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Erin Bartels

3 Series • 8 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: We Hope for Better Things (2019)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: This Elegant Ruin and other stories (2013)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: The Intentional Writer (2014)

ⓘ About Erin Bartels

Erin Bartels is a published author who has won awards for her work. She is known for writing character driven fiction for readers who are curious. Those who read her books know to expect that each of her books will tell a unique story about characters who are real and fallible, so real that it’s hard to believe that they don’t exist in real life. Her settings are able to come alive with all of the careful details that engage the senses and help to transport readers to a time and place of the author’s choosing. Her themes of reckoning with the past, making the present better, and looking to the future with hope leaves her readers with a sense of peace and possibility.

All Book Series by Erin Bartels

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We Hope for Better Things

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2019

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2019
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The Words between Us

Book 2 of 6 · published 2019

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2019
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All That We Carried book cover

All That We Carried

Book 3 of 6 · published 2021

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2021
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The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water book cover

The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water

Book 4 of 6 · published 2022

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2022
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Everything Is Just Beginning

Book 5 of 6 · published 2023

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2023
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The Lady with the Dark Hair

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2024

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2024
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This Elegant Ruin and other stories book cover

This Elegant Ruin and other stories

Single-title series · published 2013

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2013
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The Intentional Writer

Single-title series · published 2014

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2014

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Erin Bartels?

Erin Bartels is a published author who has won awards for her work. She is known for writing character driven fiction for readers who are curious. Those who read her books know to expect that each of her books will tell a unique story about characters who are real and fallible, so real that it’s hard to believe that they don’t exist in real life.

Which Erin Bartels series should I start with?

Erin Bartels's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is We Hope for Better Things (2019).

How many books has Erin Bartels written?

Erin Bartels has 8 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2013 and 2024. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Short Stories/Novellas and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Erin Bartels's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 8 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Erin Bartels's books organised into series?

This guide splits Erin Bartels's 8 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (6 books); Short Stories/Novellas (1 book); Non-Fiction (1 book).