsy (1935), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Norah Lofts book?

The Story of Maude Reed (2024) is the newest Norah Lofts book released so far.

Is there a new Norah Lofts book coming?

No next Norah Lofts 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 Norah Lofts has won

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

  • National Book Award1936Won

Norah Lofts at a glance

Died
Norah Lofts died in 1983, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Norah Lofts are still being published after Norah Lofts's death in 1983; the newest appeared in 2024.
Release pace
Norah Lofts books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
11,986 pages across the 43 of 62 books with a recorded length, a median of 282 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Norah Lofts books, 24 of 62, were published in the 1970s.

What the Norah Lofts books are about

47 of the 62 Norah Lofts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 22 of 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.