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Heartland Books in Order

Heartland by Lauren Brooke contains 20 books, published between 2000 and 2005. The first book is Coming Home (2000) and the newest is Always There (2005). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2000–2005
Pages on record
3,122 in 19 of 20 books
Reading time
52–78 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,122 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

See all 20 books in order Printable Heartland checklist

Heartland is a children's series set on a horse farm in Virginia, where horse training and animal welfare are the subject matter. Lauren Brooke published 20 books between 2000 and 2005, from Coming Home to Always There, and the run ended there. Teenage girls, horsemanship and fathers and daughters are the recurring themes. Books are short, 160 pages at the median.

How many Heartland books are there?

Heartland has 20 books, released between 2000 and 2005.

Heartland Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Heartland 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 Coming Home by Lauren Brooke, book 1 of the Heartland series (2000)
  2. Cover of After the Storm by Lauren Brooke, book 2 of the Heartland series (2000)
  3. Cover of Breaking Free by Lauren Brooke, book 3 of the Heartland series (2000)
  4. Cover of Taking Chances by Lauren Brooke, book 4 of the Heartland series (2001)
  5. Cover of Come What May by Lauren Brooke, book 5 of the Heartland series (2001)
  6. Cover of One Day You'll Know by Lauren Brooke, book 6 of the Heartland series (2001)
  7. Cover of Out of the Darkness by Lauren Brooke, book 7 of the Heartland series (2002)
  8. Cover of Thicker Than Water by Lauren Brooke, book 8 of the Heartland series (2002)
  9. Cover of Tomorrow's Promise by Lauren Brooke, book 10 of the Heartland series (2002)
  10. Cover of True Enough by Lauren Brooke, book 11 of the Heartland series (2003)
  11. Cover of Sooner or Later by Lauren Brooke, book 12 of the Heartland series (2003)
  12. Cover of Darkest Hour by Lauren Brooke, book 13 of the Heartland series (2003)
  13. Cover of Everything Changes by Lauren Brooke, book 14 of the Heartland series (2003)
  14. Cover of Love Is a Gift by Lauren Brooke, book 15 of the Heartland series (2004)
  15. Cover of Holding Fast by Lauren Brooke, book 16 of the Heartland series (2004)
  16. Cover of A Season of Hope by Lauren Brooke, book 17 of the Heartland series (2004)
  17. Cover of New Beginnings by Lauren Brooke, book 18 of the Heartland series (2005)
  18. Cover of From This Day On by Lauren Brooke, book 19 of the Heartland series (2005)
  19. Cover of Always There by Lauren Brooke, book 20 of the Heartland series (2005)
  1. 1
    Coming Home2000 · 140 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000140
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  2. 2
    After the Storm2000 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000176
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  3. 3
    Breaking Free2000 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000148
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  4. 4
    Taking Chances2001 · 175 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001175
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  5. 5
    Come What May2001 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001157
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  6. 6
    One Day You'll Know2001 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001193
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  7. 7
    Out of the Darkness2002 · 153 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002153
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  8. 8
    Thicker Than Water2002 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002184
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  9. 9
    Every New Day2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  10. 10
    Tomorrow's Promise2002 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002170
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  11. 11
    True Enough2003 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003157
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  12. 12
    Sooner or Later2003 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003144
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  13. 13
    Darkest Hour2003 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003152
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  14. 14
    Everything Changes2003 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003160
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  15. 15
    Love Is a Gift2004 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004160
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  16. 16
    Holding Fast2004 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004170
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  17. 17
    A Season of Hope2004 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004168
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  18. 18
    New Beginnings2005 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005176
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  19. 19
    From This Day On2005 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005160
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  20. 20
    Always There2005 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005179
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Is there a chronological order for Heartland?

No separate chronological order is on record for Heartland, 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 Heartland books in order?

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

Where to start with Heartland

Start with Coming Home (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Heartland book?

Always There (2005) is the newest Heartland book released so far.

Is there a new Heartland book coming?

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

Heartland at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Heartland title on record dates from 2005, 21 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Heartland books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,122 pages across the 19 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Heartland books, 20 of 20, were published in the 2000s.

What the Heartland books are about

All 20 Heartland books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horses is tagged on 20 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Lauren Brooke

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

Other series by Lauren Brooke

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.