Jean Plaidy Reading Order

1 book (1966–1966)

1 book (1987–1987)

#	Title
1	A Gothic Treasure Trove 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1952–1958)

Start with Madame Serpent and read in order.

#	Title
1	Madame Serpent 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Italian Woman / The Unholy Woman 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Queen Jezebel 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

20 books (1972–1995)

Start with The Miracle at St. Bruno's, the first of 20 books in the Daughters Of England series.

#	Title
1	The Miracle at St. Bruno's 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Lion Triumphant 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Witch from the Sea 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Saraband for Two Sisters 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Lament for a Lost Lover 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Love Child 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Song of the Siren 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Will You Love Me in September 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Adulteress 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Knave of Hearts / Zipporah's Daughter 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Voices in a Haunted Room 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Return of the Gypsy 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Midsummer's Eve 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Pool of St. Branok 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Changeling 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Black Swan 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	A Time for Silence 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Gossamer Cord 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	We'll Meet Again 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Daughters of England 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1961–1962)

Start with The Young Elizabeth and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Young Elizabeth 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Young Mary Queen of Scots 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1957–1959)

Start with Flaunting, Extravagant Queen and read in order.

#	Title
1	Flaunting, Extravagant Queen 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Louis the Well Beloved 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Road to Compiegne 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1967–1972)

Start with Queen in Waiting, the first of 11 books in the Georgian Saga series.

#	Title
1	Queen in Waiting 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Princess of Celle 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Caroline, the Queen 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Prince and the Quakeress 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Perdita's Prince 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Third George 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Indiscretions of the Queen 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Goddess of the Green Room 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Regent's Daughter 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Victoria in the Wings 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1960–1961)

Start with Castile for Isabella and read in order.

#	Title
1	Castile for Isabella 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Spain for the Sovereigns 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Daughters of Spain 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1958–1958)

Start with Light on Lucrezia(As:Jean Plaidy) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Light on Lucrezia(As:Jean Plaidy) 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Madonna of the Seven Hills(As:Jean Plaidy) 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1955–1963)

Start with The Royal Road to Fotheringhay / Mary, Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Year and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Royal Road to Fotheringhay / Mary, Queen of Scotland: The Triumphant Year 1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Captive Queen of Scots 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1958–1975)

Start with A Triptych of Poisoners(As:Jean Plaidy), the first of 5 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	A Triptych of Poisoners(As:Jean Plaidy) 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Rise of the Spanish Inquisition(As:Jean Plaidy) 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Growth of the Spanish Inquisition(As:Jean Plaidy) 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The End of the Spanish Inquisition(As:Jean Plaidy) 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland(As: Jean Plaidy) 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1974–1976)

Start with The Bastard King and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Bastard King 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Lion of Justice 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Passionate Enemies 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

14 books (1976–1982)

Start with The Plantagenet Prelude, the first of 14 books in the Plantagenet Saga series.

#	Title
1	The Plantagenet Prelude 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Heart of the Lion 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Revolt of the Eaglets 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Battle of the Queens 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Prince of Darkness 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Hammer of the Scots / Edward Longshanks 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Queen from Provence 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Follies of the King 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Vow on the Heron 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Epitaph for Three Women 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Passage to Pontefract 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Star of Lancaster 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Red Rose of Anjou 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Sun in Splendour 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1972–1974)

Start with The Captive of Kensington Palace, the first of 4 books in the Queen Victoria series.

#	Title
1	The Captive of Kensington Palace 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Queen and Lord M 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Queen's Husband 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Widow of Windsor 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1983–1993)

Start with Myself My Enemy / Loyal in Love, the first of 11 books in the Queens Of England series.

#	Title
1	Myself My Enemy / Loyal in Love 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Queen of This Realm 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Victoria Victorious 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Lady in the Tower 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Courts of Love 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	In the Shadow of the Crown 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Queen's Secret 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Reluctant Queen 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	William's Wife / The Queen's Devotion 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Pleasures of Love / The Merry Monarch's Wife 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Rose Without a Thorn 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

85 books (1940–1993)

Start with Daughter of Anna, the first of 85 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Daughter of Anna 1940Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Passionate Witness 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Married Lover 1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	When the Entire World is Young 1943Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	So the Dreams Depart 1944Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Not in Our Stars 1945Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Together They Ride(As: Jean Plaidy) 1945Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Beyond the Blue Mountains(As:Jean Plaidy) 1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Dear Chance 1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Alexa 1948Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The House at Cupid's Cross 1949Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Believe the Heart 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Poison in Pimlico(As: Elbur Ford) 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Flesh and the Devil(As: Elbur Ford) 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Goldsmith's Wife / The King's Mistress(As: Victoria Holt) 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Saint or Sinner? 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Bright Tomorrow 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Danse Macabre(As:Kathleen Kellow) 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Daughter of Satan(As:Jean Plaidy) 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Dear Delusion 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Rooms at Mrs. Oliver's(As:Kathleen Kellow) 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Bed Disturbed(As: Elbur Ford) 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Evil in the House / Such Bitter Business(As: Elbur Ford) 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Leave Me My Love 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	When We Are Married 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Castles in Spain 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Lilith(As:Jean Plaidy) 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	It Began in Vauxhall Gardens(As:Jean Plaidy) 1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Two Loves in Her Life 1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	When Other Hearts 1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Begin to Live 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Call of the Blood(As:Kathleen Kellow) 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Defenders of the Faith(As: Ellalice Tate) 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Married in Haste 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Rochester(As:Kathleen Kellow) 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Scarlet Cloak(As: Ellalice Tate) 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	To Meet a Stranger 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Blaze of Noon 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Queen of Diamonds(As: Ellalice Tate) 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Madame Du Barry(As: Ellalice Tate) 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Milady Charlotte(As:Jean Plaidy) 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Red Sky at Night 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	The Dawn Chorus 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Mistress of Mellyn(As: Victoria Holt) 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Night of Stars 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	The Brides of Lanlory(As: Anna Percival) 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	The World's a Stage(As:Kathleen Kellow) 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Meg Roper(As: Jean Plaidy) 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Now That April's Gone 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	This Was a Man / The King's Adventurer(As: Ellalice Tate) 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Katharine of Aragon(As:Jean Plaidy) 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kirkland Revels(As: Victoria Holt) 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Who's Calling? 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Bride of Pendorric(As: Victoria Holt) 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	The Legend of the Seventh Virgin(As:Victoria Holt) 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Evergreen Gallant(As: Jean Plaidy) 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Menfreya in the Morning(As: Victoria Holt) 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	The King of the Castle(As: Victoria Holt) 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	The Queen's Confession(As: Victoria Holt) 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	The Shivering Sands(As: Victoria Holt) 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	The Secret Woman(As: Victoria Holt) 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	The Shadow of the Lynx(As: Victoria Holt) 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	The Curse of the Kings(As: Victoria Holt) 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	The House of a Thousand Lanterns(As: Victoria Holt) 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Lord of the Far Island(As: Victoria Holt) 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Mary Queen of Scots: The Fair Devil of Scotland(As: Jean Plaidy) 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	The Pride of the Peacock(As: Victoria Holt) 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	The Devil on Horseback(As: Victoria Holt) 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	My Enemy, the Queen(As: Victoria Holt) 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	The Spring of the Tiger(As: Victoria Holt) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	The Mask of the Enchantress(As: Victoria Holt) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	The Judas Kiss(As: Victoria Holt) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	The Demon Lover(As: Victoria Holt) 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	The Time of the Hunter's Moon(As: Victoria Holt) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	The Landower Legacy(As:Victoria Holt) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Story of Elizabeth I(As:Jean Plaidy) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	The Road to Paradise Island(As: Victoria Holt) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	Secret for a Nightingale(As: Victoria Holt) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	The Silk Vendetta(As: Victoria Holt) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	The Captive(As: Victoria Holt) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	The India Fan(As: Victoria Holt) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Snare of Serpents(As: Victoria Holt) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Daughter of Deceit(As: Victoria Holt) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Seven for a Secret(As: Victoria Holt) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	The Black Opal(As: Victoria Holt) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1956–1972)

Start with A Health Unto His Majesty, the first of 7 books in the Stuart Saga series.

#	Title
1	A Health Unto His Majesty 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Wandering Prince 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Here Lies Our Sovereign Lord 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Murder in the Tower 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Three Crowns 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Haunted Sisters / Royal Sisters 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Queen's Favourites / Courting Her Highness 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Loves of Charles II 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1949–1982)

Start with Murder Most Royal / King's Pleasure, the first of 11 books in the Tudor Saga series.

#	Title
1	Murder Most Royal / King's Pleasure 1949Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Sixth Wife 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Saint Thomas' Eve / The King's Confidante 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Spanish Bridegroom / For a Queen's Love 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Gay Lord Robert / Lord Robert / A Favorite of the Queen 1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Katharine, the Virgin Widow 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The King's Secret Matter 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Shadow of the Pomegranate 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Thistle and the Rose 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Mary, Queen of France 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Uneasy Lies the Head / To Hold the Crown 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible