Women's Fiction
Elin Hilderbrand Books in Order
by Elin Hilderbrand
Elin Hilderbrand, the Queen of the Beach Read, has written 30+ sun-drenched novels set on Nantucket Island — including the Winter Street quartet, the Paradise trilogy, and dozens of beloved standalones.
About the series
Elin Hilderbrand is the undisputed "Queen of the Beach Read," a New York Times bestselling author who has published more than 30 novels set almost entirely on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, where she lives. Her books blend sun-drenched settings with surprisingly rich emotional stakes — secrets, infidelity, grief, and family fracture — wrapped in an addictively readable summer-vacation package. While most of her work consists of standalone Nantucket novels, she has written several connected sub-series: the Winter Street quartet (a Christmas family saga), the Paradise trilogy (set in the U.S. Virgin Islands), and the 28 Summers duology.
Recommended reading order
Most Hilderbrand novels are true standalones and can be picked up in any order — a good starting point is The Beach Club (2000), Barefoot (2007), or The Hotel Nantucket (2022). For the connected sub-series, read the Winter Street books in order (Winter Street → Winter Stroll → Winter Storms → Winter Solstice), then the Paradise trilogy (Winter in Paradise → What Happens in Paradise → Troubles in Paradise) in order. The 28 Summers duology (28 Summers + The Sixth Wedding) can be read after the main book. Her newer Academy series (2025–, co-written with Shelby Cunningham) is a fresh departure into boarding-school fiction.
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30 books · Ongoing