Divorced people book series in reading order

by Elizabeth E.X. Ferrars

Sherryl Woods is an American writer of romance and mystery, born July 23, 1944, in Arlington, Virginia, who has also used the pen names Alexandra Kirk and Suzanne Sherrill. The Chesapeake Shores novels became a six-season Hallmark Channel series, and Netflix's Sweet Magnolias is based on Woods' books, with Woods as an executive producer. The catalogue lists 157 titles from Restoring Love (1982) to Starlit Secrets (2024). Other named series include Calamity Janes, Devaney Brothers and the Amanda Roberts and Molly DeWitt mysteries.

Carolyn Brown, born Carolyn Louise Brown on October 22, 1948, is an American writer of romance and women's fiction. Brown has written more than 100 novels and 8 novellas and has contributed to anthologies. The catalogue holds 153 books from Love Is (1999) to The Purple Thistles (2026), with Taking Sides due in 2027. Texas, Oklahoma, cowboys and ranchers run through the subject headings, and the series include Spikes & Spurs, Longhorn Canyon, Broken Roads, Honky Tonk and Cadillac, Texas.

American novelist Laura Dave was born on July 18, 1977. Dave's novel The Last Thing He Told Me reached the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted for television. The catalogue holds 8 books, from London is the Best City in America (2006) to The First Time I Saw Him (2026), and lists one series, Hannah Hall. Subjects tagged on the books include marriage, family life, missing persons, journalists and Rhode Island. The author's publishing remains ongoing.

Carla Cassidy, born Carla Bracale in Kansas, is an American romance novelist who has published since 1988. The first novels carried the maiden name Carla Bracale, later ones the married name Cassidy, and one fantasy novel appeared under the name Carla Cook. The catalogue lists 184 books, from Falling for You (1988, as Carla Bracale) to The Final Victim (2026). Series include Cowboys of Holiday Ranch, Wild West Bodyguards, Scarecrow Murders, Mustang, Montana, Lawmen of Black Rock, Cherokee Corners, Men of Wolf Creek and Kings of Coyote Creek. Subjects include romantic suspense, cowboys, bodyguards and serial murderers.

Legal thrillers set around criminal defence work make up Sheldon Siegel's catalogue. Special Circumstances (2000) opens the Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez series, followed by Incriminating Evidence, Criminal Intent, Final Verdict and The Confession. The David Gold novels run alongside, and 21 books reach Unfinished Business in 2026.

Elizabeth E.X. Ferrars wrote English detective fiction across seven decades. Five recurring investigators carry the series: Toby Dyke, Virginia Freer, Andrew Basnett, Superintendent Ditteridge and Police Chief Raposo. Titles favour wordplay, as in Give a Corpse a Bad Name (1940), Don't Monkey with Murder (1942), Neck in a Noose (1942) and The March Hare Murders (1949). Retired teachers, botanists, thieves and divorced women populate the subjects. The listing holds 74 books dated 1940 to 2014, at a median of 192 pages.

Nicholas Sparks

27 books• 4 series

Nicholas Sparks, born December 31, 1965, is an American novelist who also works as a screenwriter and film producer. Sparks has published 24 novels, 16 of them New York Times bestsellers, plus two nonfiction books, and sales exceed 130 million copies in more than 50 languages. The earliest catalogued title is Wokini (1990), a nonfiction book written with Billy Mills; The Notebook (1996) was the first novel. The Notebook, A Walk to Remember and Message in a Bottle are among 11 Sparks books adapted as feature films. Subjects in the catalogue include contemporary romance, North Carolina, widowers and fathers and daughters. The site lists 27 books, with Remain (2025) as the newest, and series entries for the Calhoun Family / Notebook and Jeremy Marsh & Lexie Darnell.

Karin Slaughter

39 books• 10 series

American crime writer Karin Slaughter was born in 1971. Her debut, Blindsighted (2001), made the Crime Writers' Association shortlist for best thriller debut, and Cop Town won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in 2015. The catalogue carries 39 of her books through The Secrets We Hide (2026). Will Trent, Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver are recurring figures, and her series listings include Andrea Oliver, North Falls Thriller, Pretty Girls and Good Daughter alongside standalone novels. Subjects cover police work, medical examiners, murder and the state of Georgia. Slaughter's books are published in 120 countries.

Janet Evanovich

79 books• 13 series

Stephanie Plum, a bail bond agent turned bounty hunter, is the recurring lead of Janet Evanovich's longest series. Evanovich writes humorous mystery and romance, and the catalogue holds 79 books from Full House (1981) to Split Second in 2026. Other recurring lines include Kate O'Hare & Nicolas Fox, Lizzy & Diesel, Knight and Moon, Alexandra Barnaby and the Culhane Family.

Debbie Macomber

245 books• 35 series

Debbie Macomber, born October 22, 1948, is an American author of romance novels and contemporary women's fiction. Six Macomber novels became made-for-TV movies, and the Cedar Cove novels became a television series of the same name, with Macomber serving as executive producer on the adaptations. Macomber won the first fan-voted Quill Award for romance in 2005 and holds a RITA Award and a lifetime achievement award from the Romance Writers of America. The catalogue counts 245 books between Starlight (1983) and A Date with Santa (2026). Series include Heart of Texas, Midnight Sons, Navy, Those Manning Men, Orchard Valley and Angels Everywhere.

Susan Mallery is an American romance novelist born in 1970, whose books are set in small, tight-knit communities and give pets a prominent role. The catalogue counts 201 books from Tender Loving Care (1991) onward, including early titles published as Susan Macias. Series include Fool's Gold, Desert Rogues, Hometown Heartbreakers, Happily Inc., Marcelli, Buchanans, Blackberry Island and Mischief Bay. The Bookstore Diaries (2026) is the newest release, and Friend Request is due in 2027.

Heather Graham is the name under which Heather Graham Pozzessere, an American writer born on 15 March 1953, publishes mainly romance fiction; Shannon Drake is a further pen name. Graham's work has been published in about 25 languages, with more than 75 million copies printed. The catalogue records 311 books from Tender Taming (1983) to Destiny Rising (2026). Krewe of Hunters, Harrison Investigation, Cafferty & Quinn, Alliance Vampires, Keepers: L.A., New York Confidential and Finnegan Connection are among the Graham series. Subjects span historical, paranormal, contemporary and suspense romance.

Cowboys, ranchers and ranch life run through Linda Lael Miller's 134 catalogued books, in historical, contemporary and western romance alike. Miller's families and places include the McKettricks, the Montana Creeds, Stone Creek, Springwater Seasons, Painted Pony Creek and the Brides of Bliss County, with a Tremayne vampire sequence off to one side. Desire and Destiny (1983) is the earliest title and The Silver Hills Boarding House the newest.

Kristan Higgins writes contemporary romance and women's fiction about sisters, widows and divorced people. The Blue Heron novels and the Gideon's Cove books are the two series; the rest of the catalogue stands alone. Fools Rush In (2006) opens a run of 26 titles that reaches The Me I Used to Be in 2026, at 416 pages on median.

Brenda Streater Jackson, born February 2, 1953, is an American author of contemporary multicultural romance. Jackson was the first African-American author published in the Silhouette Desire line, and in October 2013 became the first African American to publish a 100th novel. The site lists 154 books from Tonight And Forever (1995) to Beneath The Dawn (2026). Madaris Family & Friends, Westmoreland Legacy, Forged of Steele, Catalina Cove and Grangers are among the series. Subjects include African American women, ranchers and romantic suspense.

Jennifer Crusie is the pen name of Jennifer Smith, a contemporary romance novelist born in 1949 whose novels are published in 20 countries. The catalogue holds 23 books, from Manhunting (1993) to It Must Be Christmas (2016), and the run is marked likely complete. Getting Rid of Bradley (1994), Anyone But You (1996) and Tell Me Lies (1998) are among the titles, and the Dempseys is one of the series. Humour, single women, divorced people and Ohio feature in the subjects.

Elaine Viets writes mystery series with women investigators: the Dead-End Job Mysteries led by Helen Hawthorne, Josie Marcus: Mystery Shopper, the Death Investigator Angela Richman books, the Francesca Vierling mysteries and the Florida Beach Mysteries. Fifty catalogued books run from Urban Affairs (1988) to Beach Blonde Betrayal (2026), with non-fiction among the early titles.

JoAnn Ross, an American writer, has published more than 100 novels since 1983 across romance, romantic suspense and women's fiction, and has also written as JoAnn Robbins and JoAnn Robb. She belongs to the Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of best-selling authors and holds Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title. The catalogue lists 114 books from Winning Season (1983) to Just One Look (2022) and marks the run as dormant. Series include Shelter Bay, Honeymoon Harbor, Castlelough, High Risk, Lucky Penny, Callahan Brothers, Stewart Sisters and New Orleans Knights. Subjects include Navy SEALs, private investigators and first loves.

Nancy Naigle writes romance and romantic suspense, with subjects that include divorced women, private investigators, photographers and North Carolina. The catalogue holds 44 books from 2011 to 2026, the first being inkBLOT (2011), credited as Johnson Naigle. Series include Adams Grove, Seasoned Southern Sleuths Cozy Mystery, G Team, Christmas In Evergreen, Boot Creek and Chestnut Ridge. Titles include Sweet Tea and Secrets (2011) and Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies (2013). Home No Matter Where (2026) is the newest.

Catriona McPherson is a Scottish writer best known for the Dandy Gilver novels, historical mysteries built around a woman private investigator. Two further series, the Last Ditch Mysteries and Helen Crowther, sit alongside. Forty books are catalogued between After the Armistice Ball (2005) and The Dead Room (2026). McPherson's awards include an Agatha, two Anthonys, six Leftys and two Macavitys. Scotland, family secrets and murder are the recurring subjects.

Anna Jacobs writes historical sagas and romance set in England and Australia. Persons of Rank (1992) opens a catalogue of 114 books that reaches Hope Comes to Eastby End (2026), with Salem Street (1994), Ridge Hill (1996) and Our Lizzie (1999) among the early run. Family sagas name most of the series: the Gibson Family, the Kershaw Sisters, the Preston Family, the Michaels Family, the Blake Sisters and Swan River Saga, the Traders, Peppercorn Street, Rivenshaw, the Ellindale Saga, Larch Tree Lane and the Wiltshire Girls. Widows, inheritance and family life recur as subjects.

Tara Taylor Quinn writes romance and romantic suspense, with 144 books catalogued from Yesterday's Secrets (1993) to Colton's Covert Challenge (2026). Colton's Protection Detail is listed for 2027. Subjects include contemporary romance, pregnancy, women lawyers, single mothers, missing persons and Arizona. Quinn's series include Sierra's Web, Where Secrets Are Safe, Parent Portal, Cottages on Ocean Breeze, Coltons of Dark Canyon, Chapman Files, It Happened in Comfort Cove and Hayden Sisters. Shelter Valley Stories also appears in the listing.

Alice Sebold

3 books

Alice Sebold is an American author, born 6 September 1963, with three books to her name. Lucky (1999) is a memoir of Sebold's first year at Syracuse University, when she was raped; Sebold identified Anthony Broadwater as the attacker, his conviction was overturned in 2021, and the publisher then withdrew the book from distribution. The Lovely Bones (2002) reached The New York Times Best Seller list and was filmed in 2009. The Almost Moon (2007) completes the catalogue. Mothers and daughters, family life and psychological fiction are the recurring subjects.