Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forever Amber | 1944 | Kathleen Winsor | Buy |
| 2 | Star Money | 1950 | Kathleen Winsor | Buy |
| 3 | The Lovers | 1952 | Kathleen Winsor | Buy |
| 4 | America with Love | 1954 | Kathleen Winsor | Buy |
| 5 | Wanderers Eastward, Wanderers West | 1965 | Kathleen Winsor | Buy |
| 6 | Calais | 1979 | Kathleen Winsor | Buy |
| 7 | Jacintha | 1984 | Kathleen Winsor | Buy |
| 8 | Robert And Arabella | 1986 | Kathleen Winsor | Buy |
Kathleen Winsor published eight novels between 1944 and 1986, all standalone works with no shared characters or settings. Her books span centuries and continents, from Restoration England to the post-Civil War American frontier to 20th-century New York and Hollywood. The common thread is Winsor’s interest in ambitious women and the societies they move through.
Her debut, Forever Amber (1944), was the bestselling American novel of the 1940s and remains her most widely read work. Star Money (1950) drew on her own experience of sudden literary fame, following a young author whose bestselling novel transforms her life. Wanderers Eastward, Wanderers West (1965) is another large-scale historical novel, stretching across twenty years of American life starting in 1861. Her later novels, including Calais (1979) and Robert and Arabella (1986), are shorter works that continued to explore historical settings and independent heroines.
Winsor’s novels are listed below in publication order. Since each book is a standalone story, readers can start with any title that interests them, though Forever Amber is the natural entry point for anyone new to her work.