Michael R. Phillips books

Michael R. Phillips is an American author of Christian historical fiction with over 60 novels, known for multi-volume family sagas set in nineteenth-century America, Scotland, and Russia.

American Dreams Reading Order

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Dream of Freedom 2005 Buy
Dream of Life 2006 Buy
Dream of Love 2008 Buy

Annals of the Forest

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The Sword, the Garden, and the King 2013 Buy

Caledonia Reading Order

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Legend of the Celtic Stone 1999 Buy
An Ancient Strife 2000 Buy

Carolina Cousins Reading Order

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A Perilous Proposal 2005 Buy
The Soldier’s Lady 2006 Buy
Miss Katie’s Rosewood 2007 Buy
Never Too Late 2007 Buy

Highland Collection Reading Order

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Jamie MacLeod 1987 Buy
Robbie Taggart 1987 Buy

Livingstone Chronicles Reading Order

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A Rift in Time 1997 Buy
Hidden in Time 2000 Buy

Marie Buchan Reading Order

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Angel Harp 2011 Buy
Heather Song 2011 Buy

Mercy and Eagleflight Reading Order

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Mercy and Eagleflight 1996 Buy
A Dangerous Love 1997 Buy

Secret of the Rose Reading Order

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The Eleventh Hour 1993 Buy
A Rose Remembered 1994 Buy
Escape to Freedom 1994 Buy
Dawn of Liberty 1995 Buy

Secrets of Heathersleigh Hall Reading Order

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Wild Grows the Heather in Devon 1998 Buy
Heathersleigh Homecoming 1999 Buy
Wayward Winds 1999 Buy
A New Dawn Over Devon 2001 Buy

Secrets of the Shetlands Reading Order

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The Cottage 2016 Buy
The Inheritance 2016 Buy
The Legacy 2017 Buy

Shenandoah Sisters Reading Order

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A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton 2003 Buy
Angels Watching Over Me 2003 Buy
The Color of Your Skin Ain’t the Color of Your Heart 2003 Buy
Together Is All We Need 2004 Buy

Stonewycke Trilogy Reading Order

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Flight from Stonewycke 1985 Buy
The Heather Hills of Stonewycke 1985 Buy
The Lady of Stonewycke 1986 Buy

The Beyond Trilogy Reading Order

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The Garden at the Edge of Beyond 1998 Buy
Hell and Beyond 2013 Buy
Heaven and Beyond 2014 Buy

The Green Hills of Snowdonia Reading Order

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From Across the Ancient Waters 2012 Buy
The Treasure of the Celtic Triangle 2012 Buy

The Journals of Corrie & Christopher Reading Order

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The Braxtons of Miracle Springs 1996 Buy
A New Beginning 1997 Buy

The Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister Reading Order

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Daughter of Grace 1990 Buy
My Father’s World 1990 Buy
A Place in the Sun 1991 Buy
On the Trail of the Truth 1991 Buy
Into the Long Dark Night 1992 Buy
Sea to Shining Sea 1992 Buy
Land of the Brave and the Free 1993 Buy
A Home for the Heart 1994 Buy
Grayfox 1996 Buy

The Maxwell Chronicles Reading Order

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Pinnacles of Power 1991 Buy
Depths of Destiny 1992 Buy

The Russians Reading Order

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The Crown and the Crucible 1991 Buy
A House Divided 1992 Buy
Travail and Triumph 1992 Buy
Heirs of the Motherland 1993 Buy
Passage into Light 2015 Buy
The Dawning of Deliverance 2015 Buy
White Nights, Red Morning 2015 Buy

The Stonewycke Legacy Reading Order

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Stranger at Stonewycke 1987 Buy
Shadows Over Stonewycke 1988 Buy
Treasure of Stonewycke 1988 Buy

Michael R. Phillips has been writing Christian historical fiction since the mid-1980s, with over sixty novels published across twenty series. His books are family sagas that follow characters through periods of historical upheaval, from the California Gold Rush to the Russian Revolution, with Christian faith as the thread connecting the stories.

His longest series, The Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister, runs to nine volumes and follows a young woman’s life in the American West. Phillips has also written extensively about Scotland, including the Stonewycke Trilogy and its sequel series The Stonewycke Legacy. Many of his existing series pages are already on the site, reflecting the breadth of his catalog across American, Scottish, and Russian settings.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Michael R. Phillips written?

Michael R. Phillips has written 64 books across twenty series.

What was Michael R. Phillips's first book?

Michael R. Phillips’s first book is Flight from Stonewycke, published in 1985.

What settings does Michael R. Phillips use most often?

Phillips sets his novels primarily in three places: the American West during the Gold Rush and Civil War eras, the Scottish Highlands, and Tsarist Russia. Many of his series follow families across generations in these settings, with faith and moral growth as central themes. His Scottish novels include the Stonewycke books, while The Russians series spans the late imperial period.

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