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 200300 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.

  1. 1
    No More Than Five in a Bed1962 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962208
  2. 2
    Gaslights and Gingerbread1965 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965164
  3. 3
    Cherry Creek Gothic1971 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971308
  4. 4
    Yesterday's Denver1974 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974159
  5. 5
    Sacred Paint1979 · 135 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979135
  6. 6
    Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps1985 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985254
  7. 7
    Colorado Homes1986 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986261
  8. 8
    Buster Midnight's Cafe1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990
  9. 9
    The Persian Pickle Club1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995
  10. 10
    Prayers for Sale1997 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997352
  11. 11
    The Diary of Mattie Spenser1997 · 229 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997229
  12. 12
    Alice's Tulips2000 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000256
  13. 13
    The Chili Queen2002 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002292
  14. 14
    The Quilt That Walked to Golden2004 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004176
  15. 15
    New Mercies2005 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005304
  16. 16
    Tallgrass2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007320
  17. 17
    Whiter Than Snow2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  18. 18
    The Bride's House2011 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011400
  19. 19
    The Quilt Walk2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  20. 20
    True Sisters2012 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012368
  21. 21
    Fallen Women2013 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013384
  22. 22
    Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky2014 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014237
  23. 23
    A Quilt for Christmas2014 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014272
  24. 24
    The Last Midwife2015 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015368
  25. 25
    Hardscrabble2018 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018264
  26. 26
    The Patchwork Bride2018 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018294
  27. 27
    Someplace to Call Home2019 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019240
  28. 28
    Westering Women2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  29. 29
    Little Souls2022 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022304
  30. 30
    Tenmile2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  31. 31
    Where Coyotes Howl2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  32. 32
    Tough Luck2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025
  33. 33
    The Hired Man2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026

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 books

33 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.