Catherine Cookson Reading Order

2 books (1950–2000)

Start with Kate Hannigan and read in order.

#	Title
1	Kate Hannigan 1950Buy 🇺🇸
2	Kate Hannigan's Girl 2000Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1954–2011)

Start with A Grand Man, the first of 9 books in the Mary Ann Shaughnessy series.

#	Title
1	A Grand Man 1954Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Lord and Mary Ann 1956Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Devil and Mary Ann 1958Buy 🇺🇸
4	Love and Mary Ann 1961Buy 🇺🇸
5	Life and Mary Ann 1962Buy 🇺🇸
6	Marriage and Mary Ann 1964Buy 🇺🇸
7	Mary Ann's Angels 1965Buy 🇺🇸
8	Mary Ann and Bill 1967Buy 🇺🇸
9	Bill and the Mary Ann Shaughnessy 2011Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1969–2017)

Start with Our Kate, the first of 7 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Our Kate 1969Buy 🇺🇸
2	Catherine Cookson Country 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Let Me Make Myself Plain 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	Plainer Still 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	My Land of the North 1999Buy 🇺🇸
6	Kate's Daughter: The Real Catherine Cookson(With: Piers Dudgeon) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
7	Before I Go 2017Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1990–1990)

#	Title
1	Nancy Nutall and The Mongrel 1990Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2001–2002)

Start with The Simple Soul and Other Stories and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Simple Soul and Other Stories 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Just a Saying 2002Buy 🇺🇸

79 books (1952–2017)

Start with The Fifteen Streets, the first of 79 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Fifteen Streets 1952Buy 🇺🇸
2	Colour Blind 1953Buy 🇺🇸
3	Maggie Rowan 1954Buy 🇺🇸
4	Rooney 1957Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Menagerie 1958Buy 🇺🇸
6	Fanny McBride 1959Buy 🇺🇸
7	Fenwick Houses 1960Buy 🇺🇸
8	Heritage of Folly(As: Catherine Marchant) 1962Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Garment 1962Buy 🇺🇸
10	House of Men(As: Catherine Marchant) 1963Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Blind Miller 1963Buy 🇺🇸
12	The House on the Fens / Fen Tiger(As: Catherine Marchant) 1963Buy 🇺🇸
13	Hannah Massey 1964Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Wingless Bird 1964Buy 🇺🇸
15	Evil at Roger's Cross / The Iron Facade 1965Buy 🇺🇸
16	Matty Doolin 1965Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Long Corridor 1965Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Unbaited Trap 1966Buy 🇺🇸
19	Katie Mulholland's Journey 1967Buy 🇺🇸
20	Slinky Jane 1967Buy 🇺🇸
21	Joe & the Gladiator 1968Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Round Tower 1968Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Glass Virgin / The Glassmaker's Daughter 1969Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Nice Bloke 1969Buy 🇺🇸
25	Invitation 1970Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Nipper 1970Buy 🇺🇸
27	Feathers in the Fire 1971Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Dwelling Place 1971Buy 🇺🇸
29	Pure as the Lily 1972Buy 🇺🇸
30	Blue Baccy 1973Buy 🇺🇸
31	Our John Willie 1974Buy 🇺🇸
32	Miss Martha Mary Crawford(As:Catherine Marchant) 1975Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Gambling Man 1975Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Invisible Cord 1975Buy 🇺🇸
35	Mrs Flannagan's Trumpet 1976Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Slow Awakening(As:Catherine Marchant) 1976Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Tide of Life 1976Buy 🇺🇸
38	Go Tell It to Mrs Golightly 1977Buy 🇺🇸
39	The Girl 1977Buy 🇺🇸
40	The Cinder Path 1978Buy 🇺🇸
41	The Man Who Cried 1979Buy 🇺🇸
42	Lanky Jones 1980Buy 🇺🇸
43	The Whip 1982Buy 🇺🇸
44	The Black Velvet Gown 1984Buy 🇺🇸
45	The Bannaman Legacy / Dinner of Herbs 1985Buy 🇺🇸
46	The Moth / The Thorman Inheritance 1986Buy 🇺🇸
47	Parson's Daughter 1987Buy 🇺🇸
48	Rory's Fortune 1988Buy 🇺🇸
49	The Cultured Handmaiden 1988Buy 🇺🇸
50	The Harrogate Secret 1988Buy 🇺🇸
51	The Black Candle 1989Buy 🇺🇸
52	The Spaniard's Gift 1989Buy 🇺🇸
53	The Gillyvors / Daughter of Scandal 1990Buy 🇺🇸
54	Love Child 1991Buy 🇺🇸
55	My Beloved Son 1991Buy 🇺🇸
56	The Rag Nymph 1991Buy 🇺🇸
57	The House of Women 1992Buy 🇺🇸
58	The Maltese Angel 1992Buy 🇺🇸
59	The Golden Straw 1993Buy 🇺🇸
60	The Year of the Virgins 1993Buy 🇺🇸
61	Justice Is A Woman 1994Buy 🇺🇸
62	The Tinker's Girl 1994Buy 🇺🇸
63	A Ruthless Need 1995Buy 🇺🇸
64	The Obsession 1995Buy 🇺🇸
65	The Bonny Dawn 1996Buy 🇺🇸
66	The Branded Man 1996Buy 🇺🇸
67	The Upstart 1996Buy 🇺🇸
68	An Unsuitable Match 1997Buy 🇺🇸
69	The Desert Crop 1997Buy 🇺🇸
70	The Lady on My Left / The Mists of Memory 1997Buy 🇺🇸
71	Riley 1998Buy 🇺🇸
72	The Blind Years 1998Buy 🇺🇸
73	The Solace of Sin 1998Buy 🇺🇸
74	A House Divided 1999Buy 🇺🇸
75	The Thursday Friend 1999Buy 🇺🇸
76	Rosie Of The River 2000Buy 🇺🇸
77	The Silent Lady 2001Buy 🇺🇸
78	Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger 2017Buy 🇺🇸
79	The Rag Maid 2017Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1986–1998)

Start with Bill Bailey, the first of 4 books in the The Bailey Chronicles series.

#	Title
1	Bill Bailey 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bill Bailey's Lot 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bill Baileys Daughter 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Bondage of Love 1998Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1983–1985)

Start with Hamilton and read in order.

#	Title
1	Hamilton 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Goodbye Hamilton 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Harold 1985Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1973–1974)

Start with The Mallen Girl and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Mallen Girl 1973Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Mallen Streak 1973Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Mallen Litter / The Mallen Lot 1974Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1980–1982)

Start with Tilly Trotter / Tilly and read in order.

#	Title
1	Tilly Trotter / Tilly 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	Tilly Trotter Wed / Tilly Wed 1981Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tilly Trotter Widowed / Tilly Alone 1982Buy 🇺🇸