Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels books in order

Q: "How many books are in the Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels series?"

"There are eighteen books in the Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels series, published between 1984 and 2008."

Q: "What is the first book in the Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels series?"

"The first book in the Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels series is Light of My Heart, published in 1984."

Q: "What are some of the best-known Kathleen Karr standalone novels?"

"The Great Turkey Walk (1998) is probably her most famous book. It follows Simon Green, a boy considered \"slow\" by his neighbors, who buys a flock of turkeys and walks them from Missouri to Denver in 1860 to sell at a profit. The Boxer (2000) is another well-known title, about a fifteen-year-old Irish immigrant who enters the boxing world of 1880s New York. Gideon and the Mummy Professor (1993) follows a boy traveling the Mississippi with a con man who displays Egyptian mummies."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	Light of My Heart	1984	Kathleen Karr	Buy
2	From This Day Forward	1985	Kathleen Karr	Buy
3	It Ain’t Always Easy	1990	Kathleen Karr	Buy
4	Oh, Those Harper Girls!, Or, Young and Dangerous	1992	Kathleen Karr	Buy
5	Gideon and the Mummy Professor	1993	Kathleen Karr	Buy
6	The Cave	1994	Kathleen Karr	Buy
7	In the Kaiser’s Clutch	1995	Kathleen Karr	Buy
8	The Great Turkey Walk	1998	Kathleen Karr	Buy
9	The Lighthouse Mermaid	1998	Kathleen Karr	Buy
10	Man of the Family	1999	Kathleen Karr	Buy
11	The Boxer	2000	Kathleen Karr	Buy
12	Playing with Fire	2001	Kathleen Karr	Buy
13	The 7th Knot	2003	Kathleen Karr	Buy
14	Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free	2003	Kathleen Karr	Buy
15	Exiled: Memoirs of a Camel	2004	Kathleen Karr	Buy
16	Worlds Apart	2005	Kathleen Karr	Buy
17	Born for Adventure	2007	Kathleen Karr	Buy
18	Fortune’s Fool	2008	Kathleen Karr	Buy

Kathleen Karr’s standalone novels cover an impressive range of American historical settings. Her earliest solo titles, Light of My Heart (1984) and From This Day Forward (1985), were inspirational novels. By 1990, with It Ain’t Always Easy, she had turned to children’s fiction and never looked back. Over the next two decades she produced a steady stream of historical adventures for young readers.

The Great Turkey Walk (1998) became her signature book, a funny and warmhearted story about a Missouri boy who herds a thousand turkeys across the plains to Denver. The Boxer (2000) took a more serious tone, following a teenage Irish immigrant into the bare-knuckle boxing rings of 1880s New York. Other standouts include Gideon and the Mummy Professor (1993), about a boy traveling with a sideshow con artist along the Mississippi, and Exiled: Memoirs of a Camel (2004), a novel told from the point of view of a camel imported to the American Southwest by the US Army. Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free (2003) follows a prisoner at a women’s penitentiary who discovers Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The collection also includes Born for Adventure (2007), set in 1880s Congo, and Fortune’s Fool (2008), set during the German Renaissance.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels series?

There are eighteen books in the Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels series, published between 1984 and 2008.

What is the first book in the Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels series?

The first book in the Kathleen Karr Standalone Novels series is Light of My Heart, published in 1984.

What are some of the best-known Kathleen Karr standalone novels?

The Great Turkey Walk (1998) is probably her most famous book. It follows Simon Green, a boy considered “slow” by his neighbors, who buys a flock of turkeys and walks them from Missouri to Denver in 1860 to sell at a profit. The Boxer (2000) is another well-known title, about a fifteen-year-old Irish immigrant who enters the boxing world of 1880s New York. Gideon and the Mummy Professor (1993) follows a boy traveling the Mississippi with a con man who displays Egyptian mummies.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Reading order