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Allison Pittman Books in Order

Explore Allison Pittman books in order, with short summaries, series guides, and easy starting points for her historical novels, standalones, and collections.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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23 books

Ten Thousand Charms

by Allison Pittman

2005

Pregnant and trapped in a Wyoming mining camp, Gloria sees no future worth trusting. A practical bargain with grieving widower John William MacGregan leads her west, where she must decide whether grace and family are really meant for her.

Speak Through the Wind

by Allison Pittman

2007

Rescued as a child from New York's Five Points, Kassandra throws away her safest home with one terrible choice. Her path carries her through loss, prostitution, and a new identity in the West as she wonders whether redemption is still possible.

Saturdays with Stella

by Allison Pittman

2008

Pittman turns obedience school with her unruly puppy into a funny, thoughtful spiritual memoir. As Stella learns commands like sit, stay, and come, her owner discovers how closely dog training can echo the life of faith.

With Endless Sight

by Allison Pittman

2008

Belinda leaves Illinois for the Oregon Territory expecting adventure and family security. Instead she is stranded by loss and forced to survive a brutal frontier winter, where forgiveness becomes harder, and more necessary, than she imagined.

Stealing Home

by Allison Pittman

2009

In 1905, hard-drinking Cubs pitcher Duke Dennison is hidden away in small-town Missouri to sober up before the pennant race. The people asked to watch him are carrying hurts of their own, and baseball quickly stops being the only thing at stake.

For Time & Eternity

by Allison Pittman

2010

Camilla Deardon falls for Nathan Fox, a young Mormon traveler her parents warned her to avoid. Following him to Utah feels like choosing love, until she discovers the life waiting there is far more complicated than romance.

The Bridegrooms

by Allison Pittman

2010

When a line drive from a baseball game drops an unidentified man into the Allenhouse family's parlor, a week of upheaval begins. Four sisters, old grief, and a house full of unexpected visitors turn this 1898 story into a lively romantic tangle.

Forsaking All Others

by Allison Pittman

2011

After fleeing her Mormon home and nearly dying in the snow, Camilla Fox is rescued by U.S. Army officers and given time to heal. But recovery is only the start, because she still has daughters in Salt Lake City and hard choices waiting there.

Lilies in Moonlight

by Allison Pittman

2011

After a wild night out, flapper Lilly Margolis tumbles into the life of wounded veteran Cullen Burnside and his fading mother. Her bright charm shakes their lonely household awake, even as her own restless heart begins to crack open.

All for a Song

by Allison Pittman

2013

Dorothy Lynn Dunbar leaves her familiar church world and gets a jolt of Jazz Age glamour in St. Louis. Offered a place on Aimee Semple McPherson's crusade team, she must decide how much change she can welcome without losing herself.

All for a Story

by Allison Pittman

2013

Monica Bisbaine loves her gossip-column life, speakeasies, and the freedom of being a modern woman in Washington, D.C. Then a new editor sends her after the Anti-Flirt Society, forcing her to choose between easy thrills and harder truths.

All for a Sister

by Allison Pittman

2014

In 1920s Hollywood, Celeste DuFrane learns that her late mother's estate has been split with Dana Lundgren, a woman once blamed for killing Celeste's baby sister. As the two compare stories, an old confession begins to rewrite everything they thought they knew.

On Shifting Sand

by Allison Pittman

2015

Nola Merrill is worn down by drought, disappointment, and a marriage that never became the refuge she hoped for. When a drifter from her husband's past stirs up old hunger and new betrayal, the cost reaches every corner of her life.

The Sister Wife Collection

by Allison Pittman

2016

This two-book collection pairs For Time & Eternity and Forsaking All Others. Together they follow Camilla's move into Mormon Utah, the shock of plural marriage, and her painful fight for a life she can still call her own.

An Offering

by Allison Pittman

2017

In 1504 Germany, eight-year-old Therese longs for a home that feels safe and lasting. A harsh encounter on the road and a brief refuge in a convent set her on a path shaped by grace, sacrifice, and belonging.

Loving Luther

by Allison Pittman

2017

This novel follows Katharina von Bora from childhood in a convent to her life beside Martin Luther. Pittman turns a famous chapter of Reformation history into a story about courage, faith, freedom, and an unexpected love.

The Roaring Twenties Collection

by Allison Pittman

2017

This omnibus gathers All for a Song, All for a Story, and All for a Sister in one volume. Across the Jazz Age, four women chase love, work, truth, and faith while the world around them changes fast.

The Seamstress

by Allison Pittman

2019

On the eve of the French Revolution, orphaned cousins Renée and Laurette leave their quiet village for very different futures in Paris. One is drawn toward the court of Marie Antoinette, the other toward rebellion, and both pay a price.

These Great Gifts

by Allison Pittman

2019

Set in 1898 New York, this short historical romance pairs a sharp-tongued baseball fan with the star player she never expected to meet. It is a light, warm story about admiration turning into something more personal.

Pudge and Prejudice

by Allison Pittman

2021

In 1984 Texas, Elyse Nebbit arrives at a new high school already uneasy in her own skin. This playful Pride and Prejudice retelling mixes football, first love, and plenty of awkward honesty as Elyse learns to see herself differently.

The Lady in Residence

by Allison Pittman

2021

Young widow Hedda Krause checks into San Antonio's Menger Hotel in 1915 and winds up at the center of a ghostly theft and a very public scandal. A century later, ghost-tour guide Dini Blackstone follows fresh clues that could finally explain what happened.

Laura's Shadow

by Allison Pittman

2022

In 1890 De Smet, Mariah Patterson risks everything on a love that was never really hers. In the 1970s, her great-granddaughter Trixie returns home and slowly uncovers the family secret Mariah carried for decades.

A Letter to Eli

by Allison Pittman

2024

While World War II shadows daily life in New York City, best friends Bette and Alice try to build steady futures. Then a hidden letter reconnects Bette with the wounded soldier she once loved, reopening grief and hope at the same time.

Where should I start?

If you want frontier redemption stories: Ten Thousand CharmsSpeak Through the WindWith Endless Sight
If you want emotionally intense historical drama: For Time & EternityForsaking All Others
If you like Jazz Age women's fiction: All for a SongAll for a StoryAll for a Sister
If you want a strong standalone historical: The SeamstressLoving Luther
If you want dual-time mystery with old secrets: The Lady in ResidenceLaura's Shadow

Author bio

Allison Pittman writes historical fiction that likes to get its hands dirty. Her novels are full of women in hard places, old hurts that do not stay buried, and faith that has to be lived out in the middle of real trouble. Before she became known for fiction, she spent more than fifteen years teaching English, and that background still shows in the way she builds character, setting, and emotional stakes.

Writing was not something she kept at a safe distance. In the mid-2000s, after years in the classroom, she stepped more fully into fiction and began building a body of work that ranges from frontier stories to Reformation history to a funny, tender 1980s Austen retelling. Teaching never really left her, though. Over the years, it has remained part of her life alongside writing and mentoring.

She is clearly drawn to the people history tends to leave near the edges.

That instinct runs through much of her work. In Ten Thousand Charms, she starts with a pregnant prostitute in the Wyoming Territories and writes her toward grace without pretending the road is easy. In For Time & Eternity, she turns to the Mormon frontier and follows a young woman's love story into a much harsher life than she expected. Readers who stick with Pittman usually like that honesty. Her books do not act as if faith wipes out sorrow, shame, or bad choices in a single scene.

She can shift gears, too. The Roaring Twenties novels, beginning with All for a Song, bring jazz-age energy, changing morals, revival culture, and ambitious young women into the picture. The Seamstress reaches back to France on the edge of revolution and spins a full novel from a tiny moment in A Tale of Two Cities. Then Pudge and Prejudice, published as A.K. Pittman, moves to 1984 Texas and turns Pride and Prejudice into a warm, sharp story about body image, high school status, and learning to see yourself clearly.

And yes, she even found a way to turn dog training into a book. Saturdays with Stella takes obedience school with a beloved, difficult dog and turns it into a thoughtful, funny reflection on spiritual life.

More recent books like The Lady in Residence and Laura's Shadow show another side of her range. These dual-time stories mix family secrets, local legend, and real historical places, while still keeping the focus on women trying to understand what they have inherited from the past. That is a good way to describe Pittman's fiction in general. She likes overlooked women, loaded settings, and moral crossroads.

Her work has earned steady recognition over the years, including Christy and RITA nominations, and she has also won a Carol Award. Still, the details that seem to fit her best are the practical ones. She has taught English, encouraged other writers, and stayed rooted in ordinary life while building a long career in books. That groundedness matters. Even when her plots get big, the people inside them feel lived in.

Pittman has long made her home in the San Antonio, Texas, area with her husband Mike, and she has been active in the local Christian writing community there. For readers, that background makes sense. Her novels feel like they were written by someone who loves books, loves history, and knows people well enough not to make them too easy.

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