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C.J. Skuse Books in Order

C.J. Skuse has written 11 books, published between 2010 and 2024. The first book is Pretty Bad Things (2010) and the newest is The Bad Seeds (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2010–2024
Pages on record
1,358 in 4 of 11 books
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Claire Joanna Skuse, born in 1980, is an English novelist and former lecturer who publishes as C.J. Skuse. Five young adult novels opened the career, and The Guardian named Skuse a key figure in the rise of YA antiheroines. Sweetpea (2017) marked the move into adult thrillers and began the series of that name, continuing with In Bloom (2018) and Dead Head (2021). Readers searching C.J. Skuse books in order start with Pretty Bad Things (2010); the catalogue holds 11 titles and reaches The Bad Seeds in 2024.

How many C.J. Skuse books are there?

C.J. Skuse has 11 books, released between 2010 and 2024. 5 of them belong to the Sweetpea series.

C.J. Skuse Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 C.J. Skuse books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Pretty Bad Things by C.J. Skuse (2010)
  2. Cover of Rockoholic by C.J. Skuse (2011)
  3. Cover of Dead Romantic by C.J. Skuse (2013)
  4. Cover of Monster by C.J. Skuse (2015)
  5. Cover of The Deviants by C.J. Skuse (2016)
  6. Cover of In Bloom by C.J. Skuse, book 2 of the Sweetpea series (2018)
  7. Cover of Dead Head by C.J. Skuse, book 3 of the Sweetpea series (2021)
  1. 1
    Pretty Bad Things2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    Rockoholic2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  3. 3
    Dead Romantic2013 · 334 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013334
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  4. 4
    Monster2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015320
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  5. 5
    The Deviants2016 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016320
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  6. 6
    SweetpeaSweetpea #12017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  7. 7
    In BloomSweetpea #22018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  8. 8
    The Alibi GirlAlibi #12020 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020384
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  9. 9
    Dead HeadSweetpea #32021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  10. 10
    Thorn In My SideSweetpea #42023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  11. 11
    The Bad SeedsSweetpea #52024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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C.J. Skuse books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Sweetpea in order

5 books
  1. 1. Sweetpea
  2. 2. In Bloom
  3. 3. Dead Head
  4. 4. Thorn In My Side
  5. 5. The Bad Seeds

Alibi in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Alibi Girl

Standalone books

5 books

5 C.J. Skuse titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read C.J. Skuse books in order?

You only need to read C.J. Skuse books in order within the Sweetpea series, which holds 5 of the 11 C.J. Skuse books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with C.J. Skuse

Start with Pretty Bad Things (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest C.J. Skuse book?

The Bad Seeds (2024) is the newest C.J. Skuse book released so far.

Is there a new C.J. Skuse book coming?

No next C.J. Skuse book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

C.J. Skuse at a glance

Still publishing
C.J. Skuse published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
C.J. Skuse books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,358 pages across the 4 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 327 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most C.J. Skuse books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the C.J. Skuse books are about

9 of the 11 C.J. Skuse books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.