Mormons book series in reading order

by Traci Hunter Abramson

by Gerald Lund

Anita Stansfield writes Christian romance and family sagas, much of it with Mormon characters and settings. First Love and Forever (1994) opens a catalogue of 90 books built largely from sagas, Byrnehouse-Davies & Hamilton, the Trevor Family, the Buchanans, the Barringtons, the Keane-Morrisons and Shadows of Brierley. The Scoundrel's Widow (2022) is the newest catalogued title.

Traci Hunter Abramson writes romantic and Christian suspense, drawing on Navy SEALs, special operations, witness protection and competitive swimming, with Mormon life among its subjects. The Saint Squad heads her series, and Falcon Point Suspense, Dream's Edge, Luke Steele and Pen & Dagger sit beside it. Fifty-six catalogued books run from Undercurrents (2004) to Treasures of Falcon Point in 2026.

Betsy Brannon Green writes mystery and romantic suspense from a Latter-day Saint perspective, with Mormon characters and communities at the centre. Green's 22 catalogued books, published between 2001 and 2015, include the Haggerty Mystery series plus the Kennedy Killingsworth, Duty, Eureka and Proceed With Caution runs and a set of standalone novels. Undercover operations, kidnapping and police investigation drive the plots. Hearts in Hiding (2001) opens the catalogue and Puzzle Pieces (2015) is the last catalogued title.

Clair M. Poulson writes Christian suspense and romantic suspense for a Latter-day Saint readership, with murder investigations, kidnappings and private detectives set largely in Utah. Poulson's catalogue holds 48 books between Point of Impact (1988) and Missing (2026). Early titles such as Moroni's Young Warrior (1993) and Gadianton's Foe (1994) draw on Book of Mormon stories, and Samuel Adventure is the one named series. Volumes median 265 pages, and Poulson remains actively publishing.

Gerald Lund writes historical fiction and doctrinal non-fiction rooted in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Forty catalogued books run from The Coming of the Lord in 1971 to Into the Flames in 2019, across The Work and the Glory, Fire and Steel, Kingdom and Crown and Only the Brave. Utah, the Mormon pioneers, frontier life and Germany recur as settings, and Mormon families and church doctrine as subjects. Nothing new has appeared since 2019.

Rachel Ann Nunes writes Christian and Latter-day Saint fiction, with Mormon women, families and faith at its centre. Thirty-eight books are catalogued between 1996 and 2016, across the Ariana, Autumn Rain, Mickelle, Rebekka, Brionney and Jesse, Deal for Love and Problem With Spaceships series. The Making of a Queen (1996) opens the catalogue, followed by A Gift Most Precious (1997), A Bid for Love (1998), A Glimpse of Eternity (1999), A Greater Love (2000) and Tomorrow and Always (2000), through to On Blackberry Hill (2016). Nunes was born in Provo, Utah, in 1966.

Zane Grey

144 books• 13 series

Zane Grey, born Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939), was an American author of adventure novels and stories in the Western genre who presented an idealised American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was Grey's best-selling book. Adaptations of Grey's novels and stories number 112 films, two television episodes and the television series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre. The catalogue opens with Betty Zane (1903), followed by The Spirit of the Border (1906), The Last of the Plainsmen (1908), The Last Trail (1909) and The Heritage of the Desert (1910). Outlaws, cattle stealing, Mormons and fishing appear among the subjects, and series include the Ohio River Trilogy, Ken Ward and Jim Traft.

Ally Condie

19 books• 6 series

Ally Condie writes young adult and middle grade fiction. The Matched trilogy is the best known work: Matched (2010) reached No.1 on the New York Times list and stayed on it for over a year, with Crossed (2011) and Reached (2012) following as bestsellers, and all three appear in more than 30 languages. Matched was named to YALSA's 2011 Teens' Top Ten and to Publishers Weekly's best children's books of 2010. Condie also wrote the standalone Atlantia (2014) and the middle grade novel Summerlost (2016). Nineteen books are catalogued, starting with Yearbook (2006) and reaching The Girls Trip in 2026.

Mette Ivie Harrison writes fantasy and mystery in roughly equal measure. The Hound Saga, opening with The Princess and the Hound (2007), and the Rose Throne books sit on the fantasy side, with princesses, magic and fairy tales among the listed subjects. The Linda Wallheim Mystery series, Vampires and Mormons and the Women's Book of Mormon draw instead on Mormon life in Utah. Harrison's 46 catalogued titles start at The Monster in Me (2003) and reach The Ex-Wives Murder Club in 2026.

Josi S. Kilpack, born May 26, 1974, is an American novelist whose work includes a 13-book culinary mystery series. Kilpack has won a Whitney Award from LDStorymakers, a guild for authors who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a Best of State award for fiction in Utah. The catalogue lists 45 books from Earning Eternity (2000) to A Lady's Wager (2023), with titles such as English Trifle (2009) and Lemon Tart (2009). Series include A Proper Romance and the Mayfield Family. Subjects include cooks, murder investigation, Sadie Hoffmiller, Mormons, single mothers, weddings and Regency romance.

Carla Kelly (Carla Sue Kelly, born 1947) is an American Regency romance writer and a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. Kelly calls the books "dukeless" regencies, stories of ordinary people solving their own problems. An interest in the American West shapes the earliest work and the nonfiction. Since 2011 Kelly, who has a Mormon background, has written five novels about young Mormon women, among them Borrowed Light and Safe Passage. The site lists 58 books from Daughter of Fortune (1985) to Navy Captain's Convenient Wife (2026).

Wallace Stegner (Wallace Earle Stegner, February 18, 1909 to April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, historian and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers". Stegner received the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977. The catalogue records 41 books from Remembering Laughter (1937) to The Twilight of Self Reliance (2008). Mormon Country (1942), The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1943) and Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (1954) are listed titles. Subjects include the American West, Mormons, history and biography.

Nancy Campbell Allen writes romance and historical fiction, with subjects that include Mormon families, the US Civil War, women detectives and the Birmingham family. The catalogue holds 26 books from Love Beyond Time (1999) to Protecting Her Heart (2024). Allen's series are Faith Of Our Fathers, Steampunk Proper Romance and Isabelle Webb. Titles include A House Divided (2001), To Make Men Free (2002), Through the Perilous Fight (2003) and Legend of the Jewel (2008).

Orson Scott Card

114 books• 29 series

Orson Scott Card, born August 24, 1951, is an American writer known chiefly for science fiction. Card is the only person, as of 2024, to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards in consecutive years, for Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). Card coproduced the 2013 film of Ender's Game. The Tales of Alvin Maker won the Locus Fantasy Award. The catalogue counts 114 books from A Planet Called Treason / Treason (1978) to Ender's Tribe (2026), with Homecoming Saga, Mither Mages, Worthing and Women of Genesis among the other series.

Jenny Proctor writes romance. The 26 catalogued books run from The House at Rose Creek (2013) to Here We Go Again (2026), with Mormon life, teachers, brothers, dating and North Carolina among the recurring subjects. Proctor's series include Some Kind of Love, How to Kiss a Hawthorne Brother, Love at First Note, Midnight Rush and Georgia Jaguars Hockey. Most of the catalogue was published in the 2020s, and Proctor continues to publish.

Sian Ann Bessey has 26 books in the catalogue, from Forgotten Notes (2001) to When You Rescued Me (2026). Cover of Darkness followed in 2002, and Within the Dark Hills appeared in 2012. Series include Georgian Gentlemen, Kids on a Mission and McQuivey's Costume Shop Romance, and 2013 titles include Ambushed in Africa, Escape from Germany and Uprising in Samoa. Subjects include Wales, Utah, Mormons and Mormon converts, time travel, nurses, women teachers and mystery.

Sariah Wilson's catalogue moves from Latter-day Saint historical fiction to contemporary romance. The early titles, Desire of Our Hearts and Secrets in Zarahemla (2007) and Servant to a King (2008), draw on the Book of Mormon, the Nephites and the Lamanites. From 2012 the work shifts towards romantic comedy: The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back, the Royals of Monterra books, #Lovestruck, End of the Line and the Heart of the Goddess series. Thirty books are catalogued, reaching Thief of Hearts in 2026.

Heather Tullis / Heather Justesen is a combined catalogue entry for 43 books published from 2009 to 2022. Subjects include Mormon and Christian fiction, family life, adoptees, women basketball players, swindlers and Utah. The Ball's in Her Court (2009) is listed first, followed by Rebound (2010) and Blank Slate (2011), and Pining for Christmas (2022) is the newest. Series include DiCarlo Brides, A Sweet Bites Mystery, Carver Ranch, Shelter Sisters and Crystal Creek Romance.

Genealogy supplies the puzzles in G.G. Vandagriff's Alex and Briggie mysteries, where Alexandra Campbell and Briggie Poulson work cases titled Cankered Roots (1994), Of Deadly Descent (1996) and Poisoned Pedigree (2011). Vandagriff published 39 books between Voices in Your Blood in 1993 and Death in the Foreign Office in 2023. Eight series divide the catalogue, among them the Catherine Tregowyn Mysteries, Six Rogues and Their Ladies, the Grenville Chronicles and the Saunders Family Saga, with Mormon women and women genealogists recurring as subjects.

Stephanie Fowers writes humorous Christian romance. Dating, mate selection, college students, Mormons and Mormon youth are among the recorded subjects, with Utah also listed. The catalogue holds 34 books from Rules of Engagement (2005) to Siren's Treasure (2025), and the two series recorded are Spies and Royals and Adventurous Romantics. Prank Wars (2012) and Jane and Austen (2014) sit among the titles.

Allison Pittman writes Christian fiction. Catalogue subjects record history, Mormons, prostitution, marital conflict, orphans and forgiveness, and one strand of the listing is grouped as Baseball Novels. Pittman has 23 books published between 2005 and 2024, from Ten Thousand Charms (2005) to A Letter to Eli (2024), with All For and Crossroads of Grace as the other two series. Pittman remains actively publishing.