The Baxters Books in Order

Karen Kingsbury has written over 30 novels about the Baxter family, a large Christian clan navigating love, loss, faith, and redemption across multiple generations. The series began in 2001 and continues today, having sold over 25 million copies. John and Elizabeth Baxter raised five children in Bloomington, Indiana. Each child's story spans multiple books: Brooke the doctor, Kari the struggling single mother, Ashley the artist, Erin the peacemaker, and Luke the lawyer. Their children's children eventually get their own storylines. The family tree requires a diagram to follow. The books deal with topics Christian readers often face: unwanted pregnancies, affairs, illness, doubts about faith, prodigal children who leave the church and sometimes return. Kingsbury writes from an evangelical perspective, and her characters pray, attend church, and experience what they interpret as answered prayers. The theology is specific rather than generic. Readers who connect with the Baxters become deeply invested in the family. Kingsbury receives letters from fans who name their children after characters or plan vacations around Bloomington. Roma Downey and Ted McGinley star in the Prime Video adaptation, which premiered in 2023. The show emphasizes the family drama over the explicitly religious elements, though faith remains central to how the characters make decisions.

List of The Baxters Books

  1. The Baxters

    Published: 2024

  2. Redemption

    Published: 2010

  3. Remember

    Published: 2011

  4. Return

    Published: 2009

  5. Rejoice

    Published: 2009

  6. Fame

    Published: 2005

  7. Forgiven

    Published: 2011

  8. Found

    Published: 2011

  9. Family

    Published: 2006

  10. Forever

    Published: 2007

  11. Reunion

    Published: 2009

  12. A Distant Shore

    Published: 2021

  13. The Baxters Devotional

    Published: 2024

  14. Two Weeks

    Published: 2020

  15. Love Story

    Published: 2017

  16. Coming Home

    Published: 2012

  17. A Baxter Family Christmas

    Published: 2016

  18. Love Story

    Published: 2019

  19. In This Moment

    Published: 2017

  20. To the Moon and Back

    Published: 2018

  21. When We Were Young

    Published: 2019

  22. Someone Like You

    Published: 2024

  23. Truly, Madly, Deeply

    Published: 2021

  24. Forgiving Paris

    Published: 2022

The Baxters Books in Order

by Karen Kingsbury

Karen Kingsbury has written over 30 novels about the Baxter family, a large Christian clan navigating love, loss, faith, and redemption across multiple generations. The series began in 2001 and continues today, having sold over 25 million copies.

John and Elizabeth Baxter raised five children in Bloomington, Indiana. Each child's story spans multiple books: Brooke the doctor, Kari the struggling single mother, Ashley the artist, Erin the peacemaker, and Luke the lawyer. Their children's children eventually get their own storylines. The family tree requires a diagram to follow.

The books deal with topics Christian readers often face: unwanted pregnancies, affairs, illness, doubts about faith, prodigal children who leave the church and sometimes return. Kingsbury writes from an evangelical perspective, and her characters pray, attend church, and experience what they interpret as answered prayers. The theology is specific rather than generic.

Readers who connect with the Baxters become deeply invested in the family. Kingsbury receives letters from fans who name their children after characters or plan vacations around Bloomington. Roma Downey and Ted McGinley star in the Prime Video adaptation, which premiered in 2023. The show emphasizes the family drama over the explicitly religious elements, though faith remains central to how the characters make decisions.