Patricia H. Rushford Books in Order
Patricia H. Rushford has written 50 books, published between 1983 and 2018. The first book is Have You Hugged Your Teenager Today? (1983) and the newest is Watercolor Dreams (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 50
- Published
- 1983–2018
- Confirmed
- 3 of 50 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,323 in 43 of 50 books
- Reading time
- 155–233 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,323 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 43 of 50 titles with a page count on record.
Patricia H. Rushford is an award-winning author and speaker with more than sixty fiction and nonfiction books. Rushford holds a nursing degree and a master's in counseling and is also an artist and quilter. The Jennie McGrady Mysteries for young adults have sold over 500,000 copies, and Silent Witness won the Silver Angel Award and received an Edgar nomination. The catalogue lists 50 books from 1983 to 2018, opening with Have You Hugged Your Teenager Today? (1983). Series include Helen Bradley, McAllister Files, Angel Delaney and Max & Me Mysteries.
How many Patricia H. Rushford books are there?
Patricia H. Rushford has 50 books, released between 1983 and 2018. They include 6 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.
Patricia H. Rushford Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 50 Patricia H. Rushford 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.
- 1Have You Hugged Your Teenager Today?1983 · confirmed 2/41983–2/4
- 2Caring for Your Sick Child / The Care and Feeding of Sick Kids1983 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/419832342/4
- 3From Money Mess To Money Management1984 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/419841892/4
- 4The Help, Hope and Cope Book for People with Aging Parents / Caring for Your Elderly Parents1985 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/419852432/4
- 5Kristen's Choice1986 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419861602/4
- 6What Kids Need Most in a Mom1986 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419862082/4
- 7Emotional Phases of a Woman's Life1987 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/419872262/4
- 8Seasons of a Woman's Life1989 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419891602/4
- 9Love is a Many Splintered Thing1990 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/419902522/4
- 10Lost in the Money Maze1992 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/419921812/4
- 1119931722/4
- 1219931752/4
- 1319941762/4
- 1419941852/4
- 15The Humpty Dumpty Syndrome: Putting Yourself Together Again1994 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/419941962/4
- 1619951912/4
- 1719951892/4
- 18It Shouldn't Hurt to Be a KidHealing For Broken Children Non-Fiction #11996 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419962242/4
- 1919962192/4
- 2019961882/4
- 2119962072/4
- 2219972612/4
- 2319972392/4
- 2419971602/4
- 2519971882/4
- 2619982542/4
- 2719981922/4
- 2819982523/4
- 2919991762/4
- 3020002382/4
- 3120001922/4
- 3220011712/4
- 3320022052/4
- 3420033462/4
- 3520032553/4
- 3620043172/4
- 3720043202/4
- 3820042672/4
- 3920052532/4
- 4020053342/4
- 4120063002/4
- 4220071482/4
- 4320071522/4
- 4420071282/4
- 452010–2/4
- 462011–3/4
- 472014–2/4
- 482017–2/4
- 492017–2/4
- 502018–2/4
Patricia H. Rushford series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Jennie McGrady books in order 15 books
Patricia H. Rushford 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.
Helen Bradley in order
5 booksMcAllister Files in order
4 booksAngel Delaney in order
3 booksMax & Me Mysteries in order
3 booksArtisan in order
3 booksHealing For Broken Children Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
When I Fall In Love in order
2 booksPortraits in order
1 book- 12. Morningsong
Mystery and the Minister's Wife in order
1 bookStandalone books
11 books11 Patricia H. Rushford titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Patricia H. Rushford books in order?
You only need to read Patricia H. Rushford books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Patricia H. Rushford
Start with Too Many Secrets (1993), the first Jennie McGrady book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Have You Hugged Your Teenager Today? (1983).
What is the newest Patricia H. Rushford book?
Watercolor Dreams (2018) is the newest Patricia H. Rushford book released so far.
Is there a new Patricia H. Rushford book coming?
No next Patricia H. Rushford book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Patricia H. Rushford at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Patricia H. Rushford title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Patricia H. Rushford books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,323 pages across the 43 of 50 books with a recorded length, a median of 205 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Patricia H. Rushford books, 21 of 50, were published in the 1990s.
What the Patricia H. Rushford books are about
43 of the 50 Patricia H. Rushford books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 15 of 43. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 15 of 43 books
- Jennie McGrady (Fictitious character) 11 of 43 books
- Christian life 7 of 43 books
- Policewomen 7 of 43 books
- Police 5 of 43 books
- Helen Bradley (Fictitious character) 4 of 43 books
- Mac McAllister (Fictitious character) 4 of 43 books
- Women 4 of 43 books
- Christian fiction 3 of 43 books
- Family life 3 of 43 books
- Kidnapping 3 of 43 books
- Leukemia 3 of 43 books