Kim Scott

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1999
  • Latest Book:
    July 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Ruth Chernock

1 - Regarding Ruth ()
2 - In Ruth's Memory (Jun-2012)
3 - On Grace's Shoulders (Aug-2012)
4 - Pink Sky & Mourning (Nov-2012)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Benang

    Oceanic in its rhythms and understanding, brilliant in its use of language and image, moving in its largeness of spirit, compelling in its narrative scope and style, this intriguing journey is a celebration and lament -- of beginning and return, of o...

  • Benang: From the Heart

    Oceanic in its rhythms and understanding, brilliant in its use of language and image, moving in its largeness of spirit, compelling in its narrative scope and style, this intriguing journey is a celebration and lament -- of beginning and return, of o...

  • The Dredgersaurus

  • True Country

    Examining ideas of belonging and being an outsider, this story follows Billy, a young school teacher and drifter who arrives in Australia's remote far north in search of his past, his Aboriginal roots, and his future. Through masterful language and m...

  • That Deadman Dance

    Set in Western Australia in the first decades of the nineteenth century, That Deadman Dance is a vast, gorgeous novel about the first contact between the Aboriginal Noongar people and the new European settlers. Bobby Wabalanginy is a young Noongar...

  • In Ruth's Memory

    Ruth Chernock - 2

    This is Book 2 in the Ruth Chernock series. Book 1 is 'Regarding Ruth'In the mid-18th century Province of Maine, Ruth was hung for heinous crimes. This sequel begins after her hanging. Her young daughters, Grace, Isannah and Abitha are left behind t...

  • On Grace's Shoulders

    Ruth Chernock - 3

    Beautiful, enchanting Grace Grenier has become the matriarch of her family. Through the years she copes with terrible tragedy, shocking scandal and unbearable heartbreak. Unfalteringly, she carries the burdens of the family on her shoulders to the en...

  • Pink Sky & Mourning

    Ruth Chernock - 4

    This series began with the hanging of Ruth in 18th century East Grantham, Maine. The books that follow tell the story of the difficult lives of her daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The family struggles to remain close and exhibit fie...

  • The Ruth Chernock Series

    This series began with the hanging of Ruth in 18th century East Grantham, Maine. The books that follow tell the story of the difficult lives of her daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The family struggles to remain close and exhibit fie...



  • What Happened to Alex Manning?

    Alex Manning was a remarkably handsome young man, in the early 1900s, on the coast of Maine. He looked forward to a charmed future, when he would inherit the family business, home, and fortune. But an error in judgment and a tragic accident will cost...

  • The Best Australian Stories 2013

    ‘A story can lure us into gaps and spaces that feel sacred in their silence.’ - Kim Scott In The Best Australian Stories 2013, Kim Scott assembles the most exceptional short fiction of the last year and invites readers to build ‘a rare and int...

  • Shuttering the Manning House

    This is the sequel to 'What Happened to Alex Manning?'The Manning Family has lived in the mansion overlooking the Atlantic for more than 200 years. With wealth and power, they enjoyed lives of privilege beyond reason. But 1929 is looming, and dark cl...

  • Waiting for Harvey

    This is Book 1 in The Spirits of Maine Series. It is highly recommended that you begin with book one of the series to fully understand everything that happens in this story.Books in The Spirits of Maine Series:1. Waiting For Harvey 2. Lilies in the C...

  • The Purple Mist

    Jay Hanson was climbing the ladder at a prestigious Boston ad agency. His beautiful wife was expecting their first baby. Life couldn’t get much betterA misstep with a million dollar account leaves Jay’s life spiraling out of control. He is desper...

  • A Solitary Grave In The Maine Woods

    This is Book 4 in The Spirits of Maine Series. It is highly recommended that you begin with book one of the series to fully understand everything that happens in this story.Books in The Spirits of Maine Series:1. Waiting For Harvey 2. Lilies in the C...

  • Mourning Spirits

    This is Book 5 in The Spirits of Maine Series. It is highly recommended that you begin with book one of the series to fully understand everything that happens in this story.Books in The Spirits of Maine Series:1. Waiting For Harvey 2. Lilies in the C...

  • Taboo

    From Kim Scott, two-times winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, comes a work charged with ambition and poetry, in equal parts brutal, mysterious and idealistic, about a young woman cast into a drama that has been playing for over two hundre...

  • Character Counts Short-Story Adventures of Cj & Dj

    C.J., please listen to me for a moment, Ms. Kimberly said. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make. What matters is that you try and try again.C.J. looked up, surprised by Ms. Kimberly's words. Really? she asked.Really, she replied. I'm not a pr...

  • Super Bean and Her Big Girl Dreams

    I'm Super Bean! she announces,I'm flying over the clouds!She runs and jumps, tumbles and leaps, yelling the words aloud. Super Bean is a young girl with BIG girl dreams. Through real-life adventures, she leads with her heart, shows love to her family...



  • Regarding Ruth

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    Ruth Chernock - 1

    This is an excerpt from Book 1 in the Ruth Chernock Series“Ruth!”“Yes, good Reverend?” she asked, looking up at him from the straw mattress on the cold stone floor.“You have been judged guilty of your crimes and you shall be hung by your wr...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kim Scott has published 20 books.

Kim Scott does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Super Bean and Her Big Girl Dreams, was published in July 2021.

The first book by Kim Scott, Benang, was published in August 1999.

Yes. Kim Scott has 1 series.
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