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Home / Authors / Mary Alice Monroe Mary Alice Monroe American author best known for the Lowcountry Summer series and the Beach House novels. Her books have sold over 4 million copies and earned multiple Southern Book Prize awards. This page provides the Mary Alice Monroe books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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1995 The Long Road Home POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 Girl in the Mirror POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1999 The Book Club POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2000 One Summer's Night(As: Mary Alice Kruesi) POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2001 The Four Seasons POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2002 The Beach House POoBHB · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 Skyward POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2005 Sweetgrass POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2005 The Secrets We Keep POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2007 Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 Swimming Lessons POoBHB · 2 Buy ↗ 2008 Time is a River POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 2009 Last Light Over Carolina POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 2011 The Butterfly's Daughter POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 2012 Beach House Memories POoBHB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 The Summer Girls POoLSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 A Butterfly Called Hope POoPB · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Second Star to the Right(As: Mary Alice Kruesi) POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 2014 The Summer Wind POoLSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2015 The Summer's End POoLSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2016 A Lowcountry Wedding POoLSB · 4 Buy ↗ 2016 A Lowcountry Christmas POoLSB · 5 Buy ↗ 2017 Beach House for Rent POoBHB · 4 Buy ↗ 2018 Writing South Carolina, Volume 3: Selections from the Third High School Writing Contest(With: Aida Rogers,Steven Lynn) POoYPBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2018 Beach House Reunion POoBHB · 5 Buy ↗ 2019 The Summer Guests POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 2020 On Ocean Boulevard POoBHB · 6 Buy ↗ 2021 The Islanders POoTIB · 1 Buy ↗ 2021 The Summer of Lost and Found POoBHB · 7 Buy ↗ 2022 Search for Treasure POoTIB · 2 Buy ↗ 2025 Where the Rivers Merge POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Beach House Books 7 books · 2002–2021
01 The Beach House 2002 Buy ↗ 02 Swimming Lessons 2007 Buy ↗ 03 Beach House Memories 2012 Buy ↗ 04 Beach House for Rent 2017 Buy ↗ 05 Beach House Reunion 2018 Buy ↗ 06 On Ocean Boulevard 2020 Buy ↗ 07 The Summer of Lost and Found 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Young Palmetto Books Books 1 book · 2018
01 Writing South Carolina, Volume 3: Selections from the Third High School Writing Contest(With: Aida Rogers,Steven Lynn) 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 14 books · 1995–2025
01 The Long Road Home 1995 Buy ↗ 02 Girl in the Mirror 1998 Buy ↗ 04 One Summer's Night(As: Mary Alice Kruesi) 2000 Buy ↗ 05 The Four Seasons 2001 Buy ↗ 08 The Secrets We Keep 2005 Buy ↗ 09 Time is a River 2008 Buy ↗ 10 Last Light Over Carolina 2009 Buy ↗ 11 The Butterfly's Daughter 2011 Buy ↗ 12 Second Star to the Right(As: Mary Alice Kruesi) 2013 Buy ↗ 13 The Summer Guests 2019 Buy ↗ 14 Where the Rivers Merge 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2007
01 Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter 2007 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Picture Books 1 book · 2013
01 A Butterfly Called Hope 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Lowcountry Summer Books 5 books · 2013–2016
01 The Summer Girls 2013 Buy ↗ 02 The Summer Wind 2014 Buy ↗ 03 The Summer's End 2015 Buy ↗ 04 A Lowcountry Wedding 2016 Buy ↗ 05 A Lowcountry Christmas 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Islanders Books 2 books · 2021–2022
02 Search for Treasure 2022 Buy ↗