As a foster care provider for more than 25 years, Glass has an intimate understanding of the care system in Britain. She has taken her experience fostering more than 200 children as the inspiration for her bestselling memoirs, which are the majority of her books. There are two ways to read the Cathy Glass books in order, which will provide a slightly different experience.
Although Glass writes under a pseudonym and changes the names of the children in her books, her works of nonfiction stem from children who were under her care. So, you can read her books in order of original publication, or in chronological order.
Cathy Glass Books in Order of Publication by Genre
As previously mentioned, Glass draws from her experience caring for children in the foster care system. Throughout the course of her time as a foster care provider, she has seen horrific and distressing cases, many of which feature in the books below. Most of the children in her books have been horribly abused — physically, emotionally, and sexually — so reviewing each book’s content warnings is highly recommended.
Cathy Glass Nonfiction Books
The most straight forward way to read the Cathy Glass books in order is the order of publication, which we’ve divided up by genre as well. This will offer you the same experience as countless other readers experienced Glass for the first time. With this reading order you will begin with her debut, which quickly became a bestseller in Britain.
Often Glass splits her books into multiple parts and spaces out the ebook publication of each part by a week or so before publishing the novel in its entirety. In the list below, only the full novel has been included once it is published in full.
- Damaged (2007)
- Hidden (2007)
- Cut (2008)
- The Saddest Girl in the World (2009)
- Happy Kids (2010)
- I Miss Mummy (2010)
- Mummy Told Me Not To Tell (2010)
- The Night the Angels Came (2011)
- Happy Adults (2012)
- A Baby’s Cry (2012)
- Another Forgotten Child (2012)
- Happy Mealtimes for Kids (2012)
- Will You Love Me? (2013)
- Please Don’t Take My Baby (2013)
- About Writing and How to Publish (2013)
- Daddy’s Little Princess (2014)
- The Child Bride (2014)
- Happy Kids and Happy Mealtimes (2015)
- Saving Danny (2015)
- Girl Alone (2015)
- A Dark and Dangerous Place / The Silent Cry (2016)
- Can I Let You Go? (2016)
- Nobody’s Son (2017)
- Cruel to Be Kind (2017)
- A Long Way from Home (2018)
- Where Has Mummy Gone? (2018)
- Finding Stevie (2019)
- Innocent (2019)
- Too Scared to Tell (2020)
- A Terrible Secret (2020)
- A Life Lost (2021)
- An Innocent Baby (2021)
- Neglected (2022)
- A Family Torn Apart (2022)
- Unwanted (2023)
- Unsafe (2023)
- Helpless (2024)
Cathy Glass Short Story
Cathy Glass has also published one short story with is based on a true story.
- My Dad’s a Policeman (2011)
Cathy Glass Standalone Books
Following the success of her memoirs, Cathy Glass also wrote standalone works of fiction. However, these books are still based on true stories from her time as a care provider within the foster care system and feature similar themes of abuse and resilience.
- The Girl in the Mirror (2010)
- Run, Mummy, Run (2011)
Cathy Glass Books in Order of Chronology
The second way to read the Cathy Glass books in order is in chronological order. As each nonfiction book is about a foster child in her care, this is her recommended order of chronology.
With this order you will be able to see how Cathy’s biological family grows in the background as the children enter her care. However, there may be liberties taken with information included in stories that take place first chronologically, but were published more recently.
- Cut
- A Dark and Dangerous Place / The Silent Cry
- Daddy’s Little Princess
- Nobody’s Son
- Cruel To Be Kind
- The Night the Angels Came
- A Long Way From Home
- A Baby’s Cry
- The Saddest Girl in the World
- Please Don’t Take My Baby
- Will You Love Me?
- I Miss Mummy
- Saving Danny
- Girl Alone
- Where Has Mummy Gone?
- Damaged
- Hidden
- Mummy Told Me Not To Tell
- Another Forgotten Child
- The Child Bride
- Can I Let You Go?
- Finding Stevie
- Innocent
- Too Scared To Tell
- A Terrible Secret
- A Life Lost
- An Innocent Baby
- Neglected
- A Family Torn Apart
- Unwanted
- Unsafe
- Helpless (Expected: October 29, 2024)
Outside of Chronological Order
While Cathy Glass does say her memoirs can be read in any order, these books in particular do not fit into the chronological timeline above. This list includes all of her standalone books.
- The Girl in the Mirror
- My Dad’s A Policeman
- Run, Mummy, Run
- Happy Mealtimes for Kids
- About Writing and How to Publish
- Happy Kids and Happy Mealtimes
About Cathy Glass
Cathy Glass is the pseudonym this British author uses for the publication of her fostering memoirs and related books. Glass has fostered more than 200 children across the span of more than 25 years. Throughout this time she has encountered horrific cases of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
Her intention is to show both the suffering and courage of the children she has fostered. Her memoirs have been used by professionals for training in foster care and child protection.
Glass has sold millions of copies of her memoirs worldwide and attracted global attention. As her books are about real children, although she does change their names, Glass posts updates on her website about the children and their lives. She stays in touch with some of the children who were under her care as they grow up, while some choose not to or naturally the contact lessens.
It was while she was trying to conceive that Glass and her husband became foster carers and after two biological children, Glass’s family grew by one more. Lucy came to live with Glass as a foster child, but a connection was immediate and Glass was desperate to adopt Lucy.
Will You Love Me? is based on Lucy’s story and how she became part of Glass’s family.
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Hey Cathy you are my favorite author and I love reading your books. I have read all of them some more than once, but after you wrote about Damien and the little bit on Esme are you planning on writing more because I would to here about Lucy and Darren second baby and Adrian and Kirsty’s baby.