Patricia Harman Books in Order
Patricia Harman has written 10 books, published between 2008 and 2022. The first book is The Blue Cotton Gown (2008) and the newest is Lost on Hope Island 3: Quarantine (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2008–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,446 in 7 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 41–61 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,446 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Patricia Harman writes about midwives, in memoir and in fiction. 10 catalogued books run from The Blue Cotton Gown (2008) to Lost on Hope Island 3: Quarantine (2022). The Hope River novels, The Midwife of Hope River (2012), The Reluctant Midwife (2015) and Once a Midwife (2018), sit beside autobiographical titles such as Arms Wide Open (2011) and the Amazing Tale of the Little Goat Midwives books. Midwifery, nursing and women's lives carry the subjects, and no new title has appeared since 2022.
How many Patricia Harman books are there?
Patricia Harman has 10 books, released between 2008 and 2022. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Patricia Harman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Patricia Harman 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.
- 1The Blue Cotton Gown2008 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/420082901/4
- 2Arms Wide Open2011 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/420112871/4
- 320123821/4
- 420154091/4
- 52016–1/4
- 6The Runaway Midwife2017 · 399 pages · confirmed 1/420173991/4
- 720171921/4
- 820184871/4
- 92019–1/4
- 102022–1/4
Patricia Harman 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.
Hope River in order
4 booksAmazing Tale of the Little Goat Midwives in order
3 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Patricia Harman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Patricia Harman books in order?
You only need to read Patricia Harman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Patricia Harman
Start with The Blue Cotton Gown (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Patricia Harman book?
Lost on Hope Island 3: Quarantine (2022) is the newest Patricia Harman book released so far.
Is there a new Patricia Harman book coming?
No next Patricia Harman 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 Harman at a glance
- Paused
- No new Patricia Harman title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Patricia Harman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,446 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 382 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Patricia Harman books, 8 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Patricia Harman books are about
6 of the 10 Patricia Harman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: midwives is tagged on 6 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Midwives 6 of 6 books
- Women radicals 3 of 6 books
- Biography 2 of 6 books
- Depressions 2 of 6 books
- Midwifery 2 of 6 books
- Nurse Midwives 2 of 6 books