Susanna Kearsley Books in Order
Susanna Kearsley has written 15 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is Undertow (1993) and the newest is The King's Messenger (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 1993–2025
- Confirmed
- 15 of 15 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,029 in 10 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 67–101 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,029 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Susanna Kearsley writes historical romantic suspense with a paranormal edge, and Scotland and archaeology recur across the work. Fifteen catalogued books run from Undertow (1993) to The King's Messenger (2025), taking in Mariana (1994), The Splendour Falls (1995), The Shadowy Horses (1997) and Named of the Dragon (1998). The Slains books are the one linked series, and the median title runs 425 pages.
How many Susanna Kearsley books are there?
Susanna Kearsley has 15 books, released between 1993 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Slains series.
Susanna Kearsley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Susanna Kearsley 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.
- 119931853/4
- 21994–3/4
- 319941923/4
- 419954163/4
- 519974073/4
- 619982953/4
- 720015073/4
- 82006–3/4
- 920085363/4
- 102011–3/4
- 1120135393/4
- 1220155183/4
- 1320184343/4
- 142021–3/4
- 152025–3/4
Susanna Kearsley 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.
Susanna Kearsley Standalone Novels
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Slains in order
3 booksSusanna Kearsley Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Susanna Kearsley books run from Undertow (1993) to The King's Messenger (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Susanna Kearsley in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Susanna Kearsley books in order?
You only need to read Susanna Kearsley books in order within the Slains series, which holds 3 of the 15 Susanna Kearsley books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Susanna Kearsley
Start with Undertow (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Susanna Kearsley book?
The King's Messenger (2025) is the newest Susanna Kearsley book released so far.
Is there a new Susanna Kearsley book coming?
No next Susanna Kearsley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Susanna Kearsley at a glance
- Still publishing
- Susanna Kearsley published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Susanna Kearsley books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,029 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 425 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susanna Kearsley books, 6 of 15, were published in the 1990s.
What the Susanna Kearsley books are about
12 of the 15 Susanna Kearsley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 4 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 4 of 12 books
- Romantic suspense 4 of 12 books
- Authors 2 of 12 books
- Paranormal fiction 2 of 12 books
- Historical romance 2 of 12 books
- Scotland 2 of 12 books
- Suspense 2 of 12 books