Tracy Chevalier Books in Order
Tracy Chevalier has written 19 books, published between 1989 and 2026. The first book is Twentieth-Century Children's Writers (1989) and the newest is When Friends Fade (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1989–2026
- Confirmed
- 1 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,209 in 15 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 120–180 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,209 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Tracy Chevalier, born Tracy Rose Chevalier on 19 October 1962, is an American-British novelist. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2000), the second novel, is the best-known Chevalier book and became a 2003 film with Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. Other titles include The Virgin Blue (1997), Falling Angels (2001), The Lady and the Unicorn (2003), Burning Bright (2007) and Remarkable Creatures (2009), and the newest is When Friends Fade (2026). The listing also carries reference volumes such as Twentieth-Century Children's Writers (1989) and Encyclopedia of the Essay (1997). Subjects include historical fiction, London, women and friendship.
How many Tracy Chevalier books are there?
Tracy Chevalier has 19 books, released between 1989 and 2026.
Tracy Chevalier Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Tracy Chevalier 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.
- 1Twentieth-Century Children's Writers1989 · 1288 pages · confirmed 1/4198912881/4
- 2Contemporary Poets1990 · 1100 pages · confirmed 1/4199011001/4
- 3Contemporary World Writers Edition 2.1993 · 686 pages · confirmed 1/419936861/4
- 4The Virgin Blue1997 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419973041/4
- 5Encyclopedia of the Essay1997 · 1002 pages · confirmed 1/4199710021/4
- 6Girl with a Pearl Earring2000 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/420002331/4
- 7Falling Angels2001 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/420013241/4
- 8The Lady and the Unicorn2003 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/420032501/4
- 9Burning Bright2007 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/420073111/4
- 10Remarkable Creatures2009 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420093521/4
- 11The Last Runaway2013 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/420133051/4
- 12The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 13Dorset Gap2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 14At the Edge of the Orchard2016 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/420162891/4
- 1520172043/4
- 16The Sleep Quilt2017 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420172401/4
- 17A Single Thread2019 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/420193211/4
- 18The Glassmaker2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 19When Friends Fade2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Tracy Chevalier 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.
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Standalone books
18 books18 Tracy Chevalier titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Tracy Chevalier Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Tracy Chevalier books run from Twentieth-Century Children's Writers (1989) to When Friends Fade (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Tracy Chevalier in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Tracy Chevalier books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 19 Tracy Chevalier books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Tracy Chevalier
Start with Twentieth-Century Children's Writers (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tracy Chevalier book?
When Friends Fade (2026) is the newest Tracy Chevalier book released so far.
Is there a new Tracy Chevalier book coming?
No next Tracy Chevalier book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tracy Chevalier at a glance
- Still publishing
- Tracy Chevalier published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Tracy Chevalier books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 7,209 pages across the 15 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 311 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tracy Chevalier books, 7 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tracy Chevalier books are about
14 of the 19 Tracy Chevalier 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 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 5 of 14 books
- History 5 of 14 books
- Bio-bibliography 3 of 14 books
- Dictionaries 3 of 14 books
- Biography 2 of 14 books
- Children 2 of 14 books
- Female friendship 2 of 14 books
- History and criticism 2 of 14 books
- London (England) 2 of 14 books
- Women 2 of 14 books