I started reading them from book 1 which is how I do all books that are in a series and I've loved each book. They keep you coming back for the next one because you want to know more about what happens; in the past and the future. I think that I've read about 13 of them so far and will order another on in the next few weeks. If you go to her web site you can acutally see all of the quilts she mentions in her books which I really like. I started reading them when I first got back into quilting so being able to go up and see what a certain block looked like was great.