Emma Harte Books in Order
Emma Harte 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.
Also searched as Emma Harte Saga.
- 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.
Eight books make up the Emma Harte saga by Barbara Taylor Bradford, opening with A Woman of Substance (1979) and reaching A Man of Honor (2021). The series is family and business fiction: a businesswoman, a family-owned enterprise, and questions of inheritance and succession across generations of the Harte family. Hold the Dream (1985) and To Be the Best (1988) follow the first book directly, and the saga resumes in 2003 with Emma's Secret.
How many Emma Harte books are there?
Emma Harte has 8 books, released between 1979 and 2021.
Emma Harte Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Emma Harte 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.
- 1A Woman of Substance1979 · 928 pages · confirmed 3/419799283/4
- 2Hold the Dream1985 · 768 pages · confirmed 3/419857683/4
- 3To Be the Best1988 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/419884643/4
- 4Emma's Secret2003 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/420035443/4
- 5Unexpected Blessings2005 · 475 pages · confirmed 3/420054753/4
- 6Just Rewards2005 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/420054643/4
- 7Breaking the Rules2009 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/420095123/4
- 8A Man of Honor2021 · 448 pages · confirmed 4/420214484/4
Is there a chronological order for Emma Harte?
No separate chronological order is on record for Emma Harte, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Emma Harte books in order?
You should read the Emma Harte books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Emma Harte book also stands alone.
Where to start with Emma Harte
Start with A Woman of Substance (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Emma Harte book?
A Man of Honor (2021) is the newest Emma Harte book released so far.
Is there a new Emma Harte book coming?
No next Emma Harte book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Emma Harte at a glance
- Paused
- No new Emma Harte title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Emma Harte 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 Emma Harte 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 Emma Harte books are about
All 8 Emma Harte 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.
Characters in the Emma Harte books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Harte Family Saga books in order 8 books