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Cedar Cove

by Debbie Macomber

The Cedar Cove series by Debbie Macomber has 12 known books (12 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with 16 Lighthouse Road (2001).

Books
12 known books (12 novels)
Published
12
First published
2001
Status
completed
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Start here: 16 Lighthouse Road (2001) — then read straight through in publication order.

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Book 1:

    16 Lighthouse Road

    Novel

    16 Lighthouse Road (2001, 384 pages) opens Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series, introducing Municipal Court Judge Olivia Lockhart, her ex-husband, her romance-columnist mother Charlotte, and best friend Grace -- the ensemble cast whose overlapping storylines carry across all twelve address-titled books.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 16 Lighthouse Road
  2. Book 2:

    204 Rosewood Lane

    Novel

    204 Rosewood Lane (2002, 403 pages) followed 16 Lighthouse Road in the Cedar Cove series, continuing the small-town Puget Sound ensemble as Judge Olivia Lockhart's circle -- family, neighbors, and Grace's troubled marriage -- moves forward toward 311 Pelican Court.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 204 Rosewood Lane
  3. Book 3:

    311 Pelican Court

    Novel

    311 Pelican Court (2003, 384 pages) is the third Cedar Cove novel, following 204 Rosewood Lane and preceding 44 Cranberry Point. Like every entry in Debbie Macomber's numbered-address series, it advances the town's recurring relationships year over year rather than resetting its cast.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 311 Pelican Court
  4. Book 4:

    44 Cranberry Point

    Novel

    The fourth book in the Cedar Cove series, 44 Cranberry Point (2004, 384 pages) sits between 311 Pelican Court and 50 Harbor Street, continuing the soap-opera-style ensemble plotting -- weddings, reconciliations, and grudges -- that defines Debbie Macomber's Puget Sound saga.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 44 Cranberry Point
  5. Book 5:

    50 Harbor Street

    Novel

    The fifth book in the Cedar Cove series, 50 Harbor Street (2004, 336 pages) sits between 44 Cranberry Point and 6 Rainier Drive, continuing the cumulative storylines of Judge Olivia Lockhart, her mother Charlotte, and best friend Grace that reward reading the series start to finish.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 50 Harbor Street
  6. Book 6:

    6 Rainier Drive

    Novel

    6 Rainier Drive (2006, 489 pages) follows 50 Harbor Street and precedes 74 Seaside Avenue in the Cedar Cove series, part of Debbie Macomber's twelve-book address-named saga that later became the basis for the Hallmark Channel's Cedar Cove television series.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 6 Rainier Drive
  7. Book 7:

    74 Seaside Avenue

    Novel

    At 405 pages, 74 Seaside Avenue (2007) is the seventh entry in Cedar Cove, continuing the ensemble of neighbors, shopkeepers and newcomers whose overlapping stories give Debbie Macomber's small-town saga its cumulative, soap-opera pull.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 74 Seaside Avenue
  8. Book 8:

    8 Sandpiper Way

    Novel

    The eighth book in the Cedar Cove series, 8 Sandpiper Way (2008, 384 pages) sits between 74 Seaside Avenue and 92 Pacific Boulevard, continuing the town-wide storylines of Judge Olivia Lockhart's circle that Debbie Macomber threads across the full twelve-book run.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 8 Sandpiper Way
  9. Book 9:

    92 Pacific Boulevard

    Novel

    92 Pacific Boulevard (2009, 400 pages) follows 8 Sandpiper Way and precedes 1022 Evergreen Place in the Cedar Cove series, continuing Debbie Macomber's numbered-address structure that signals forward motion for the town's recurring cast.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 92 Pacific Boulevard
  10. Book 10:

    1022 Evergreen Place

    Novel

    1022 Evergreen Place (2010, 515 pages) followed 92 Pacific Boulevard in the Cedar Cove series, one of the longer entries in Debbie Macomber's Puget Sound saga as its ensemble cast's relationships, businesses and grudges keep evolving toward 1105 Yakima Street.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 1022 Evergreen Place
  11. Book 11:

    1105 Yakima Street

    Novel

    At 392 pages, 1105 Yakima Street (2011) is the eleventh entry in Cedar Cove, arriving just before the series finale 1225 Christmas Tree Lane and continuing Debbie Macomber's small-town ensemble as it heads toward its close.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 1105 Yakima Street
  12. Book 12:

    1225 Christmas Tree Lane

    Novel

    1225 Christmas Tree Lane (2011, 320 pages) closes out the Cedar Cove series, following 1105 Yakima Street as the twelfth and final numbered-address novel, bringing Judge Olivia Lockhart's town and its recurring cast of neighbors and family to the end of their twelve-book, real-time arc.

    Alternative text for cover: Cover of 1225 Christmas Tree Lane

About the Cedar Cove series

Cedar Cove is Debbie Macomber's breakout small-town saga, set in a fictional Puget Sound community where each installment is named for the street address at its center -- 16 Lighthouse Road, 204 Rosewood Lane, and so on through twelve books. Rather than following one couple, the series threads together an entire town: Municipal Court Judge Olivia Lockhart and her ex-husband, her romance-columnist mother Charlotte, her best friend Grace and Grace's troubled marriage, and dozens of neighbors, shopkeepers, and newcomers whose storylines overlap and resolve across the run. Macomber uses the numbered-address structure to signal forward motion -- readers watch relationships, businesses, and grudges evolve year over year in something close to real time.

The series became one of the defining hits of women's-fiction small-town romance in the 2000s, popular enough to be adapted into the Hallmark Channel television series Cedar Cove (2013-2015). Its combination of ensemble-cast soap-opera plotting with Macomber's warm, faith-inflected sensibility and holiday-season set pieces set a template she'd return to in Blossom Street and Rose Harbor, both of which share Cedar Cove's Pacific Northwest setting and, in Rose Harbor's case, its actual characters.

Each book stands reasonably well alone, but the pleasure of Cedar Cove is cumulative: recurring characters age, marry, divorce, and reconcile across the full twelve-book run in a way that rewards reading start to finish.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Cedar Cove series?

Twelve numbered novels, from 16 Lighthouse Road (2001) to 1225 Christmas Tree Lane (2011), plus several connected holiday novellas.

What order should I read the Cedar Cove books in?

Publication order, which matches the numbered addresses in each title: 16 Lighthouse Road, 204 Rosewood Lane, 311 Pelican Court, and so on through 1225 Christmas Tree Lane.

Is Cedar Cove a TV show?

Yes -- the Hallmark Channel adapted the series into Cedar Cove, which ran for three seasons from 2013 to 2015, starring Andie MacDowell as Olivia Lockhart.

Is Cedar Cove connected to Debbie Macomber's Rose Harbor series?

Yes -- Rose Harbor is set in the same fictional Cedar Cove, Washington, and several Rose Harbor books feature Cedar Cove characters in supporting roles.

Do I need to read all twelve Cedar Cove books to get a complete story?

Each book can be read individually, but the town's ensemble cast and their relationships develop continuously across the series, so reading in order gives the fullest picture.


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