Curtain Worlds Books in Order
There are 19 Curtain Worlds books, published between 1996 and 2024: 18 in the 3 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is Amaryllis (1996) and the newest main-line book is People in Glass Houses (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1996–2024
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,521 in 14 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 75–113 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,521 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.
Curtain Worlds is a catalogue grouping of 19 Jayne Ann Krentz books published from 1996 to 2024. Krentz's listed series include Futuristic World of St. Helen's, Futuristic World of Harmony: Ghost Hunters, Futuristic World of Harmony: Rainshadow and Looking Glass Trilogy. Catalogue subjects include psychic ability, paranormal romance, life on other planets, women detectives and museums. Amaryllis (1996) is the first title, followed by Zinnia (1997) and Orchid (1998). Ghost Hunter (2006) and Obsidian Prey (2009) come later, and People in Glass Houses (2024) is the newest.
How many Curtain Worlds books are there?
Curtain Worlds has 19 books, released between 1996 and 2024. 18 of them belong to the 3 main-line series (Futuristic World of Harmony: Ghost Hunters, Futuristic World of Harmony: Rainshadow, Futuristic World of St. Helen's), and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.
Curtain Worlds Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Curtain Worlds 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.
- 119963283/4
- 21997–3/4
- 319983363/4
- 41999963/4
- 520003323/4
- 620043433/4
- 720063523/4
- 820073203/4
- 920083873/4
- 1020093703/4
- 1120113043/4
- 122012–3/4
- 132013–3/4
- 1420143383/4
- 1520153233/4
- 1620163403/4
- 1720213523/4
- 182022–3/4
- 192024–3/4
Do you have to read Curtain Worlds books in order?
You should read the 3 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 Curtain Worlds book also stands alone.
Where to start with Curtain Worlds
Start with Amaryllis (1996), the earliest published book in the 3 main-line series.
What is the newest Curtain Worlds book?
People in Glass Houses (2024) is the newest book in the 3 main-line series.
Is there a new Curtain Worlds book coming?
No next Curtain Worlds book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Curtain Worlds at a glance
- Still running
- Curtain Worlds is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Curtain Worlds books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,521 pages across the 14 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 337 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Curtain Worlds books, 6 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 19 titles, 18 are credited to Jayne Ann Krentz and 1 to Jayne Castle.
What the Curtain Worlds books are about
17 of the 19 Curtain Worlds books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: psychics is tagged on 6 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Psychics 6 of 17 books
- Romance 6 of 17 books
- Man-woman relationships 5 of 17 books
- Interpersonal attraction 3 of 17 books
- Life on other planets 3 of 17 books
- Paranormal fiction 3 of 17 books
- Romance, fantasy 3 of 17 books
- Paranormal romance 3 of 17 books
- Criminal investigation 2 of 17 books
- Employees 2 of 17 books
- Hotelkeepers 2 of 17 books