Baxter Family Books in Order
Baxter Family by Karen Kingsbury contains 34 books, published between 2002 and 2024: 33 in the 6 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is Redemption (2002) and the newest main-line book is The Baxters Devotional (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 2002–2024
- Confirmed
- 34 of 34 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,994 in 23 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 133–200 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,994 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
The Baxter Family is the recurring household at the centre of a Christian fiction cycle. Thirty-four books span 2002 to 2024, opening with Redemption (2002) and reaching The Baxters Devotional (2024). Six series make up the run: Redemption, Firstborn, Sunrise, Above the Line, Bailey Flanigan and Coming Home. Family life, marriage, faith and the motion picture industry are the recorded subjects, and early titles group by initial letter, from Remember, Return, Rejoice and Reunion to Fame, Forgiven, Family and Found. The cycle continues.
How many Baxter Family books are there?
Baxter Family has 34 books, released between 2002 and 2024. 33 of them belong to the 6 main-line series (Baxter Family, Redemption, Firstborn and others), and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.
Baxter Family Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Baxter Family 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.
- 120023734/4
- 220034094/4
- 320033684/4
- 42004–4/4
- 520043784/4
- 620053544/4
- 720053584/4
- 820063424/4
- 920063454/4
- 1020073164/4
- 1120073504/4
- 1220073464/4
- 1320083234/4
- 1420083154/4
- 1520093524/4
- 1620093204/4
- 172010–4/4
- 182010–4/4
- 192011–4/4
- 202011–4/4
- 212011–4/4
- 222012–4/4
- 2320123524/4
- 2420162494/4
- 2520173354/4
- 2620174104/4
- 272018–4/4
- 2820183914/4
- 2920203844/4
- 3020203044/4
- 312020–4/4
- 3220213204/4
- 332022–4/4
- 342024–3/4
Do you have to read Baxter Family books in order?
You should read the 6 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Baxter Family book also stands alone.
Where to start with Baxter Family
Start with Redemption (2002), the earliest published book in the 6 main-line series.
What is the newest Baxter Family book?
The Baxters Devotional (2024) is the newest book in the 6 main-line series.
Is there a new Baxter Family book coming?
No next Baxter Family book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Baxter Family at a glance
- Still running
- Baxter Family is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Baxter Family books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,994 pages across the 23 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 350 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Baxter Family books, 16 of 34, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 33 of the 34 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Baxter Family books are about
33 of the 34 Baxter Family books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian, romance is tagged on 12 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Christian, romance 12 of 33 books
- Christian fiction 11 of 33 books
- Family life 10 of 33 books
- Motion picture industry 6 of 33 books
- Man-woman relationships 5 of 33 books
- Religious fiction 5 of 33 books
- Motion picture producers and directors 4 of 33 books
- Young women 4 of 33 books
- Celebrities 3 of 33 books
More books by Karen Kingsbury
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Karen Kingsbury books in order 115 books