Celia Rees Standalone Novels books in order

The complete list of Celia Rees's standalone novels, from early YA thrillers through historical adventures like Pirates! and Sovay to adult fiction.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Every Step You Take 1993 Celia Rees Buy
2 The Bailey Game 1994 Celia Rees Buy
3 Soul Taker 1997 Celia Rees Buy
4 Ghost Chamber 1999 Celia Rees Buy
5 Truth or Dare 2000 Celia Rees Buy
6 Decayed: Ten Years Of Point Horror 2001 Celia Rees Buy
7 Pirates! 2003 Celia Rees Buy
8 The Wish House 2005 Celia Rees Buy
9 The Stone Testament 2007 Celia Rees Buy
10 Sovay 2008 Celia Rees Buy
11 The Fool’s Girl 2010 Celia Rees Buy
12 This is Not Forgiveness 2011 Celia Rees Buy
13 Glass Town Wars 2018 Celia Rees Buy
14 Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook 2020 Celia Rees Buy

Celia Rees’s standalone novels span nearly three decades and show her moving between genres with confidence. Early titles like Every Step You Take and Soul Taker lean toward YA thriller and horror, while her mid-career books like Pirates! (2003) and Sovay (2008) are historical adventures featuring bold young women in period settings. Pirates! follows a girl who becomes a buccaneer in the Caribbean, and Sovay is about a young woman who takes up highway robbery during the French Revolution.

Her later standalones show continued range. The Fool’s Girl (2010) reimagines characters from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Glass Town Wars (2018) draws on the Bronte siblings’ childhood writings, and Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook (2020) moves fully into adult fiction with a story set in post-war Germany. Rees brings the same commitment to research and atmosphere to each of these distinct projects.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Celia Rees Standalone Novels series?

There are fourteen books in the Celia Rees Standalone Novels series, published between 1993 and 2020.

What is the first book in the Celia Rees Standalone Novels series?

The first book in the Celia Rees Standalone Novels series is Every Step You Take, published in 1993.

Which Celia Rees standalone novel should I read first?

Pirates! is one of her most popular and accessible books, following a young woman who escapes an arranged marriage in Jamaica to become a pirate. For readers interested in her adult fiction, Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook is an excellent starting point with its blend of espionage and food writing.

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