Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomorrow is Forever | 1943 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
| 2 | Jubilee Trail | 1950 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
| 3 | Celia Garth | 1959 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
| 4 | Calico Palace | 1970 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
| 5 | Golden Dreams | 1980 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
| 6 | The Invisible Host | 2020 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
| 7 | The Gutenberg Murders | 2020 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
| 8 | The Mardi Gras Murders | 2020 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
| 9 | Two and Two Make Twenty-Two | 2020 | Gwen Bristow | Buy |
Bristow’s standalone novels range across American history. Tomorrow is Forever (1943) tells the story of a man believed dead in World War I who returns to find his wife has remarried. Jubilee Trail (1950), her biggest commercial hit, follows a young couple on the wagon trail to California. Celia Garth (1959) is set during the American Revolution in South Carolina.
Calico Palace (1970) returns to California during the Gold Rush, and Golden Dreams (1980) was her final novel. The four mystery novels listed with 2020 dates (The Invisible Host, The Gutenberg Murders, The Mardi Gras Murders, and Two and Two Make Twenty-Two) were co-written with her first husband and originally published in the 1930s before being reissued digitally.