Harte Family Saga Books in Order
Harte Family Saga by Barbara Taylor Bradford contains 8 books, published between 1979 and 2021. The first book is A Woman of Substance (1979) and the newest is A Man of Honor (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1979–2021
- Confirmed
- 8 of 8 titles
- Total pages
- 4,603 across 8 books
- Reading time
- 77–115 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,603 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Harte Family Saga names the Barbara Taylor Bradford sequence that opens with A Woman of Substance (1979) and reaches A Man of Honor (2021). Emma Harte is the recurring figure, and the catalogue also files the books as the Emma Harte Saga. Subjects record businesswomen, family-owned business enterprises, inheritance and succession, domestic fiction, romance and love stories. Hold the Dream (1985), To Be the Best (1988), Emma's Secret (2003), Just Rewards (2005), Unexpected Blessings (2005) and Breaking the Rules (2009) complete the eight catalogued books.
How many Harte Family Saga books are there?
Harte Family Saga has 8 books, released between 1979 and 2021.
Harte Family Saga Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Harte Family Saga 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.
- 119799283/4
- 219857683/4
- 319884643/4
- 420035443/4
- 520054753/4
- 620054643/4
- 720095123/4
- 820214484/4
Do you have to read Harte Family Saga books in order?
You should read the Harte Family Saga books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Harte Family Saga book also stands alone.
Where to start with Harte Family Saga
Start with A Woman of Substance (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Harte Family Saga book?
A Man of Honor (2021) is the newest Harte Family Saga book released so far.
Is there a new Harte Family Saga book coming?
No next Harte Family Saga book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Harte Family Saga at a glance
- Paused
- No new Harte Family Saga title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Harte Family Saga books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 4,603 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 494 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Harte Family Saga books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 8 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Harte Family Saga books are about
All 8 Harte Family Saga books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: businesswomen is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Businesswomen 5 of 8 books
- Romance 3 of 8 books
- Domestic fiction 2 of 8 books
- Family life 2 of 8 books
- Family-owned business enterprises 2 of 8 books
- Inheritance and succession 2 of 8 books
More books by Barbara Taylor Bradford
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
Series that include Harte Family Saga books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Emma Harte books in order 8 books