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Rachel Joyce Books in Order

Rachel Joyce has written 10 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is The Porter and the Three Ladies (2012) and the newest is The Homemade God (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2012–2025
Pages on record
1,695 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,695 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Rachel Joyce, author of the Harold Fry series

Rachel Joyce is known for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012), a novel about a man who sets out walking. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (2014) and Maureen (2023) complete that trio. Joyce's other books include Perfect (2013), The Music Shop (2017), Miss Benson's Beetle (2020) and The Homemade God (2025). Ten titles are catalogued, built on letters, pilgrimage, walking and life change.

How many Rachel Joyce books are there?

Rachel Joyce has 10 books, released between 2012 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Harold Fry series.

Rachel Joyce Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Rachel Joyce 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 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce, book 1 of the Harold Fry series (2012)
  2. Cover of The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce, book 2 of the Harold Fry series (2014)
  3. Cover of A Snow Garden and Other Stories by Rachel Joyce (2015)
  4. Cover of Maureen / Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North by Rachel Joyce, book 3 of the Harold Fry series (2023)
  1. 1
    The Porter and the Three Ladies2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryHarold Fry #12012 · 367 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012367
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  3. 3
    Perfect2013 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    A Faraway Smell of Lemon2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Love Song of Miss Queenie HennessyHarold Fry #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 7
    The Music Shop2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 8
    Miss Benson's Beetle2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 9
    Maureen / Maureen Fry and the Angel of the NorthHarold Fry #32023 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023192
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 10
    The Homemade God2025 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Rachel Joyce series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Rachel Joyce 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.

Standalone books

7 books

7 Rachel Joyce titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Rachel Joyce books in order?

You only need to read Rachel Joyce books in order within the Harold Fry series, which holds 3 of the 10 Rachel Joyce books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Rachel Joyce

Start with The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012), the first Harold Fry book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Porter and the Three Ladies (2012).

What is the newest Rachel Joyce book?

The Homemade God (2025) is the newest Rachel Joyce book released so far.

Is there a new Rachel Joyce book coming?

No next Rachel Joyce 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 Rachel Joyce has won

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

Rachel Joyce at a glance

Still publishing
Rachel Joyce published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Rachel Joyce books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,695 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 367 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rachel Joyce books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Rachel Joyce books are about

5 of the 10 Rachel Joyce books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: letters is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.