Joanne Harris

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1994
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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About the Author

Joanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat ( which was made into a major film starring Juliette Binoche), Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Jigs and Reels, Sleep, Pale Sister, Gentlemen & Players, and, with Fran Warde, The French Kitchen: A Cookbook and The French Market: More Recipes From a French Kitchen. Joanne lives in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, with her husband and daughter.

Full Series List in Order

Chocolat

1 - The Girl With No Shadow (May-2008)
2 - Chocolat (Feb-1999)
3 - Peaches for Father Francis // Monsieur Le Cure (Oct-2012)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • Sleep, Pale Sister

    Originally published in 1994 -- and never before available in the United States -- Sleep, Pale Sister is a hypnotically atmospheric story set in nineteenth century London. When puritanical artist Henry Chester sees delicate child beauty Effie, he mak...

  • Chocolat

    Chocolat - 2

    Even before it was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, Joanne Harris' New York Times bestselling novel Chocolat entranced readers with its mix of hedonism, whimsy, and, of course, choco...

  • Evil Seed

    Set in and around Cambridge, this novel is a reworking of the classic vampire myth. The twin strands of the story alternate between the 1940s and 1980s. In each a woman appears to wreak havoc in the life of the men who want her....

  • Blackberry Wine

    From the bestselling author who seduced us with Chocolat comes the intoxicating Blackberry Wine. As a boy, writer Jay Mackintosh spent three golden summers in the ramshackle home of "Jackapple Joe" Cox. A lonely child, he found solace in Old Joe's s...

  • Five Quarters of the Orange

    In her bestselling and critically acclaimed novel Chocolat, Joanne Harris told a lush story of the conflicts between pleasure and repression. Now she delivers her most complex and sophisticated work yet, an unforgettable tale of mothers and daughters...

  • The Coastliners

    Mado has been adrift for too long. After ten years in Paris, she returns to the small island of Le Devin, the home that has haunted her since she left.Le Devin is shaped somewhat like a sleeping woman. At her head is the village of Les Salants, while...

  • Holy Fools

    Joanne Harris, bestselling author of Chocolat, presents her most accomplished novel yet--an intoxicating concoction that blends theology and reason, deception and masquerade, with a dash of whimsical humor and a soupcon of sensuality. Britanny, 16...

  • Jigs and Reels

    Each of the twenty-two tales in this enchanting collection is a surprise and a delight, melding the poignant and the possible with the outrageous, the magical, and, sometimes, the eerily haunting. Wolf men, dolphin women, defiant old ladies, and midd...

  • Gentlemen and Players

    A harrowing tale of cat and mouse from the New York Times bestselling author of Chocolat For generations, privileged young men have attended St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys, groomed for success by the likes of Roy Straitley, the eccentric Class...



  • The Lollipop Shoes

    'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate sh...

  • Runemarks

    Seven o'clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins have been at the cellar again. Not that anyone would admit it was goblins. In Maddy Smith's world, order rules. Chaos, old gods, faeries, magic -- all of th...

  • The Girl With No Shadow

    Chocolat - 1

    Since she was a little girl, the wind has dictated every move Vianne Rocher has made, buffeting her from place to place, from the small French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes to the crowded streets of Paris. Cloaked in a new identity, that of widow...

  • Blueeyedboy

    A gripping psychological thriller played out in cyberspace, from the bestselling author of Chocolat and The Lollipop Shoes.

    "Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and ag...

  • Runelight

    The squabbling Norse gods and goddesses of Runemarks are back! And there's a feisty new heroine on the scene: Maggie, a girl the same age as Maddy but brought up a world apart - literally, in World's End, the focus of the Order in which Maddy was rai...

  • Peaches for Father Francis // Monsieur Le Cure

    Chocolat - 3

    When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet, the beautiful French village in which eight years ago she opened a chocolate shop and first learned the meaning of...

  • A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String

    A second short story collection from Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat and Peaches for Monsieur le Cure.
    'Stories are like Russian dolls; open them up, and in each one you'll find another story.'

    Conjured from a wickedly imaginative pen, h...

  • The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller

    Struggling to get back to UNIT HQ, his body being destroyed by radiation, the Third Doctor arrives in the most perfect English village, where everyone is happy. But is he really on Earth, or somewhere far more strange? As his body weakens, the Doctor...

  • Different Class

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Chocolat comes a dark, suspenseful tale in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith about a sociopathic young outcast at an antiquated prep school and the curmudgeonly Latin teacher who uncovers his dangerous ...

  • It Came From Beneath the Waves

    An anthology of strange sea tales from inspiring writers across the UK, including Joanne Harris's folk tale The Selkie.

    It Came from Beneath the Waves spans genres, with the post-apocalyptic weirdness of Carmen Marcus's Bight, Tomcat and the...



  • The Strawberry Thief

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    'So wise, so atmospheric, so beautifully written' Marian Keyes

    Return to the world of the multi-million-copy bestselling Chocolat....

    Vianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, t...

  • A Narrow Door

    An electrifying tale of psychological suspense and revenge at an elite boarding school where secrets run deep. Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules. It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school. For ...

  • Broken Light

    A bold and timely novel that explores how women can feel invisible as they grow older -- and what happens when they decide to take back control.Bernie Moon's ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by everyone, even Bernie herself. At nineteen she w...

  • Mother, Maiden, Crone

    Turn the page, and step into a stunning, evocative world where nature, magic and fate are inextricably linked, and one wrong - or right - step can take you from the modern world into one filled with both danger and wonder.This beautiful volume contai...

  • The Moonlight Market

    From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel of two colliding worlds. Deep in the heart of London, a young photographer named Tom Argent walks the streets and captures whatever catches his eye: an...

  • Songs from the Nine Worlds

    Turn the page, and step into a stunning, evocative world where nature, magic and fate are inextricably linked, and one wrong - or right - step can take you from the modern world into one filled with both danger and wonder.This beautiful volume contai...

  • Vianne

    Million-copy bestselling author Joanne Harris returns to the world of Chocolat with the long-awaited story of Vianne, which begins six years before she opens her scandalous chocolaterie in the small French village of Lansquenet.Secrets. Chocolate. A ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joanne Harris has published 26 books.

Joanne Harris does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Vianne, was published in May 2025.

The first book by Joanne Harris, Sleep, Pale Sister, was published in January 1994.

Yes. Joanne Harris has 1 series.
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