Rebecca Shaw Books in Order
29 books are credited to Rebecca Shaw, published between 1994 and 2023; 3 of them appeared after Rebecca Shaw's death in 2015. The first book is The New Rector (1994) and the newest is Naked in the Rideshare (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1994–2023
- Pages on record
- 5,302 in 19 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 88–133 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,302 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
English village life is Rebecca Shaw's subject: clergy, the parish church, veterinary practice and the people of two invented places, Turnham Malpas and Barleybridge. Shaw wrote 28 novels for Orion Publishing Group and sold more than a million copies, plus three standalone ebooks. The New Rector (1994) opens Tales from Turnham Malpas, and Talk of the Village (1996), Village Secrets (1998), Scandal In The Village (1999) and Village Gossip (2000) follow. The catalogue holds 29 titles at a median of 280 pages.
How many Rebecca Shaw books are there?
Rebecca Shaw has 29 books, released between 1994 and 2023. 3 of them were published after Rebecca Shaw's death in 2015. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Rebecca Shaw Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Rebecca Shaw 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.
- 119942721/4
- 219962631/4
- 319962881/4
- 419972561/4
- 519982801/4
- 619992881/4
- 720002881/4
- 820003041/4
- 92001–1/4
- 1020022721/4
- 1120023041/4
- 1220032881/4
- 1320043041/4
- 1420053201/4
- 1520053201/4
- 162006–1/4
- 172007–1/4
- 1820082421/4
- 1920092741/4
- 2020102561/4
- 212011–1/4
- 222012–1/4
- 23The House at Spinnaker Cove2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 24Curtain Up2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 2520142411/4
- 2620152421/4
- 272016–1/4
- 28The Love of a Family2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
Rebecca Shaw 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.
Tales from Turnham Malpas in order
19 books- 1. The New Rector
- 2. Talk of the Village
- 3. Village Matters
- 4. Village Show
- 5. Village Secrets
- 6. Scandal In The Village
- 7. Village Gossip
- 8. Trouble in the Village
- 9. A Village Dilemma
- 10. Intrigue in the Village
- 11. Whispers In The Village
- 12. A Village Feud
- and 7 more in the table above
Barleybridge in order
6 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Rebecca Shaw titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Rebecca Shaw books in order?
You only need to read Rebecca Shaw 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 Rebecca Shaw
Start with The New Rector (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Rebecca Shaw book?
Naked in the Rideshare (2023) is the newest Rebecca Shaw book released so far.
Is there a new Rebecca Shaw book coming?
No next Rebecca Shaw book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Rebecca Shaw at a glance
- Died
- Rebecca Shaw died in 2015, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Rebecca Shaw are still being published after Rebecca Shaw's death in 2015; the newest appeared in 2023.
- Release pace
- Rebecca Shaw books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,302 pages across the 19 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Rebecca Shaw books, 13 of 29, were published in the 2000s.
What the Rebecca Shaw books are about
25 of the 29 Rebecca Shaw books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: country life is tagged on 16 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Country life 16 of 25 books
- Turnham Malpas (England : Imaginary place) 13 of 25 books
- England 9 of 25 books
- Veterinarians 6 of 25 books
- Barleybridge (England : Imaginary place) 3 of 25 books
- Christian fiction 3 of 25 books
- Clergy 2 of 25 books
- Villages 2 of 25 books