Susan Meissner Books in Order
Susan Meissner has written 25 books, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is Why the Sky Is Blue (2004) and the newest is A Map to Paradise (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 2004–2025
- Confirmed
- 25 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,496 in 17 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 92–137 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,496 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Susan Meissner writes historical and psychological fiction about women: sisters, friendships, immigrants and single women. Twenty-five catalogued books run from Why the Sky Is Blue (2004) to A Map to Paradise (2025), with the Rachael Flynn mysteries and a children's line among them. The median book runs 315 pages, and Meissner remains actively publishing.
How many Susan Meissner books are there?
Susan Meissner has 25 books, released between 2004 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.
Susan Meissner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Susan Meissner 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.
- 120042883/4
- 220053153/4
- 320053003/4
- 420062673/4
- 520063023/4
- 620062883/4
- 720072483/4
- 820072723/4
- 920083363/4
- 1020082883/4
- 112009–3/4
- 1220103523/4
- 1320113273/4
- 142012–3/4
- 152014–3/4
- 162015–3/4
- 1720163853/4
- 1820173683/4
- 1920183873/4
- 2020193893/4
- 2120213843/4
- 222023–3/4
- 232023–3/4
- 242024–3/4
- 252025–3/4
Susan Meissner 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 Meissner Standalone Novels
20 books20 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Rachael Flynn in order
3 booksSusan Meissner Children's in order
2 booksDo you have to read Susan Meissner books in order?
You only need to read Susan Meissner 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 Susan Meissner
Start with Why the Sky Is Blue (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Susan Meissner book?
A Map to Paradise (2025) is the newest Susan Meissner book released so far.
Is there a new Susan Meissner book coming?
No next Susan Meissner 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 Meissner at a glance
- Still publishing
- Susan Meissner published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Susan Meissner books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,496 pages across the 17 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 315 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susan Meissner books, 11 of 25, were published in the 2000s.
What the Susan Meissner books are about
21 of the 25 Susan Meissner 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 5 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 5 of 21 books
- Female friendship 3 of 21 books
- Women lawyers 3 of 21 books
- Fathers and sons 2 of 21 books
- Immigrants 2 of 21 books
- Psychological fiction 2 of 21 books
- Single women 2 of 21 books
- Sisters 2 of 21 books
- Women 2 of 21 books