The Recurring Cast
Di Morrissey books in order · Di Morrissey reading order · 31 books · 1991 to 2025

Di Morrissey Books in Order and Reading Order

Crime and mysteryHistorical fictionRural crimeFamily saga

Di Morrissey is one of Australia’s most popular novelists, writing family sagas and romances set across the Australian landscape and the Pacific, from Heart of the Dreaming onwards.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Book summaries are still being added.

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Di Morrissey books in order

Where to start: Queenie and TR with Heart of the Dreaming (1991); Lily Barton with Tears of the Moon (1995). There are 31 books in all, published from 1991 to 2025, across 3 series and groups.

The Di Morrissey reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

See the Di Morrissey reading flowchart: every series side by side, with first appearances and crossovers.

Queenie and TR

2 books · Set in Outback QueenslandFamily sagaRural crime
  1. 1Heart of the Dreaming1991With Queenie HanlonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Follow the Morning Star1993With Queenie HanlonBuy on Amazon

Lily Barton

2 books · Set in BroomeFamily saga
  1. 1Tears of the Moon1995With Lily BartonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Kimberley Sun2002With Lily BartonBuy on Amazon

Standalone

27 books · Set in AustraliaFamily sagaRural crime
  1. 1The Last Rose of Summer1992Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Last Mile Home1994Buy on Amazon
  3. 3When the Singing Stops1997Buy on Amazon
  4. 4The Songmaster1998Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Scatter the Stars1998Buy on Amazon
  6. 6Blaze2000Buy on Amazon
  7. 7The Bay2001Buy on Amazon
  8. 8Barra Creek2003Buy on Amazon
  9. 9The Reef2004Buy on Amazon
  10. 10The Valley2006Buy on Amazon
  11. 11Monsoon2007Buy on Amazon
  12. 12The Islands2008Buy on Amazon
  13. 13The Silent Country2009Buy on Amazon
  14. 14The Plantation2010Buy on Amazon
  15. 15The Opal Desert2011Buy on Amazon
  16. 16The Golden Land2012Buy on Amazon
  17. 17The Winter Sea2013Buy on Amazon
  18. 18The Road Back2014Buy on Amazon
  19. 19Rain Music2015Buy on Amazon
  20. 20A Distant Journey2016Buy on Amazon
  21. 21The Red Coast2017Buy on Amazon
  22. 22Arcadia2018Buy on Amazon
  23. 23The Last Paradise2019Buy on Amazon
  24. 24Before the Storm2020Buy on Amazon
  25. 25The Night Tide2022Buy on Amazon
  26. 26River Song2024Buy on Amazon
  27. 27The Endless Sky2025Buy on Amazon

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Characters

3 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Queenie and TR

Lily Barton

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