Susan Howatch Books in Order
Susan Howatch has written 20 books, published between 1965 and 2003. The first book is The Dark Shore (1965) and the newest is The Heartbreaker (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1965–2003
- Confirmed
- 20 of 20 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,137 in 15 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 136–203 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,137 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Family sagas are Susan Howatch's signature: novels that trace related characters across long stretches of time. The British author published 20 books between 1965 and 2003, from The Dark Shore (1965) to The Heartbreaker (2003). Religious and philosophical themes mark the later work, and clergy, cathedrals and the Church of England recur across the catalogue. Three sequences divide it, the Starbridge novels, St. Benet's and Van Zale, and nothing has been added since 2003.
How many Susan Howatch books are there?
Susan Howatch has 20 books, released between 1965 and 2003. They include 3 separate series.
Susan Howatch Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Susan Howatch 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.
- 119652083/4
- 219662083/4
- 319672083/4
- 41970–3/4
- 519717043/4
- 61973–3/4
- 719746723/4
- 81974–3/4
- 91977–3/4
- 1019807363/4
- 11198411713/4
- 1219874343/4
- 131988–3/4
- 1419894363/4
- 1519904803/4
- 1619925123/4
- 1719956243/4
- 1819976243/4
- 1919995923/4
- 2020035283/4
Susan Howatch 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 Howatch Standalone Novels
9 books9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Starbridge in order
6 booksSt. Benet's in order
3 booksVan Zale in order
2 booksSusan Howatch Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Susan Howatch books run from The Dark Shore (1965) to The Heartbreaker (2003), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Susan Howatch in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Susan Howatch books in order?
You only need to read Susan Howatch books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Susan Howatch
Start with The Dark Shore (1965), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Susan Howatch book?
The Heartbreaker (2003) is the newest Susan Howatch book released so far.
Is there a new Susan Howatch book coming?
No next Susan Howatch 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 Howatch at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Susan Howatch title on record dates from 2003, 23 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Susan Howatch books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 8,137 pages across the 15 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 528 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susan Howatch books, 6 of 20, were published in the 1970s.
What the Susan Howatch books are about
17 of the 20 Susan Howatch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: clergy is tagged on 5 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Clergy 5 of 17 books
- English fiction 4 of 17 books
- Fiction in English 4 of 17 books
- Cathedrals 3 of 17 books
- Church of England 3 of 17 books
- England 3 of 17 books
- Healers 3 of 17 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 17 books
- London (England) 3 of 17 books
- Contemporary romance 3 of 17 books
- Bishops 2 of 17 books
- Family life 2 of 17 books