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Cousins’ War Books in Order

Philippa Gregory has written 16 Cousins’ War books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001) and the newest is Boleyn Traitor (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2001–2025
Confirmed
16 of 16 titles
Pages on record
5,855 in 11 of 16 books
Reading time
98–146 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,855 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

See all 16 books in order Printable Cousins’ War checklist

Cousins' War gathers Philippa Gregory's novels of the English royal houses, 16 titles catalogued between 2001 and 2025 and listed here alongside her Plantagenet and Tudor books. The Other Boleyn Girl (2001) opens the catalogue, and The White Queen (2009), The Red Queen (2010), The Lady of the Rivers (2011) and The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012) follow, with Boleyn Traitor (2025) the most recent. Queens, kings, sisters, mistresses and the succession carry the books, much of it turning on the Wars of the Roses of 1455 to 1485.

How many Cousins’ War books are there?

Cousins’ War has 16 books, released between 2001 and 2025.

Cousins’ War Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Cousins’ War 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.

  1. Cover of The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory, book 1 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2001)
  2. Cover of The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory, book 2 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2003)
  3. Cover of The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory, book 3 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2004)
  4. Cover of The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory, book 4 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2005)
  5. Cover of The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory, book 6 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2008)
  6. Cover of The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, book 7 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2009)
  7. Cover of The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory, book 8 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2010)
  8. Cover of The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory, book 9 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2011)
  9. Cover of The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory, book 10 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2012)
  10. Cover of The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory, book 12 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2014)
  11. Cover of The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory, book 13 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2015)
  12. Cover of Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory, book 14 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2016)
  13. Cover of The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory, book 15 of the Plantagenet and Tudor series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Other Boleyn GirlPlantagenet and Tudor #12001 · 664 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2001664
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  2. 2
    The Queen's FoolPlantagenet and Tudor #22003 · 504 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003504
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  3. 3
    The Virgin's LoverPlantagenet and Tudor #32004 · 441 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004441
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  4. 4
    The Constant PrincessPlantagenet and Tudor #42005 · 393 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2005393
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  5. 5
    The Boleyn InheritancePlantagenet and Tudor #52006 · 857 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006857
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  6. 6
    The Other QueenPlantagenet and Tudor #62008 · confirmed 4/4
    2008–
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  7. 7
    The White QueenPlantagenet and Tudor #72009 · confirmed 4/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    The Red QueenPlantagenet and Tudor #82010 · confirmed 4/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    The Lady of the RiversPlantagenet and Tudor #92011 · 443 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011443
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  10. 10
    The Kingmaker's DaughterPlantagenet and Tudor #102012 · 417 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2012417
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  11. 11
    The White PrincessPlantagenet and Tudor #112013 · confirmed 4/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    The King's CursePlantagenet and Tudor #122014 · 612 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014612
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  13. 13
    The Taming of the QueenPlantagenet and Tudor #132015 · 450 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015450
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  14. 14
    Three Sisters, Three QueensPlantagenet and Tudor #142016 · 556 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016556
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  15. 15
    The Last TudorPlantagenet and Tudor #152017 · 518 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017518
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  16. 16
    Boleyn TraitorPlantagenet and Tudor #162025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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Do you have to read Cousins’ War books in order?

You should read the Cousins’ War books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Cousins’ War book also stands alone.

Where to start with Cousins’ War

Start with The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cousins’ War book?

Boleyn Traitor (2025) is the newest Cousins’ War book released so far.

Is there a new Cousins’ War book coming?

No next Cousins’ War book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Cousins’ War at a glance

Still running
Cousins’ War is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Cousins’ War books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,855 pages across the 11 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 504 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cousins’ War books, 8 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
16 of the 16 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Cousins’ War books are about

14 of the 16 Cousins’ War 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 13 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Philippa Gregory

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.