Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier

6 Series • 28 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Virgin Blue (1997)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War (2014)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: Dorset Gap (2016)

ⓘ About Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier was born October 19, 1962 and grew up in Washington, D.C. She was the youngest of three kids, and her dad was a photographer for The Washington Post. As a kid, she read a lot. She loved authors such as: Joan Aiken, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, and Madeleine L’Engle. She talked about becoming a writer when she was a kid, but putting real pen to paper was minimal. In her twenties, she wrote short stories and during her MA year, she began writing her first novel. In the year 1984, she moved to England, and worked for many years as a reference book editor. She worked on encyclopedias on writers. She learned how to make her sentences better and how to research.

All Book Series by Tracy Chevalier

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The Virgin Blue

Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 1997

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1997
2
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Girl with a Pearl Earring

Book 2 of 10 · published 2000

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2000
3
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Falling Angels

Book 3 of 10 · published 2001

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2001
4
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The Lady and the Unicorn

Book 4 of 10 · published 2003

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2003
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Burning Bright

Book 5 of 10 · published 2007

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2007
6
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Remarkable Creatures

Book 6 of 10 · published 2009

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2009
7
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The Last Runaway

Book 7 of 10 · published 2013

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2013
8
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At the Edge of the Orchard

Book 8 of 10 · published 2016

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2016
9
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A Single Thread

Book 9 of 10 · published 2019

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2019
10
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The Glassmaker

Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2024

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2024
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The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War

Single-title series · published 2014

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2014
1
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Dorset Gap

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2016

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2016
2
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When Friends Fade

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2026

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2026
1
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Twentieth-Century Children's Writers

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1989

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1989
2
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Contemporary Poets

Book 2 of 5 · published 1990

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1990
3
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Contemporary World Writers Edition 2.

Book 3 of 5 · published 1993

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1993
4
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Encyclopedia of the Essay

Book 4 of 5 · published 1997

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1997
5
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The Sleep Quilt

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2017

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2017
1
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The Gap of Time

Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2015 Anthology · Jeanette Winterson

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2015
2
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Shylock is My Name

Book 2 of 7 · published 2016 Anthology · Howard Jacobson

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2016
3
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Vinegar Girl

Book 3 of 7 · published 2016 Anthology · Anne Tyler

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2016
4
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Hag-Seed

Book 4 of 7 · published 2016 Anthology · Margaret Atwood

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2016
5
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New Boy

Book 5 of 7 · published 2017

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2017
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Dunbar

Book 6 of 7 · published 2017 Anthology · Edward St. Aubyn

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2017
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Macbeth

Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2018 Anthology · Jo Nesbø

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2018
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Writing on the Edge

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2010

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2010
2
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Imagined Lives

Book 2 of 3 · published 2010

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2010
3
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Why Willows Weep

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2011

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2011

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Tracy Chevalier?

Tracy Chevalier was born October 19, 1962 and grew up in Washington, D.C. She was the youngest of three kids, and her dad was a photographer for The Washington Post. As a kid, she read a lot.

Which Tracy Chevalier series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Hogarth Shakespeare series, the earliest of Tracy Chevalier's multi-book series: it opens with The Gap of Time (2015) and runs to 7 books across 2015–2018, ending with Macbeth (2018).

How many books has Tracy Chevalier written?

Tracy Chevalier has 28 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1989 and 2026. 7 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Hogarth Shakespeare series with 7 books — and 21 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Tracy Chevalier's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tracy Chevalier's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Hogarth Shakespeare (2015–2018, 7 books).

How are Tracy Chevalier's books organised into series?

This guide splits Tracy Chevalier's 28 books into 1 named series and 21 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Hogarth Shakespeare (7 books, 2015–2018).