Sandra Dallas Books in Order
Sandra Dallas has written 33 books, published between 1962 and 2026. The first book is No More Than Five in a Bed (1962) and the newest is The Hired Man (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1962–2026
- Pages on record
- 6,549 in 24 of 33 books
- Reading time
- 109–164 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,549 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 33 titles with a page count on record.
Colorado history and frontier life run through Sandra Dallas's work, in fiction and in local history alike. No More Than Five in a Bed (1962) is the earliest of 33 catalogued titles, with Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps (1985) and Buster Midnight's Cafe (1990) among them and The Hired Man (2026) the most recent. Quilting, female friendship and young women fill the subject tags.
How many Sandra Dallas books are there?
Sandra Dallas has 33 books, released between 1962 and 2026.
Sandra Dallas Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 Sandra Dallas 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.
- 1No More Than Five in a Bed1962 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419622082/4
- 2Gaslights and Gingerbread1965 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/419651642/4
- 3Cherry Creek Gothic1971 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/419713082/4
- 4Yesterday's Denver1974 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/419741592/4
- 5Sacred Paint1979 · 135 pages · confirmed 2/419791352/4
- 6Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps1985 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/419852542/4
- 7Colorado Homes1986 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/419862612/4
- 8Buster Midnight's Cafe1990 · confirmed 2/41990–2/4
- 9The Persian Pickle Club1995 · confirmed 2/41995–2/4
- 10Prayers for Sale1997 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/419973522/4
- 11The Diary of Mattie Spenser1997 · 229 pages · confirmed 2/419972292/4
- 12Alice's Tulips2000 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420002562/4
- 13The Chili Queen2002 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/420022922/4
- 14The Quilt That Walked to Golden2004 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/420041762/4
- 15New Mercies2005 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420053042/4
- 16Tallgrass2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420073202/4
- 17Whiter Than Snow2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 18The Bride's House2011 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420114002/4
- 19The Quilt Walk2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 20True Sisters2012 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420123682/4
- 21Fallen Women2013 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420133842/4
- 22Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky2014 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/420142372/4
- 23A Quilt for Christmas2014 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420142722/4
- 24The Last Midwife2015 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420153682/4
- 25Hardscrabble2018 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420182642/4
- 26The Patchwork Bride2018 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/420182942/4
- 27Someplace to Call Home2019 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420192402/4
- 28Westering Women2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 29Little Souls2022 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420223042/4
- 30Tenmile2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 31Where Coyotes Howl2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 32Tough Luck2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
- 33The Hired Man2026 · confirmed 2/42026–2/4
Sandra Dallas 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
33 books33 Sandra Dallas titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Sandra Dallas Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Sandra Dallas books run from No More Than Five in a Bed (1962) to The Hired Man (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sandra Dallas in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Sandra Dallas books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 33 Sandra Dallas books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Sandra Dallas
Start with No More Than Five in a Bed (1962), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sandra Dallas book?
The Hired Man (2026) is the newest Sandra Dallas book released so far.
Is there a new Sandra Dallas book coming?
No next Sandra Dallas book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sandra Dallas at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sandra Dallas published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Sandra Dallas books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 6,549 pages across the 24 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 268 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sandra Dallas books, 11 of 33, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sandra Dallas books are about
27 of the 33 Sandra Dallas 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 8 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 8 of 27 books
- Colorado 6 of 27 books
- History 5 of 27 books
- Quilting 5 of 27 books
- Friendship 4 of 27 books
- Biography 3 of 27 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 27 books
- Depressions 2 of 27 books
- Domestic Architecture 2 of 27 books
- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 2 of 27 books
- Family life 2 of 27 books
- Female friendship 2 of 27 books























