Sunrise Books in Order

The Sunrise series is a four-book Baxter-family arc that takes the story into a new season of change, and uses the “seasons” structure as more than a naming gimmick. These books are about transition: kids growing up, marriages being tested, and the way one choice can reshape a family’s future for years.

The arc runs through Sunrise, Summer, Someday, and Sunset. The Baxters are still anchored by John and Elizabeth, but the spotlight keeps shifting among the adult kids and the people connected to them. The emotional stakes often land on parenting, romance, and the fear of losing the people you thought you could not lose.

A lot happens, but it never loses the family feel.

Kingsbury threads in everyday realism, medical scares, relationship misunderstandings, and the kind of big news that travels fast through a close family. Faith is part of the Baxters’ vocabulary, but the books do not pretend that prayer makes pain vanish. Characters still have to show up, apologize, forgive, and do the next right thing.

If you enjoy stories that combine family drama with a wider community, Sunrise delivers that. The related novel Between Sundays shares some of the same themes, particularly the idea that who you are off the field matters more than who you are on it, and it can be a good companion read around this part of the saga.

For best results, read Sunrise after the earlier Baxter arcs, especially Redemption and Firstborn. You will get more out of the relationships if you have already watched the family grow into the people they are by the time this series begins.