Colleen McCullough

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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1974
  • Latest Book:
    August 2014
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About the Author

Colleen McCullough was born in Australia. A neurophysiologist, she worked in Australia and the U.K. before joining the department of neurology at the Yale University School of Internal Medicine, where she remained for ten years.
Publication of The Thorn Birds, her second novel, in 1977, saw the end of her scientific career. She moved to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, where she lives with her husband, Ric Robinson.

Full Series List in Order

A Carmine Delmonico Novel

1 - On, Off (Jun-2006)
2 - Too Many Murders (Dec-2009)
3 - Naked Cruelty (Jan-2011)
4 - The Prodigal Son (Nov-2012)
5 - Sins of the Flesh (Nov-2013)

Masters of Rome

1 - The First Man in Rome (Sep-1990)
2 - The Grass Crown (Oct-1991)
3 - Fortune's Favorites (Oct-1993)
4 - Caesar's Women (Jan-1996)
5 - Caesar (Dec-1997)
6 - The October Horse (Dec-2002)
7 - Antony and Cleopatra (Dec-2007)

Multi-Author Series List

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet (Oct-2008)

Book List in Order: 23 titles

  • Tim

    Tim has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher....

  • The Thorn Birds

    A phenomenal worldwide bestseller since 1977 THE THORN BIRDS is a robust, romantic saga of three generations. It begins in the early years of this century when Paddy Cleary moves his wife and seven children to Drogheda, an Australian sheep station, o...

  • An Indecent Obsession

    IN CARING FOR THE WOUNDED, SHE FOUND THE STRENGTH OF HER DUTY. To the battle-broken soldiers in honour Langtry's care, she was all they had. The beautiful nurse whose selfless devotion calmed the seething hostilities among them. Their one precious re...

  • A Creed for the Third Millennium

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  • The Ladies of Missalonghi

    In this magical romance, set in a small town in Australia's beautiful Blue Mountains, Colleen McCullough spins a delightful tale of dreams that come true... of rebellious courage... of a plain young woman who shocks her narrow world as she transforms...

  • The First Man in Rome

    Masters of Rome - 1

    With extraordinary narrative power, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history.When the world cowered before the le...

  • The Grass Crown

    Masters of Rome - 2

    New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough returns us to an age of magnificent triumphs, volcanic passions, and barbaric cruelties.Throughout the Western world, great kingdoms have fallen and despots lay crushed beneath the heels of Rome's ...

  • Fortune's Favorites

    Masters of Rome - 3

    With incomparable storytelling skill, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough brings Rome alive in all her majesty -- and illuminates the world of those favored by the gods at birth.In a time of cataclysmic upheaval, a bold new generatio...

  • Caesar's Women

    Masters of Rome - 4

    New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough re-creates an extraordinary epoch before the mighty Republic belonged to Julius Caesar -- when Rome's noblewomen were his greatest conquest.His victories were legend -- in battle and bedchamber ali...



  • Caesar

    Masters of Rome - 5

    It's 54 BCE. Gaius Julius Caesar is sweeping thru Gaul, crushing the fierce, long-haired warrior-kings who stand in his way. His victories in the name of Rome are epic, but the leaders of the Republic are not pleased. They're terrified. Where will th...

  • The Song of Troy

    The tale of the Trojan War brilliantly retold by the bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS.

    The tragic and terrible drama of the war between Greeks and Trojans, the long siege of Troy, and the impact of one woman''s beauty o...

  • Morgan's Run

    Colleen McCullough captivated millions with her beloved worldwide bestseller The Thorn Birds. Now she takes readers to the birth of modern Australia with a breathtaking saga brimming with drama, history, and passion.Following the disappearance of his...

  • The October Horse

    Masters of Rome - 6

    In her new book about the men who were instrumental in establishing the Rome of the Emperors, Colleen McCullough tells the story of a famous love affair and a man whose sheer ability could lead to only one end -- assassination. As The October Horse ...

  • The Touch

    Not since The Thorn Birds has Colleen McCullough written a novel of such broad appeal about a family and the Australian experience as The Touch.At its center is Alexander Kinross, remembered as a young man in his native Scotland only as a shiftless b...

  • Angel

    The bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS returns with a novel of laughter, passion and more than a little magic …1960, Sydney's Kings Cross. Harriet Purcell leaves her conventional, respectable home and respectable, passionless boyfriend and moves...

  • On, Off

    A Carmine Delmonico Novel - 1

    At the heart of this brilliant blend of suspense, forensic science, eerie and sadistic sexuality, and good old-fashioned storytelling is a dedicated but lonely detective, Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico. The year is 1965, the setting a university town i...

  • Antony and Cleopatra

    Masters of Rome - 7

    In this breathtaking follow-up to The October Horse, Colleen McCullough turns her attention to the legendary romance of Antony and Cleopatra, and in this timeless tale of love, politics, and power, proves once again that she is the best historical no...

  • The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet

    Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

    Everyone knows the story of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. But what about their sister Mary? At the conclusion of Jane Austen's classic novel, Mary, bookish, awkward, and by all accounts, unmarriageable, is sentenced to a dull, pro...

  • Too Many Murders

    A Carmine Delmonico Novel - 2

    Proving once again that she is a master of suspense, bestselling author Colleen McCullough returns with a riveting sequel to On, Off. The year is 1967, and the world teeters on the brink of nuclear holocaust as the Cold War goes relentlessly on. O...



  • Naked Cruelty

    A Carmine Delmonico Novel - 3

    America in 1968 is in turmoil and the leafy Holloman suburb of Carew is being silently terrorized by a series of vicious and systematic rapes. When finally one victim finds the courage to speak out and go to the police, the rapist escalates to murder...

  • The Prodigal Son

    A Carmine Delmonico Novel - 4

    Carmine Delmonico returns in this heart-pounding thriller from internationally acclaimed bestselling author Colleen McCullough. HOLLOMAN, CONNECTICUT, 1969. A lethal toxin, extracted from the blowfish, is stolen from a laboratory at Chubb Univers...

  • Sins of the Flesh

    A Carmine Delmonico Novel - 5

    “Some men and women, she reflected, fell into their proper profession, the only one they were eminently crafted to do. And this man was one such. Highly intelligent without the spark of genius, well educated without being entrapped by his learning,...

  • Bittersweet

    In her first epic romantic novel since The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough weaves a sweeping story of two sets of twins -- all trained as nurses, but each with her own ambitions -- stepping into womanhood in 1920s and 30s Australia. Because they a...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Colleen McCullough has published 23 books.

Colleen McCullough does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Bittersweet, was published in August 2014.

The first book by Colleen McCullough, Tim, was published in April 1974.

Yes. Colleen McCullough has 2 series.
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