Maria Grace Books in Order (Updated May 9, 2026)

Maria Grace writes across several related but separate lanes: Jane Austen variations, Regency romance, historical fantasy, science fiction, children’s biblical adventure, and nonfiction about Jane Austen’s world. Many readers discover her through Jane Austen’s Dragons, but that is only one part of her catalogue.

Her books should not be treated as one continuous universe. The best approach is to choose the series you want, then read that series in order.

The main exception is Jane Austen’s Dragons, which has a strong internal continuity and should be read in sequence.

Start Here: Choose Your Path

1. For Jane Austen fantasy: Start with Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon.
2. For a traditional Pride and Prejudice variation: Start with Darcy’s Decision or Mistaking Her Character.
3. For a shorter Austen-inspired entry: Start with A Spot of Sweet Tea.
4. For science fiction/fantasy outside Austen: Start with The Wright Way to Begin or Kayavan Rising.
5. For nonfiction: Start with Courtship and Marriage in Jane Austen’s World.

Maria Grace Books by Series

Given Good Principles Books in Order

This is one of Maria Grace’s core Pride and Prejudice variation series. It follows a connected alternate path, so read these in order.

1. Darcy’s Decision (2012): A young Fitzwilliam Darcy faces grief, inheritance, and responsibility after his father’s death, setting up a more reflective version of the man Elizabeth Bennet will eventually meet.
2. The Future Mrs. Darcy (2012): Elizabeth’s family reputation comes under pressure from militia behavior and local gossip, forcing her to protect both her sisters and her future.
3. All the Appearance of Goodness (2013): Darcy and Elizabeth’s courtship is complicated by rival appearances, hidden motives, and the difficulty of telling true character from polished behavior.
4. Twelfth Night at Longbourn (2013): Kitty Bennet takes the focus after her sisters’ marriages and Lydia’s scandal, making this a later-family story rather than a standard Darcy-and-Elizabeth retelling.

Queen of Rosings Park Books in Order

This is a separate Pride and Prejudice variation trilogy. It changes the Bennet family’s circumstances by placing them under Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s control.

1. Mistaking Her Character (2015): Elizabeth is the daughter of Lady Catherine’s physician at Rosings, where Lady Catherine tries to arrange her future and Darcy becomes the one man capable of disrupting that plan.
2. The Trouble to Check Her (2016): Lydia Bennet faces the consequences of her choices in a story that pushes the Rosings Park variation beyond Elizabeth and Darcy.
3. A Less Agreeable Man (2017): Mary Bennet, Rosings Park, and Colonel Fitzwilliam move toward the center as the trilogy deals with inheritance, responsibility, and Lady Catherine’s decline.

Read this trilogy in series order. The later books rely on the altered world created in Mistaking Her Character.

Jane Austen’s Dragons Books in Order

Jane Austen’s Dragons is Maria Grace’s largest and most continuity-heavy series. It blends Jane Austen characters with a hidden dragon society, the Blue Order, and an alternate magical history of Britain.

Read this series in order. Later books build on dragon politics, dragon-human treaties, family roles, and earlier character choices.

1. Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon (2016): Darcy, Elizabeth, and the young firedrake Pemberley are pulled into a secret dragon world where one egg may decide the fragile peace between humans and dragons.
2. Longbourn: Dragon Entail (2017): Elizabeth’s connection to baby Pemberley creates conflict with Longbourn, Mr. Collins, and the estate dragon, turning the entail into a magical and political crisis.
3. Netherfield: Rogue Dragon (2018): Elizabeth, Darcy, and Pemberley face a rogue dragon threat while their personal future becomes tangled with the survival of the Blue Order.
4. A Proper Introduction to Dragons (2018): A prequel-style story focused on Mr. Bennet and young Elizabeth, showing how dragon knowledge first entered Elizabeth’s life.
5. The Dragons of Kellynch (2020): The dragon world expands into Persuasion, with Anne Elliot discovering that seeing and speaking to dragons changes every assumption about her future.
6. Kellynch: Dragon Persuasion (2020): Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth confront dragon treasure, estate decline, and old heartbreak as Kellynch’s dragon problems become dangerous.
7. Dragons Beyond the Pale (2021): The series moves further into Blue Order conflict, with Wentworth, Anne, and Kellynch facing dragon behavior that threatens the wider peace.
8. Dragon Keepers’ Cotillion (2021): Elizabeth’s position in the dragon world becomes more complicated as Blue Order politics, family protection, and hidden archives collide.
9. The Turnspit Dragon and Other Tales of the Blue Order (2021): A story collection that fills in smaller corners of the dragon world and works best after the early main novels.
10. The Buttercross Dragon (2022): A shorter dragon-world tale, commonly placed around the 2021-2022 portion of the series and best treated as optional but useful companion reading.
11. The Dragons of Pemberley (2022): The focus returns strongly to Pemberley and the larger consequences of Darcy and Elizabeth’s dragon responsibilities.
12. Miss Georgiana and the Dragon (2022): Georgiana Darcy steps into a more central role, expanding the series beyond Darcy and Elizabeth’s original arc.
13. Here There Be Dragons (2023): The Blue Order world continues to widen, with dragon law, family loyalty, and political danger becoming more important.
14. Secrets of the Dragon Archives (2024): Hidden records and old dragon knowledge become central, making this a later-series book that should not be read too early.
15. Dragons at Land’s End (2024): The dragon conflict moves toward a broader geographic and political edge, continuing the late-series expansion.
16. Dancing with Dragons (2025): The newest confirmed main Jane Austen’s Dragons title continues the dragon-world arc and belongs after the earlier Blue Order books.

Darcy Family Christmas Books in Order

These are Christmas-centered Pride and Prejudice continuations and companion stories. They are more seasonal than saga-driven, but they work best in order.

1. The Darcys’ First Christmas (2015): Elizabeth prepares for her first Christmastide as mistress of Pemberley, only for unexpected guests and uncertainty to test her confidence.
2. Darcy and Elizabeth: Christmas 1811 (2017): A “missing season” story that imagines what might have happened during the Christmas period inside Austen’s original timeline.
3. From Admiration to Love (2017): Darcy’s post-Netherfield feelings and Elizabeth’s exposure to Wickham’s attentions shape a Christmas-period emotional turning point.
4. Unexpected Gifts (2020): A later Darcy-family Christmas story where family demands, Lady Catherine, and new hopes complicate the Darcys’ holiday peace.

Sweet Tea Stories in Order

The Sweet Tea stories are shorter Austen-inspired works. Some are collected together, and several can be read independently.

1. A Spot of Sweet Tea (2015): A short-story collection built around hopeful beginnings and gentle Austen-inspired romantic turns.
2. Four Days in April (2015): A brief story where two letters and four days alter the direction of the characters’ lives.
3. Last Dance (2015): A short romantic piece that uses dancing, or the lack of it, as the pressure point for affection.
4. Not Romantic (2015): A Charlotte Lucas-centered short story about practicality, security, and the uneasy cost of choosing one’s future.
5. Sweet Ginger (2015): A Harriet Smith story that moves into Emma territory and gives her a gentler alternate possibility.
6. Snowbound at Hartfield (2017): Colonel Fitzwilliam is stranded with familiar happily married couples and one proud spinster, turning a snowbound visit into a reluctant-romance setup.
7. The Attentions of a Most Affectionate Mother (2018): Mary Bennet tries to escape Mrs. Bennet’s matchmaking, only to find that a library encounter may not be as inconvenient as she expects.
8. Inspiration (2019): Darcy is reimagined as a gentleman artist whose lost muse returns when he meets the one woman in Hertfordshire who dislikes him most.

World Wrights Books in Order

World Wrights is separate from Maria Grace’s Austen fiction. It is a fantasy series about people who can work with the elements.

For story flow, begin with the prequel, then continue into the main sequence.

1. The Wright Way to Begin (2024): A prequel entry that introduces Rebecca Fuller, elemental work, and the pressures that shape the Wright world.
2. Wrighting Old Wrongs (2023): Rebecca Fuller inherits debts, a shop, and a guild system that refuses to value her properly, setting up the main conflict of the series.
3. On the Wright Path (2025): The elemental-guild story continues as Rebecca’s abilities and the future of the Wrights become harder to separate.
4. Turning the Wright Way (2025): A later main-series entry that belongs after the earlier Rebecca Fuller books because it builds on the same magical and institutional tensions.

Kayavan Chronicles Books in Order

The Kayavan Chronicles are science fiction and should be read separately from the Austen and dragon books.

Publication listings and the author’s suggested order do not perfectly align. For a simple publication-order read, use the order below.

1. Kayavan Rising (2024): A pilot and security specialist is pulled into danger, betrayal, and political intrigue as the Kayavan comet signals storms across the system.
2. Storm Watch (2025): Arilyn Lysand and Matteo Sennet become entangled in guild politics, dangerous travel, and shifting alliances during the Ring Fighting Championships.
3. Laythe’s Own (forthcoming/uncertain): Listed by the author as a later Kayavan title, but a firm final publication status should be checked before adding it to a completed reading list.

Standalone Novels and Separately Listed Fiction

These books are not required for the major series above. Read them when the premise interests you.

1. Remember the Past: …only as it gives you pleasure (2014): A Pride and Prejudice variation with Admiral Bennet, a London season, scandal, and a move to Derbyshire that changes Elizabeth’s path toward Darcy.
2. White Petals (2015): A separately listed novel outside the main Austen-variation series; treat it as independent unless an edition places it in a specific collection.
3. The Darcy Brothers (2015, with other authors): A shared anthology built around Darcy-family material, useful for completists but not part of a single Grace-only continuity.
4. Praying Out of the Darkness (2018): A separately listed inspirational or faith-linked title outside Grace’s main Austen and fantasy structures.
5. Persuasion: Behind the Scenes (2019, with Susan Mason-Milks): A companion-style Austen-inspired work connected to Persuasion material rather than a standard Darcy-and-Elizabeth variation.
6. Fine Eyes and Pert Opinions (2019): A Pride and Prejudice variation in which Darcy’s effort to guide Georgiana’s accomplishments brings Elizabeth into the Pemberley circle in a different way.

Gospel Time Trekkers Books in Order

These children’s books are usually listed under Maria Grace Dateno and are separate from Maria Grace’s Austen catalogue. Dates vary by listing, so the order matters more than the exact year.

1. Shepherds to the Rescue: A child-focused biblical adventure that begins the Gospel Time Trekkers sequence.
2. Braving the Storm: The time-travel adventure continues with a danger-centered episode for young readers.
3. Danger at Sea: The series moves into a sea-based biblical adventure with risk and rescue as the main shape.
4. Mystery of the Missing Jars: A mystery plot gives the children another entry point into the biblical world.
5. Courageous Quest: The sequence continues with another faith-based adventure built around courage and discovery.

Jane Austen Regency Life Nonfiction Books

These are nonfiction works. They are not part of the fiction reading order, but they are useful for readers who want the social and historical background behind Austen variations.

1. A Jane Austen Christmas: Regency Christmas Traditions (2014/2019 listings): A guide to Christmastide customs in Austen’s era, useful before reading Christmas-themed Austen variations.
2. Courtship and Marriage in Jane Austen’s World (2016): A nonfiction explanation of Regency courtship, marriage settlements, engagements, inheritance pressures, and social rules.
3. How Jane Austen Kept Her Cool: An A to Z History of Georgian Ice Cream (2018): A focused historical guide to Georgian ice cream, period recipes, and the social world behind the treat.

Anthologies, Collections, and Edited Works

These should be handled separately from the main reading orders.

1. Pride & Prejudice: Behind the Scenes (2016, edited with others): An anthology-style project imagining scenes outside Austen’s original narration.
2. A Jane Austen Christmas Bundle (2015): A collected holiday edition rather than a new continuity step.
3. Christmas Celebrations (2024, with others): A multi-author collection and best treated as optional seasonal material.

Collections and bundles may duplicate stories available elsewhere. Check contents before buying them as “new” books.

Best Maria Grace Reading Order for New Readers

A complete publication-order read is possible, but it is not the most useful path because Grace writes in several separate continuities.

A better route is this:

1. Darcy’s Decision: Start here for a grounded Pride and Prejudice variation series.
2. The Future Mrs. Darcy: Continue the Given Good Principles arc.
3. All the Appearance of Goodness: Stay with the same continuity and let Darcy and Elizabeth’s courtship develop.
4. Twelfth Night at Longbourn: Finish the Given Good Principles sequence with Kitty’s later-family story.
5. Mistaking Her Character: Move to the separate Queen of Rosings Park trilogy.
6. The Trouble to Check Her: Continue that Rosings Park alternate world.
7. A Less Agreeable Man: Finish the Rosings Park trilogy.
8. Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon: Begin the dragon continuity only when you are ready for a longer fantasy series.
9. Longbourn: Dragon Entail: Continue directly because the dragon plot is connected.
10. Netherfield: Rogue Dragon: Complete the opening dragon arc before moving to prequels or expansions.
11. A Proper Introduction to Dragons: Read the Mr. Bennet and young Elizabeth backstory after the opening dragon trilogy.
12. The Dragons of Kellynch: Move into the Persuasion side of the dragon world.
13. Kellynch: Dragon Persuasion: Continue Anne and Wentworth’s dragon storyline.
14. Dragons Beyond the Pale: Follow the broader Blue Order conflict.
15. Dragon Keepers’ Cotillion: Return to Elizabeth and the wider dragon political structure.
16. The Turnspit Dragon and Other Tales of the Blue Order: Add the story collection once the main dragon world is familiar.
17. The Buttercross Dragon: Read as a companion dragon-world story.
18. The Dragons of Pemberley: Continue the later Pemberley-centered dragon arc.
19. Miss Georgiana and the Dragon: Follow Georgiana’s expanded role.
20. Here There Be Dragons: Continue the late-series Blue Order development.
21. Secrets of the Dragon Archives: Read after the major dragon-world rules are established.
22. Dragons at Land’s End: Continue the later dragon arc.
23. Dancing with Dragons: Read last among the currently confirmed main dragon books.

After that, choose by mood: Sweet Tea for shorter Austen-inspired stories, Darcy Family Christmas for seasonal continuations, World Wrights for elemental fantasy, or Kayavan Chronicles for science fiction.

Chronological Order

There is no single chronological order for all Maria Grace books.

The Given Good Principles books have their own internal order. Queen of Rosings Park has its own trilogy order. Jane Austen’s Dragons has a connected fantasy timeline. World Wrights and Kayavan Chronicles are separate speculative series.

For that reason, the correct approach is series order, not one combined timeline.

Which Maria Grace Books Are Connected?

Strongly connected:
Given Good Principles, Queen of Rosings Park, Jane Austen’s Dragons, Darcy Family Christmas, World Wrights, Kayavan Chronicles, and Gospel Time Trekkers.

Loosely connected by Austen source material:
The standalone Austen variations, Sweet Tea stories, and anthology contributions.

Separate from the fiction:
The Jane Austen Regency Life nonfiction books.

Latest Release Status

The latest confirmed major fiction titles in current listings include Dancing with Dragons (2025) in Jane Austen’s Dragons, Storm Watch (2025) in Kayavan Chronicles, and On the Wright Path (2025) / Turning the Wright Way (2025) in World Wrights.

Laythe’s Own is listed by the author as a future Kayavan title, but it should be treated as forthcoming or unconfirmed until final publication details are stable.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the first Maria Grace book?

For her Austen variation catalogue, Darcy’s Decision is the first book in the Given Good Principles series. Some children’s books under Maria Grace Dateno may have earlier or separate listings.

What Maria Grace book should I read first?

Start with Darcy’s Decision for Regency Austen variation, or Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon for the dragon fantasy series.

Are Maria Grace’s books all connected?

No. She writes several separate series. Do not read Jane Austen’s Dragons, Queen of Rosings Park, World Wrights, and Kayavan Chronicles as one shared continuity.

Do I need to read Jane Austen first?

Yes, for the Austen variations. Grace’s Austen-inspired books assume familiarity with Pride and Prejudice, and some also draw from Persuasion and Emma.

Is Jane Austen’s Dragons a series?

Yes. It is a connected historical fantasy series and should be read in order, beginning with Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon.

Is A Proper Introduction to Dragons a prequel?

Yes. It functions as an earlier-background story for the dragon world, especially Mr. Bennet and young Elizabeth, but it is best read after the opening dragon books.

Are the Sweet Tea stories required?

No. They are shorter Austen-inspired stories and can be read separately.

Are Maria Grace’s nonfiction books part of the reading order?

No. They are background guides to Austen’s world and can be read whenever you want historical context.

What is Maria Grace’s newest book?

The newest confirmed listings include 2025 entries in Jane Austen’s Dragons, World Wrights, and Kayavan Chronicles. For Austen-fantasy readers, the key newest title is Dancing with Dragons.

Conclusion

Read Maria Grace by series, not as one combined list. For a classic Austen-variation path, begin with Darcy’s Decision and continue through Given Good Principles. For her best-known fantasy continuity, begin with Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon and follow Jane Austen’s Dragons in order.