Celia Imrie Books in Order

Celia Imrie has written 7 books, published between 2011 and 2024. The first book is The Happy Hoofer (2011) and the newest is Meet Me at Rainbow Corner (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2011–2024
Pages on record
1,095 in 3 of 7 books

Celia Imrie is an English actress, born in 1952, who also writes books. On screen Imrie appeared in the Bridget Jones films, Calendar Girls, Nanny McPhee, St Trinian's, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and The Thursday Murder Club, in the series Better Things and The Diplomat, and in frequent work with the comedian Victoria Wood. Seven books are catalogued: The Happy Hoofer (2011), the Bellevue-Sur-Mer novels starting with Not Quite Nice (2015), then Orphans of the Storm (2021) and Meet Me at Rainbow Corner (2024).

How many Celia Imrie books are there?

Celia Imrie has 7 books, released between 2011 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Nice / Bellevue-Sur-Mer series.

Celia Imrie Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Celia Imrie 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. 1
    The Happy Hoofer2011 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011311
  2. 2
    Not Quite NiceNice / Bellevue-Sur-Mer #12015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  3. 3
    Nice WorkNice / Bellevue-Sur-Mer #22016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  4. 4
    Sail Away2018 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018368
  5. 5
    A Nice Cup of TeaNice / Bellevue-Sur-Mer #32019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  6. 6
    Orphans of the Storm2021 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021416
  7. 7
    Meet Me at Rainbow Corner2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024

Celia Imrie 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.

Nice / Bellevue-Sur-Mer in order

3 books
  1. 1. Not Quite Nice
  2. 2. Nice Work
  3. 3. A Nice Cup of Tea

Standalone books

4 books

4 Celia Imrie titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Celia Imrie books in order?

You only need to read Celia Imrie books in order within the Nice / Bellevue-Sur-Mer series, which holds 3 of the 7 Celia Imrie books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Celia Imrie

Start with The Happy Hoofer (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Celia Imrie book?

Meet Me at Rainbow Corner (2024) is the newest Celia Imrie book released so far.

Is there a new Celia Imrie book coming?

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

Celia Imrie at a glance

Still publishing
Celia Imrie published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Celia Imrie books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,095 pages across the 3 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Celia Imrie books, 5 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the Celia Imrie books are about

2 of the 7 Celia Imrie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.