Fortune's Rocks Quartet Books in Order
See the Fortune's Rocks Quartet by Anita Shreve in order, with book summaries, how the shared beach house links the novels, and tips on the best place to begin.
Last updated: December 21, 2025
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Publication Order
4 books
Body Surfing
by Anita Shreve
2007
At twenty‑nine, twice‑married Sydney Sklar takes a summer job tutoring Julie Edwards at her family’s New Hampshire beach house. Drawn into the family’s tensions and into a charged triangle with Julie’s two older brothers, Sydney finds her hard‑won stability tested yet again by love and betrayal.
Sea Glass
by Anita Shreve
2002
Newlyweds Honora and Sexton Beecher think they’ve found their dream home in a weathered beach house, but the 1929 crash and looming mill layoffs shatter their plans. Drawn into a bitter labor struggle, they form unlikely alliances that test their marriage, loyalties, and ideas about security.
Fortune's Rocks
by Anita Shreve
1999
In the summer of 1899, fifteen‑year‑old Olympia Biddeford leaves Boston for a fashionable New Hampshire seaside colony and falls into a scandalous affair with a married, much older doctor. When their passion leads to pregnancy and ruin, Olympia must decide what she is willing to sacrifice for her child.
The Pilot's Wife
by Anita Shreve
1998
After her husband’s plane explodes off the coast of Ireland, Kathryn Lyons must navigate grief, intrusive investigators, and a ravenous press. The more she learns about the crash, the more she realizes the man she married was hiding another life that upends everything she thought she knew.
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