Martha Hall Kelly

Focused primarily on fiction, primarily historical fiction, the American author Martha Hall Kelly has become an extremely prominent voice within the industry, as she is a highly vocal and prolific spokesperson for both her and her craft, having released a series of very well received novels over the course of her long and illustrious writing career. Writing from a definitively female perspective, she features many strong heroines going up against seemingly insurmountable hardships, facing them with bravery and humor, something that her many fans worldwide feel that they can relate and aspire to.

The best place to start is the Caroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls series, the earliest of Martha Hall Kelly's multi-book series: it opens with Lilac Girls / The Lilac Girls of Ravensbrück (2016) and runs to 3 books across 2016–2021, ending with Sunflower Sisters (2021). Martha Hall Kelly's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Martha Hall Kelly has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2016 and 2025. 10 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Point In Time Collection series with 7 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Martha Hall Kelly's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Caroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls (2016–2021, 3 books) and Point In Time Collection (2022, 7 books).

This guide splits Martha Hall Kelly's 12 books into 2 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Point In Time Collection (7 books, 2022); Caroline Ferriday / Lilac Girls (3 books, 2016–2021).