Reading order

In the Garden reading order

Nora Roberts

  1. Blue Dahlia2004
  2. Black Rose2005
  3. Red Lily2005
3 volumes
Volumes
2004–2005
Published
about 21 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Blue Dahlia
Start withBlue Dahlia2004 · Volume 1 of 3

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Publication order

3 volumes2004–2005Completed

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,147 pages, about 21 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around November 30, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 114 h19 daysby November 17, 2026
    • 1. Blue Dahlia2004 · 387 pages · 7 h
    • 2. Black Rose2005 · 376 pages · 7 h
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 21, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 27 h9 daysby November 30, 2026
    • 3. Red Lily2005 · 384 pages · 7 h
  4. The end of the series
    November 30, 2026
In one goNovember 26, 2026about 4 weeks
In stages, with breaksNovember 30, 2026about 5 weeks · +2 h of other books

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

Read: 0 of 3

No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

  1. Blue Dahlia
    Blue Dahlia2004 · 39 ratingsStart hereBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  2. Black Rose
    Black Rose2005 · 30 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. Red Lily
    Red Lily2005 · 29 ratingsBuy
    –Not ranked yet

Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which In the Garden book is the longest?

“Blue Dahlia” is the longest at 387 pages; the shortest is “Black Rose” with 376 pages.

What should I read after In the Garden?

Other series by Nora Roberts: Chronicles of The One, The Circle Trilogy, In Death.

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