Bitter Creek Books in Order
Joan Johnston has written 19 Bitter Creek books, published between 2000 and 2020. The first book is The Cowboy (2000) and the newest is Winter Magic (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 2000–2020
- Pages on record
- 5,432 in 14 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 91–136 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,432 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Bitter Creek is a Joan Johnston entry of 19 novels, published from The Cowboy (2000) to Winter Magic (2020). Western romance heads the subject tags, and the Blackthorne and Creed families are named as fictitious characters, alongside Texas, ranch life, a vendetta and mail order brides. Early titles include The Texan (2001), The Loner (2002) and The Next Mrs. Blackthorne (2005). Johnston's author page also lists the Bitter Creek: Mail-Order Bride series. The run appears complete.
How many Bitter Creek books are there?
Bitter Creek has 19 books, released between 2000 and 2020.
Bitter Creek Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Bitter Creek 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.
- 12000–2/4
- 220013532/4
- 320023572/4
- 420034322/4
- 520044022/4
- 620054322/4
- 720083402/4
- 82009–2/4
- 920123692/4
- 1020124192/4
- 1120134062/4
- 122013–2/4
- 1320143122/4
- 1420153462/4
- 1520174322/4
- 1620184162/4
- 172019–2/4
- 1820194162/4
- 192020–2/4
Do you have to read Bitter Creek books in order?
You should read the Bitter Creek books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Bitter Creek book also stands alone.
Where to start with Bitter Creek
Start with The Cowboy (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bitter Creek book?
Winter Magic (2020) is the newest Bitter Creek book released so far.
Is there a new Bitter Creek book coming?
No next Bitter Creek book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Bitter Creek at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Bitter Creek title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Bitter Creek books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,432 pages across the 14 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 404 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bitter Creek books, 10 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the Bitter Creek books are about
15 of the 19 Bitter Creek books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: western romance is tagged on 6 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Western romance 6 of 15 books
- Man-woman relationships 5 of 15 books
- Blackthorne family (Fictitious characters) 3 of 15 books
- Creed family (Fictitious characters) 3 of 15 books
- Mail order brides 3 of 15 books
- Romance 3 of 15 books
- Vendetta 3 of 15 books
- Conspiracies 2 of 15 books
- Deception 2 of 15 books
- Missing persons 2 of 15 books
- Montana 2 of 15 books
- Orphans 2 of 15 books
More books by Joan Johnston
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Joan Johnston books in order 68 books