Susan Branch Books in Order
Susan Branch has written 44 books, published between 1986 and 2022. The first book is Heart of the Home (1986) and the newest is Distilled Genius - A Collection of Life-Changing Quotations (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 1986–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,543 in 27 of 44 books
- Reading time
- 42–64 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,543 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 44 titles with a page count on record.
Susan Branch is an American author, watercolourist and designer who illustrates her own books. Heart of the Home is the cookbook series Branch is known for, and the 44 catalogued titles also take in memoirs, guided journals, travel writing and keepsake books. The run opens with Heart of the Home (1986) and reaches Distilled Genius - A Collection of Life-Changing Quotations (2022), at a median 80 pages. Cooking, entertaining, home economics and Christmas recur as subjects. No new title has appeared since 2022.
How many Susan Branch books are there?
Susan Branch has 44 books, released between 1986 and 2022. They include 9 separate series.
Susan Branch Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 Susan Branch 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.
- 119861592/4
- 219881602/4
- 319901282/4
- 41992–2/4
- 51994642/4
- 619951282/4
- 71995–2/4
- 819961282/4
- 91998642/4
- 102000202/4
- 112000202/4
- 122000202/4
- 132000–2/4
- 142000202/4
- 15Chocolate: It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore (Short Story)Susan Branch Cook #32000 · confirmed 2/42000–2/4
- 162000202/4
- 1720001282/4
- 1820001122/4
- 192000–2/4
- 202000202/4
- 212000202/4
- 22Wedding Blessings Keepsake Book (Short Story)Susan Branch Keepsake #62000 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/420001122/4
- 2320001122/4
- 242000202/4
- 252000202/4
- 262000202/4
- 27Happy Birthday Little Book (Short Story)Susan Branch Inspirational #102000 · 20 pages · confirmed 2/42000202/4
- 282001–2/4
- 2920041282/4
- 30Mom, Tell Me Your Story Illustrated Guided Journal (Short Story)Susan Branch Guided Journals #12010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 312010–2/4
- 32Susan Branch to My Daughter with Love from My Kitchen Recipe KeeperSusan Branch Keepsake #102011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 332012–2/4
- 342012–2/4
- 352012–2/4
- 36A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English CountrysideSusan Branch Travel #12013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 372013–2/4
- 382014–2/4
- 3920152882/4
- 4020163682/4
- 412017802/4
- 42Recipe Keepsake Book - Favorite Family RecipesSusan Branch Keepsake #142018 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/420181642/4
- 432020–2/4
- 442022–2/4
Susan Branch 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.
Susan Branch Keepsake in order
14 books- 1. Baby Love (Short Story)
- 2. Love from the Heart of the Home
- 3. Christmas Joy
- 4. Sweets to the Sweet
- 5. Celebrations Keepsake Book (Short Story)
- 6. Wedding Blessings Keepsake Book (Short Story)
- 7. Baby Blessings Keepsake Book (Short Story)
- 8. Christmas Memories (Short Story)
- 9. Homemade Recipes
- 10. Susan Branch to My Daughter with Love from My Kitchen Recipe Keeper
- 11. Home Cooking Holiday Recipes Keepsake Collection
- 12. Keepsake Journal - To My Daughter with Love
- and 2 more in the table above
Susan Branch Inspirational in order
11 books- 1. Girl Power Little Book
- 2. Hats Little Book
- 3. Birdies Little Book
- 4. Drinks Little Book
- 5. Pretty Baby Little Book
- 6. Tea Little Book (Short Story)
- 7. Love Little Book (Short Story)
- 8. Spring Little Book (Short Story)
- 9. Flowers Little Book (Short Story)
- 10. Happy Birthday Little Book (Short Story)
- 11. Gratitude (Short Story)
Susan Branch Cook in order
6 booksHeart of the Home in order
5 booksSusan Branch Memoirs in order
3 booksSusan Branch Guided Journals in order
2 booksSusan Branch Self-Help in order
1 bookSusan Branch Travel in order
1 bookSusan Branch in order
1 bookDo you have to read Susan Branch books in order?
You only need to read Susan Branch books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Susan Branch
Start with Heart of the Home (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Susan Branch book?
Distilled Genius - A Collection of Life-Changing Quotations (2022) is the newest Susan Branch book released so far.
Is there a new Susan Branch book coming?
No next Susan Branch book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Susan Branch at a glance
- Paused
- No new Susan Branch title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Susan Branch books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,543 pages across the 27 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 80 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susan Branch books, 20 of 44, were published in the 2000s.
What the Susan Branch books are about
16 of the 44 Susan Branch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cooking is tagged on 5 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.