Mollie Hardwick

Mollie Hardwick is an author known for her novels. She is known for writing novels that were meant to go along with Upstairs, Downstairs, a series on English television. She is also the author of The Cedar Tree, a two part television series.

The best place to start is the Upstairs Downstairs series, the earliest of Mollie Hardwick's multi-book series: it opens with Upstairs Downstairs (1971) and runs to 11 books across 1971–1978, ending with Sarah's Story (1978). Mollie Hardwick's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Mollie Hardwick has 59 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1962 and 1995. 30 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Upstairs Downstairs series with 11 books — and 29 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. Mollie Hardwick's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Upstairs Downstairs (1971–1978, 11 books), Molly Hardwick Plays (1973–1980, 3 books) and The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977, 4 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Mollie Hardwick's 59 books into 6 named series and 29 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Upstairs Downstairs (11 books, 1971–1978); Doran Fairweather (7 books, 1986–1995); The Duchess of Duke Street (4 books, 1976–1977); Juliet Bravo (3 books, 1980–1981); Molly Hardwick Plays (3 books, 1973–1980), plus 1 further series.