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  1. The Mitford Years: Book 1

    At Home in Mitford

    by Jan Karon

    A heartwarming portrait of the mysteries and miracles of everyday life in a small town introduces the charming North Carolina town of Mitford and its colorful inhabitants, including Tim, a bachelor rector, who is falling in love with his neighbor. Reprint.

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  2. The Mitford Years: Book 2

    A Light in the Window

    by Jan Karon

    When Jan Karon published At Home in Mitford, readers across the country fell in love with her cozy town and cast of vivid, endearing characters. Focusing on the adventures and misadventures of a gentle, middle-aged rector, Father Tim, the first novel quickly became a national best-seller. Now,... (learn more about this book)

  3. The Mitford Years: Book 3

    These High Green Hills

    by Jan Karon

    Jan Karon has attracted an enthusiastic population of fans to her stories set in a little town so cozy that everyone wants to put their feet up and stay awhile. The adventures of Father Tim and his shaggy, scripture-loving dog, Barnabus, begun in At Home in Mitford (RB# 94808), have captured... (learn more about this book)

  4. The Mitford Years: Book 4

    Out to Canaan

    by Jan Karon

    Thousands of readers have come home to Mitford, the little town with the big heart, whose endearing and eccentric residents have become like family members. But now change is coming to the hamlet. Father Tim, the Episcopal rector, and his wife Cynthia are pondering retirement; a brash new... (learn more about this book)

  5. The Mitford Years: Book 5

    A New Song

    by Jan Karon

    Jan Karon's millions of fans can't wait to sit down with her heartwarming and hilarious characters, who have a way of becoming family. In A New Song , Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim... (learn more about this book)

  6. The Mitford Years: Book 6

    A Common Life

    by Jan Karon

    Mitford's Lord's Chapel seats barely two hundred souls, yet millions of Jan Karon's fans will be there for the most joyous event in years: the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Coppersmith. Here at last is A Common Life , the sixth book in the bestselling Mitford Years series,... (learn more about this book)

  7. The Mitford Years: Book 7

    In This Mountain

    by Jan Karon

    Restless with his retirement, Father Tim, accompanied by Cynthia, gears up for a year-long ministry across the state line, but a series of events sends shock waves throughout the town of Mitford and through Father Tim's faith.

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  8. The Mitford Years: Book 8

    Shepherds Abiding

    by Jan Karon

    Millions of Americans have found Mitford to be a favorite home-away-from-home, and countless readers have long wondered what Christmas in Mitford would be like. The eighth Mitford novel provides a glimpse, offering a meditation on the best of all presents: the gift of one’s heart. ... (learn more about this book)

  9. The Mitford Years: Book 9

    Light from Heaven

    by Jan Karon

    It’s never too late. Father Tim Kavanagh has been asked to "come up higher" more than once. But he’s never been asked to do the impossible—until now. The retired Episcopal priest takes on the revival of a mountain church that’s been closed for forty years. Meanwhile, in Mitford, he’s... (learn more about this book)

  10. Father Tim: Book 1

    Home to Holly Springs

    by Jan Karon

    Readers of the nine bestselling Mitford novels have been captivated by Jan Karon’s “gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday lives—along with a vividly imagined world” ( People ). They learned quickly that “after you’ve spent time in Mitford, you’ll want to come back” (... (learn more about this book)

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