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Rosie Thomas Books in Order

Rosie Thomas is a celebrated Welsh author, born in 1947 in Denbigh, Wales, and raised in North Wales. She read English at Oxford, later transitioning into a career in journalism and publishing before turning to fiction after the birth of her first child. Since 1982, she has penned fourteen best-selling novels, exploring universal themes of love and loss. A two-time winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, Thomas's notable works include Sunrise (1985) and Iris and Ruby (2007). When not writing, she indulges her passions for adventure and exploration, having climbed in the Alps and Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, and traveled the Silk Road through Asia. She currently resides in London.

Bibliography verified: April 2026

Quick Answer

What are all of Rosie Thomas's book series? Rosie Thomas has written 4 book series. The most notable is the Illusionists series.

Complete series list with all books in reading order below.

Book Series by Rosie Thomas

  • #1
    Cavell on Film (By: Stanley Cavell) cover
    Cavell on Film (By: Stanley Cavell)(2005)
  • #2
    Rebel Without a Cause (By: J. David Slocum) cover
    Rebel Without a Cause (By: J. David Slocum)(2005)
  • #3
    The Death of Classical Cinema (By: Joe Mcelhaney) cover
    The Death of Classical Cinema (By: Joe Mcelhaney)(2006)
  • #4
    Apocalyptic Dread (By: Kirsten Moana Thompson) cover
    Apocalyptic Dread (By: Kirsten Moana Thompson)(2007)
  • #5
    Seoul Searching (By: Frances K. Gateward) cover
    Seoul Searching (By: Frances K. Gateward)(2007)
  • #6
    Exile Cinema (By: Michael Atkinson) cover
    Exile Cinema (By: Michael Atkinson)(2008)
  • #7
    Now Playing (By: Paul S. Moore) cover
    Now Playing (By: Paul S. Moore)(2008)
  • #8
    Ecology and Popular Film (By: Joseph K. Heumann) cover
    Ecology and Popular Film (By: Joseph K. Heumann)(2009)
  • #9
    Three Documentary Filmmakers (By: William Rothman) cover
    Three Documentary Filmmakers (By: William Rothman)(2009)
  • #10
    Second Takes (By: Carolyn Jess-Cooke,Constantine Verevis) cover
    Second Takes (By: Carolyn Jess-Cooke,Constantine Verevis)(2010)
  • #11
    Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination (By: Matthew Solomon) cover
    Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination (By: Matthew Solomon)(2011)
  • #12
    Hitchcock at the Source (By: David Boyd) cover
    Hitchcock at the Source (By: David Boyd)(2011)
  • #13
    Hitchcock, Second Edition (By: William Rothman) cover
    Hitchcock, Second Edition (By: William Rothman)(2012)
  • #14
    Native Recognition (By: Joanna Hearne) cover
    Native Recognition (By: Joanna Hearne)(2012)
  • #15
    Hollywood's New Yorker (By: Marc Raymond) cover
    Hollywood's New Yorker (By: Marc Raymond)(2013)
  • #16
    Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground (By: Steven Rybin) cover
    Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground (By: Steven Rybin)(2014)
  • #17
    B Is for Bad Cinema (By: Constantine Verevis) cover
    B Is for Bad Cinema (By: Constantine Verevis)(2014)
  • #18
    Bad Seeds and Holy Terrors (By: Dominic Lennard) cover
    Bad Seeds and Holy Terrors (By: Dominic Lennard)(2014)
  • #19
    Bombay before Bollywood cover
    Bombay before Bollywood(2015)
  • #20
    Binghamton Babylon (By: Scott M. MacDonald) cover
    Binghamton Babylon (By: Scott M. MacDonald)(2015)
  • #21
    Ghost Faces (By: David Greven) cover
    Ghost Faces (By: David Greven)(2016)
  • #22
    Encounters with Godard (By: James S. Williams) cover
    Encounters with Godard (By: James S. Williams)(2016)
  • #23
    Invented Lives, Imagined Communities (By: R. Barton Palmer) cover
    Invented Lives, Imagined Communities (By: R. Barton Palmer)(2016)
  • #24
    Doing Time (By: Lee Carruthers) cover
    Doing Time (By: Lee Carruthers)(2016)
  • #25
    Looking with Robert Gardner (By: Rebecca Meyers) cover
    Looking with Robert Gardner (By: Rebecca Meyers)(2016)
  • #26
    Regarding Life (By: Belinda Smaill) cover
    Regarding Life (By: Belinda Smaill)(2016)
  • #27
    John Huston as Adaptor (By: Wesley King) cover
    John Huston as Adaptor (By: Wesley King)(2017)
  • #28
    Hitchcock's Moral Gaze (By: Steven Sanders) cover
    Hitchcock's Moral Gaze (By: Steven Sanders)(2017)
  • #29
    American Stranger (By: Will Scheibel) cover
    American Stranger (By: Will Scheibel)(2017)
  • #30
    Brechtian Cinemas (By: Nenad Jovanović) cover
    Brechtian Cinemas (By: Nenad Jovanović)(2017)
  • #31
    Gestures of Love (By: Steven Rybin) cover
    Gestures of Love (By: Steven Rybin)(2017)
  • #32
    Passionate Detachments (By: Amy Rust) cover
    Passionate Detachments (By: Amy Rust)(2017)
  • #33
    Are You Watching Closely? (By: Seth Friedman) cover
    Are You Watching Closely? (By: Seth Friedman)(2017)
  • #34
    Rx Hollywood (By: Michael DeAngelis) cover
    Rx Hollywood (By: Michael DeAngelis)(2018)
  • #35
    Queer Art Camp Superstar (By: Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta) cover
    Queer Art Camp Superstar (By: Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta)(2018)
  • #36
    Immanent Frames (By: Mark Cauchi) cover
    Immanent Frames (By: Mark Cauchi)(2018)
  • #37
    Rule, Britannia! (By: R. Barton Palmer) cover
    Rule, Britannia! (By: R. Barton Palmer)(2018)
  • #38
    Welcome to Fear City (By: Nathan Holmes) cover
    Welcome to Fear City (By: Nathan Holmes)(2018)
  • #39
    Rumble and Crash (By: Milo Sweedler) cover
    Rumble and Crash (By: Milo Sweedler)(2019)
  • #40
    From El Dorado to Lost Horizons (By: Ken Windrum) cover
    From El Dorado to Lost Horizons (By: Ken Windrum)(2019)
  • #41
    Sounds Like Helicopters (By: Matthew Lau) cover
    Sounds Like Helicopters (By: Matthew Lau)(2019)
  • #42
    Brute Force (By: Dominic Lennard) cover
    Brute Force (By: Dominic Lennard)(2019)
  • #43
    Tuitions and Intuitions (By: William Rothman) cover
    Tuitions and Intuitions (By: William Rothman)(2019)
  • #44
    The Great War in Hollywood Memory, 1918-1939 (By: Michael Hammond) cover
    The Great War in Hollywood Memory, 1918-1939 (By: Michael Hammond)(2019)
  • #45
    Slapstick Camera, The (By: Burke Hilsabeck) cover
    Slapstick Camera, The (By: Burke Hilsabeck)(2020)
  • #46
    Miraculous Realism (By: Niels Niessen) cover
    Miraculous Realism (By: Niels Niessen)(2020)
  • #47
    Funny How? (By: Alex Clayton) cover
    Funny How? (By: Alex Clayton)(2020)
  • #48
    Letters from Hollywood (By: Bill Krohn) cover
    Letters from Hollywood (By: Bill Krohn)(2020)
  • #49
    Giallo! (By: Alexia Kannas) cover
    Giallo! (By: Alexia Kannas)(2020)
  • #50
    Mind Reeling (By: Homer B Pettey) cover
    Mind Reeling (By: Homer B Pettey)(2020)
  • #51
    A Very Old Machine (By: Sudhir Mahadevan) cover
    A Very Old Machine (By: Sudhir Mahadevan)(2021)
  • #52
    Was It Yesterday? (By: Matthew Leggatt) cover
    Was It Yesterday? (By: Matthew Leggatt)(2021)
  • #53
    Race and the Suburbs in American Film (By: Merrill Schleier) cover
    Race and the Suburbs in American Film (By: Merrill Schleier)(2021)
  • #54
    Curtains of Light (By: George Toles) cover
    Curtains of Light (By: George Toles)(2021)
  • #55
    Perpetual Movement (By: Neil Badmington) cover
    Perpetual Movement (By: Neil Badmington)(2021)
  • #56
    Seeing Symphonically (By: Erica Stein) cover
    Seeing Symphonically (By: Erica Stein)(2021)
  • #57
    Encountering the Impossible (By: Alexander Sergeant) cover
    Encountering the Impossible (By: Alexander Sergeant)(2021)
  • #58
    Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation (By: Brendan Hennessey) cover
    Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation (By: Brendan Hennessey)(2021)
  • #59
    The Holiday in His Eye (By: William Rothman) cover
    The Holiday in His Eye (By: William Rothman)(2021)
  • #60
    The Hard Sell of Paradise (By: Jason Sperb) cover
    The Hard Sell of Paradise (By: Jason Sperb)(2022)
  • #61
    Writ on Water (By: Charles Warren) cover
    Writ on Water (By: Charles Warren)(2022)
  • #62
    Hollywood Films in North Africa and the Middle East (By: Nolwenn Mingant) cover
    Hollywood Films in North Africa and the Middle East (By: Nolwenn Mingant)(2022)
  • #63
    Action, Action, Action (By: Tom Conley) cover
    Action, Action, Action (By: Tom Conley)(2022)
  • #64
    The Cinematographer's Voice (By: Roberto Schaefer) cover
    The Cinematographer's Voice (By: Roberto Schaefer)(2022)
  • #65
    White Cottage, White House (By: Tony Tracy) cover
    White Cottage, White House (By: Tony Tracy)(2022)
  • #66
    No Jurisdiction (By: Fareed Ben-Youssef) cover
    No Jurisdiction (By: Fareed Ben-Youssef)(2022)
  • #67
    Whiteness at the End of the World (By: David Venditto) cover
    Whiteness at the End of the World (By: David Venditto)(2022)
  • #68
    Orienting Italy (By: Mary Ann McDonald Carolan) cover
    Orienting Italy (By: Mary Ann McDonald Carolan)(2022)
  • #69
    Nietzsche in Hollywood (By: ) cover
    Nietzsche in Hollywood (By: )(2022)
  • #70
    Cinema of Discontent (By: Tomoyuki Sasaki) cover
    Cinema of Discontent (By: Tomoyuki Sasaki)(2022)
  • #71
    Distancing Representations in Transgender Film (By: Lucy J. Miller) cover
    Distancing Representations in Transgender Film (By: Lucy J. Miller)(2023)

About Rosie Thomas

Rosie Thomas is a celebrated Welsh author, born in 1947 in Denbigh, Wales, and raised in North Wales. She read English at Oxford, later transitioning into a career in journalism and publishing before turning to fiction after the birth of her first child. Since 1982, she has penned fourteen best-selling novels, exploring universal themes of love and loss. A two-time winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, Thomas's notable works include Sunrise (1985) and Iris and Ruby (2007). When not writing, she indulges her passions for adventure and exploration, having climbed in the Alps and Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, and traveled the Silk Road through Asia. She currently resides in London.

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