Barbara Taylor Bradford

2 series 12 books in order

Barbara Taylor Bradford (1933-2024) was a British-American best-selling novelist. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and she went on to write 40 novels that were translated into 40 languages and sold more than 90 million copies; she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her literary contributions. On our catalog she is credited with the Harte Family Saga, including A Woman of Substance and Hold the Dream, as well as Cavendon Hall. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

Born
1933
Known for
Harte Family Saga (Emma Harte Saga), Cavendon Hall

Series by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Harte Family Saga (Emma Harte Saga)

8 books in order · 1979–2021

  1. Cover of A Woman of Substance

    A Woman of Substance

    1979 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    Emma Harte Lowther Ainsley is seventy-eight, one of the richest and most powerful women in the world, self-reliant and ruthless, using money as a…

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    Hold the Dream

    1985 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    As the sequel to A Woman of Substance, this novel continues Emma Harte's story after the elderly Emma relinquishes control of her vast empire to her…

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  3. Cover of To Be the Best

    To Be the Best

    1988 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    Paula O'Neill has taken over her grandmother Emma Harte's elegant chain of department stores. Her ambition begins to override all other…

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    Emma's Secret

    2003 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    In this sequel to A Woman of Substance, Paula O'Neill, granddaughter and guardian of Emma Harte's business empire, faces sibling rivalry as American…

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  5. Cover of Unexpected Blessings

    Unexpected Blessings

    2005 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    This installment follows the great-granddaughters of Emma Harte: Evan Hughes integrating into the Harte family amid a hovering enemy; Tessa Longden…

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  6. Cover of Just Rewards

    Just Rewards

    2005 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    Concluding the Harte family saga, Linnet O'Neill battles to save the family business and locks horns with her mother Paula over its future. Evan…

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  7. Cover of Breaking the Rules

    Breaking the Rules

    2009 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    Thirty years after Emma Harte, a new woman of substance called M flees to New York after a terrifying encounter in the English countryside, becoming…

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  8. A Man of Honour

    2021 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    A Man of Honour is a 2021 book by Barbara Taylor Bradford. It is book 8 of the series Harte Family Saga (Emma Harte Saga).

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Cavendon Hall

4 books in order · 2014–2017

  1. Cover of Cavendon Hall

    Cavendon Hall

    2014 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    Cavendon Hall is home to two families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them, as their ancestors did for centuries. Charles Ingham,…

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  2. Cover of The Cavendon Women

    The Cavendon Women

    2015 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    The Inghams and the Swanns journey from a family weekend in the summer of 1926 through the devastation of the Wall Street crash of 1929, as the…

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  3. Cover of The Cavendon Luck

    The Cavendon Luck

    2016 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    The Cavendon Luck is set in 1938 England, where Miles and Cecily Ingham have led the family in bringing the Cavendon estate back from the brink of…

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  4. Cover of Secrets of Cavendon

    Secrets of Cavendon

    2017 · Barbara Taylor Bradford

    Secrets of Cavendon picks up in the summer of 1949, after years in which things had run smoothly at Cavendon Hall with few quarrels among the Inghams…

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Frequently asked questions

How many books has Barbara Taylor Bradford written?

We list 12 books by Barbara Taylor Bradford across 2 series, published between 1979–2021 — each shown in full reading order.

What order should I read Barbara Taylor Bradford's books?

Read each series in publication order. A good place to start is “A Woman of Substance.” Open any series above for its complete numbered reading order.

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