🎯 Where Should I Start?
Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Barbours/Bouchards Books
Start with: Dynasty of Death (1938)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Earth is the Lord's (1940)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: Unto All Men (2012)
ⓘ About Taylor Caldwell
Taylor Caldwell was an Anglo-American author, born in Manchester, England before immigrating to the United States with her parents when she was still a child. Their move to the United was hard for the young family as the father died a few years into the move, leaving the family without a provider. The circumstances of her family never stopped the young Taylor from making something of herself. By the time she was in the second grade, she was writing short stories, and by age twelve, she had written :The Romance of Atlantis” her first novel, which was published in 1975. Her father, who was still alive at the time never approved of women trying to make a career in writing and sent her to be a binder’s assistant.
All Book Series by Taylor Caldwell
1
Dynasty of Death
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1938
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3
The Final Hour
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1944
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1
The Earth is the Lord's
Series opener · book 1 of 39 · published 1940
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3
The Strong City
Book 3 of 39 · published 1942
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6
This Side of Innocence
Book 6 of 39 · published 1946
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7
There Was a Time
Book 7 of 39 · published 1947
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9
Let Love Come Last
Book 9 of 39 · published 1949
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10
The Balance Wheel
Book 10 of 39 · published 1951
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11
The Beautiful Is Vanished
Book 11 of 39 · published 1951
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12
The Devil's Advocate
Book 12 of 39 · published 1952
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13
Maggie: Her Marriage
Book 13 of 39 · published 1953
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14
Never Victorious, Never Defeated
Book 14 of 39 · published 1954
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15
Your Sins and Mine
Book 15 of 39 · published 1955
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16
Tender Victory
Book 16 of 39 · published 1956
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17
The Sound of Thunder
Book 17 of 39 · published 1957
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18
Dear and Glorious Physician
Book 18 of 39 · published 1958
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19
A Prologue to Love
Book 19 of 39 · published 1961
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20
The Man Who Listens
Book 20 of 39 · published 1961
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21
Grandmother and the Priests
Book 21 of 39 · published 1963
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22
The Late Clara Beame
Book 22 of 39 · published 1963
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23
To See the Glory
Book 23 of 39 · published 1963
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24
A Pillar of Iron
Book 24 of 39 · published 1965
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26
No One Hears but Him
Book 26 of 39 · published 1966
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27
Dialogues with the Devil
Book 27 of 39 · published 1967
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28
Testimony of Two Men
Book 28 of 39 · published 1968
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29
Great Lion of God
Book 29 of 39 · published 1970
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30
Captains and the Kings
Book 30 of 39 · published 1972
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31
Glory and the Lightning
Book 31 of 39 · published 1974
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32
To Look and Pass
Book 32 of 39 · published 1975
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33
The Romance of Atlantis
Book 33 of 39 · published 1975 Co-authored · Jess Stearn
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34
The Arm and the Darkness
Book 34 of 39 · published 1975
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35
Ceremony of the Innocent
Book 35 of 39 · published 1976
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37
I, Judas
Book 37 of 39 · published 1977 Co-authored · Jess Stearn
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38
Bright Flows the River
Book 38 of 39 · published 1978
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39
Answer as a Man
Latest in the series · book 39 of 39 · published 1980
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1
Unto All Men
Single-title series · published 2012
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1
On Growing Up Tough
Single-title series · published 1971
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Taylor Caldwell?
Taylor Caldwell was an Anglo-American author, born in Manchester, England before immigrating to the United States with her parents when she was still a child. Their move to the United was hard for the young family as the father died a few years into the move, leaving the family without a provider. The circumstances of her family never stopped the young Taylor from making something of herself.
Which Taylor Caldwell series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Barbours/Bouchards series, the earliest of Taylor Caldwell's multi-book series: it opens with Dynasty of Death (1938) and runs to 3 books across 1938–1944, ending with The Final Hour (1944).
How many books has Taylor Caldwell written?
Taylor Caldwell has 44 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1938 and 2012. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Barbours/Bouchards series with 3 books — and 41 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Taylor Caldwell's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Taylor Caldwell's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Barbours/Bouchards (1938–1944, 3 books).
How are Taylor Caldwell's books organised into series?
This guide splits Taylor Caldwell's 44 books into 1 named series and 41 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Barbours/Bouchards (3 books, 1938–1944).