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Patricia Scanlan Books in Order

Patricia Scanlan has written 26 books, published between 1991 and 2025. The first book is Apartment 3B (1991) and the newest is City Girls Forever (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
26
Published
1991–2025
Pages on record
10,821 in 20 of 26 books
Reading time
180–271 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,821 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 26 titles with a page count on record.

See all 26 books in order Printable Patricia Scanlan checklist

Patricia Scanlan is an Irish novelist born in 1956. The catalogue lists 26 Scanlan books from Apartment 3B (1991) to City Girls Forever (2025), with subject tags for female friendship, marriage, sisters, weddings, family life and Dublin. City Girl (1992) and City Woman (1999) appeared in the early run, and City Girls and Forgive and Forget are the named Scanlan series. Finishing Touches, Mirror, Mirror and Francesca's Party are other titles in the list.

How many Patricia Scanlan books are there?

Patricia Scanlan has 26 books, released between 1991 and 2025. They include 2 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.

Patricia Scanlan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 26 Patricia Scanlan books in the order they were released, 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 Apartment 3B by Patricia Scanlan (1991)
  2. Cover of City Girl by Patricia Scanlan, book 1 of the City Girls series (1992)
  3. Cover of Foreign Affairs by Patricia Scanlan (1994)
  4. Cover of Promises, Promises by Patricia Scanlan (1997)
  5. Cover of City Lives by Patricia Scanlan, book 2 of the City Girls series (1999)
  6. Cover of City Woman by Patricia Scanlan, book 3 of the City Girls series (1999)
  7. Cover of Two For Joy by Patricia Scanlan (2001)
  8. Cover of Francesca's Party by Patricia Scanlan (2001)
  9. Cover of Double Wedding by Patricia Scanlan (2004)
  10. Cover of Forgive and Forget by Patricia Scanlan, book 1 of the Forgive and Forget series (2008)
  11. Cover of Happy Ever After by Patricia Scanlan, book 2 of the Forgive and Forget series (2009)
  12. Cover of Coming Home by Patricia Scanlan (2009)
  13. Cover of Love and Marriage by Patricia Scanlan, book 3 of the Forgive and Forget series (2011)
  14. Cover of With All My Love by Patricia Scanlan (2013)
  15. Cover of Coming Home for Christmas by Patricia Scanlan (2014)
  16. Cover of A Gift for You by Patricia Scanlan (2015)
  17. Cover of A Time for Friends by Patricia Scanlan (2015)
  1. 1
    Apartment 3B1991 · 640 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991640
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  2. 2
    City GirlCity Girls #11992 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992480
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  3. 3
    Finishing Touches1992 · 570 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992570
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  4. 4
    Foreign Affairs1994 · 797 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994797
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  5. 5
    Promises, Promises1997 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997608
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  6. 6
    Mirror, Mirror1997 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997544
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  7. 7
    City LivesCity Girls #21999 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999480
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  8. 8
    City WomanCity Girls #31999 · 656 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999656
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  9. 9
    Two For Joy2001 · 624 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001624
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  10. 10
    Francesca's Party2001 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001592
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  11. 11
    Double Wedding2004 · 509 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004509
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  12. 12
    Winter Blessings2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  13. 13
    Divided Loyalties2006 · 688 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006688
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  14. 14
    Forgive and ForgetForgive and Forget #12008 · 553 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008553
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  15. 15
    Happy Ever AfterForgive and Forget #22009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  16. 16
    Fair-Weather FriendOpen Door 4 #32009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  17. 17
    Coming Home2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  18. 18
    Love and MarriageForgive and Forget #32011 · 508 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011508
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  19. 19
    With All My Love2013 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013464
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  20. 20
    Coming Home for Christmas2014 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014304
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  21. 21
    A Gift for You2015 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015310
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  22. 22
    A Time for Friends2015 · 624 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015624
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  23. 23
    Orange Blossom Days2017 · 454 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017454
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  24. 24
    The Liberation of Brigid Dunne2020 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020416
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  25. 25
    A Family Reunion2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  26. 26
    City Girls ForeverCity Girls #42025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Patricia Scanlan 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.

City Girls in order

4 books
  1. 1. City Girl
  2. 2. City Lives
  3. 3. City Woman
  4. 4. City Girls Forever

Forgive and Forget in order

3 books
  1. 1. Forgive and Forget
  2. 2. Happy Ever After
  3. 3. Love and Marriage

Open Door 4 in order

1 book
  1. 3. Fair-Weather Friend

Standalone books

18 books

18 Patricia Scanlan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Patricia Scanlan Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Patricia Scanlan books run from Apartment 3B (1991) to City Girls Forever (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Patricia Scanlan in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Patricia Scanlan books in order?

You only need to read Patricia Scanlan 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 Scanlan

Start with Apartment 3B (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Patricia Scanlan book?

City Girls Forever (2025) is the newest Patricia Scanlan book released so far.

Is there a new Patricia Scanlan book coming?

No next Patricia Scanlan 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 Scanlan at a glance

Still publishing
Patricia Scanlan published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Patricia Scanlan books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
10,821 pages across the 20 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 548 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Patricia Scanlan books, 9 of 26, were published in the 2000s.

What the Patricia Scanlan books are about

21 of the 26 Patricia Scanlan 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 7 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.