Chrissie Manby Books in Order

Chrissie Manby has written 34 books, published between 1997 and 2021. The first book is Second Prize (1997) and the newest is Saying Goodbye to Tuesday (As: Chrissie Manby) (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
34
Published
1997–2021
Pages on record
5,527 in 15 of 34 books

Chrissie Manby writes humorous romantic fiction set in England. Flatmates and Second Prize, both 1997, open the catalogue, followed by Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life (2000), Running Away from Richard, Girl Meets Ape and the Proper Family and Newbay series. Single women, self-esteem, fathers and daughters, and actresses recur across the listed subjects. Manby has 34 catalogued books running to Saying Goodbye to Tuesday in 2021, at a median of 344 pages.

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How many Chrissie Manby books are there?

Chrissie Manby has 34 books, released between 1997 and 2021. They include 4 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.

Chrissie Manby Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 34 Chrissie Manby 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    Second Prize1997 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997320
  2. 2
    Flatmates1997 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997320
  3. 3
    Deep Heat1999 · 365 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999365
  4. 4
    Flatmates / Deep Heat2000 · 472 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000472
  5. 5
    Lizzie Jordan's Secret LifeLizzie Jordan #12000 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000480
  6. 6
    Running Away from RichardLizzie Jordan #22001 · 470 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001470
  7. 7
    Getting Personal2002 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002384
  8. 8
    Seven Sunny Days2003 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003344
  9. 9
    Girl Meets Ape2004 · 406 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004406
  10. 10
    Ready or Not?2005 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005326
  11. 11
    Marrying for Money2006 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006342
  12. 12
    The Matchbreaker2006 · 339 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006339
  13. 13
    Spa Wars2008 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008310
  14. 14
    Crazy in Love2009 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009304
  15. 15
    Getting Over Mr Right2010 · 345 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010345
  16. 162011–
  17. 172012–
  18. 182012–
  19. 19
    The Christmas ListChrissie Manby Short Stories/Novellas #12013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
  20. 20
    Proper Family HolidayProper Family #12014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  21. 21
    A Proper Family ChristmasProper Family #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  22. 22
    Just In CaseChrissie Manby Short Stories/Novellas #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  23. 23
    The Snow BabyChrissie Manby Short Stories/Novellas #32014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  24. 25
    A Proper Family AdventureProper Family #32015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
  25. 26
    A Wedding at ChristmasProper Family #42015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
  26. 27
    A Fairy Tale for ChristmasNewbay #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  27. 28
    Falling Leaves and Fireworks:Proper Family #52016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  28. 29
    The Worst Case Scenario Cookery ClubNewbay #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  29. 30
    Top of the Naughty ListProper Family #62017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  30. 31
    Once in a LifetimeNewbay #32018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
  31. 322019–
  32. 33
    Christmas at Mistletoe Cottage (As: Chrissie Manby)Chrissie Manby Short Stories/Novellas #42020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
  33. 342021–

Chrissie Manby 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.

Proper Family in order

6 books
  1. 1. Proper Family Holiday
  2. 2. A Proper Family Christmas
  3. 3. A Proper Family Adventure
  4. 4. A Wedding at Christmas
  5. 5. Falling Leaves and Fireworks:
  6. 6. Top of the Naughty List

Chrissie Manby Short Stories/Novellas

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Newbay in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Fairy Tale for Christmas
  2. 2. The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club
  3. 3. Once in a Lifetime

Lizzie Jordan in order

2 books
  1. 1. Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life
  2. 2. Running Away from Richard

Chrissie Manby in order

1 book
  1. 2. Seashells and Other Stories

Standalone books

18 books

18 Chrissie Manby titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Chrissie Manby books in order?

You only need to read Chrissie Manby books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Chrissie Manby

Start with Second Prize (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Chrissie Manby book?

Saying Goodbye to Tuesday (As: Chrissie Manby) (2021) is the newest Chrissie Manby book released so far.

Is there a new Chrissie Manby book coming?

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

Chrissie Manby at a glance

Paused
No new Chrissie Manby title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Chrissie Manby books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,527 pages across the 15 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Chrissie Manby books, 18 of 34, were published in the 2010s.

When Chrissie Manby books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Chrissie Manby titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 18 titles.

1990s
3
2000s
11
2010s
18
2020s
2

34 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Chrissie Manby books are about

16 of the 34 Chrissie Manby books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 7 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Romance 7 of 16 books
  • Man-woman relationships 3 of 16 books
  • English literature 2 of 16 books
  • Humor 2 of 16 books
  • Single women 2 of 16 books