Petra Durst-Benning Books in Order
Petra Durst-Benning has written 10 books, published between 2000 and 2020. The first book is The Glassblower (2000) and the newest is An Artificial Light (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2000–2020
- Total pages
- 4,288 across 10 books
- Reading time
- 71–107 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,288 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Petra Durst-Benning writes historical fiction set in Germany. Glass blowing, glassworkers, the seed industry of the 1850s, sisters and New York State run through the recorded subjects. Three series stand in the catalogue: Glassblower, Seed Traders Saga and Photographer's Saga. Ten books are listed from The Glassblower (2000) to An Artificial Light (2020), taking in The American Lady (2003), The Seed Woman (2005), The Paradise of Glass (2007), While the World is Still Asleep (2012), The Champagne Queen (2013) and The Queen of Beauty (2015).
How many Petra Durst-Benning books are there?
Petra Durst-Benning has 10 books, released between 2000 and 2020. They include 4 separate series.
Petra Durst-Benning Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Petra Durst-Benning 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.
- 120004812/4
- 220034552/4
- 320054502/4
- 420073622/4
- 520084122/4
- 620124322/4
- 720134782/4
- 820155142/4
- 920203362/4
- 1020203682/4
Petra Durst-Benning 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.
Glassblower in order
3 booksCentury Trilogy in order
3 booksSeed Traders Saga in order
2 booksPhotographer's Saga in order
2 booksDo you have to read Petra Durst-Benning books in order?
You only need to read Petra Durst-Benning books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Petra Durst-Benning
Start with The Glassblower (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Petra Durst-Benning book?
An Artificial Light (2020) is the newest Petra Durst-Benning book released so far.
Is there a new Petra Durst-Benning book coming?
No next Petra Durst-Benning book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Petra Durst-Benning at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Petra Durst-Benning title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Petra Durst-Benning books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,288 pages across all 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 441 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Petra Durst-Benning books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
What the Petra Durst-Benning books are about
All 10 Petra Durst-Benning books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 5 of 10 books
- Germanic literature 4 of 10 books
- Germany 4 of 10 books
- Sisters 3 of 10 books
- Glass blowing and working 2 of 10 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 10 books