Colleen Oakley Books in Order
Colleen Oakley has written 7 books, published between 2010 and 2025. The first book is Love Notes (2010) and the newest is Jane and Dan at the End of the World (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2010–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,382 in 4 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 23–35 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,382 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Colleen Oakley writes contemporary fiction about marriage and illness. Cancer, sensory disorder and the strain between husband and wife recur across the work, which includes Before I Go (2015) and Close Enough to Touch (2017). Seven books span 2010 to 2025, from Love Notes to Jane and Dan at the End of the World, and Oakley continues to publish.
How many Colleen Oakley books are there?
Colleen Oakley has 7 books, released between 2010 and 2025.
Colleen Oakley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Colleen Oakley 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.
- 1Love Notes2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 2Before I Go2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420153362/4
- 3Close Enough to Touch2017 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/420173102/4
- 4You Were There Too2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 5The Invisible Husband of Frick Island2021 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420213682/4
- 6The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 7Jane and Dan at the End of the World2025 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420253682/4
Colleen Oakley 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.
Standalone books
7 books7 Colleen Oakley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Colleen Oakley books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 7 Colleen Oakley books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Colleen Oakley
Start with Love Notes (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Colleen Oakley book?
Jane and Dan at the End of the World (2025) is the newest Colleen Oakley book released so far.
Is there a new Colleen Oakley book coming?
No next Colleen Oakley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Colleen Oakley at a glance
- Still publishing
- Colleen Oakley published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Colleen Oakley books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,382 pages across the 4 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Colleen Oakley books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2020s.
What the Colleen Oakley books are about
4 of the 7 Colleen Oakley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 2 of 4 books
- Romance 2 of 4 books
- Contemporary romance 2 of 4 books
- Breast 1 of 4 books
- Cancer 1 of 4 books
- Family life, marriage & divorce 1 of 4 books
- Goal (Psychology) 1 of 4 books
- Husband and wife 1 of 4 books
- Motivation (Psychology) 1 of 4 books
- Patients 1 of 4 books
- Sensory disorders 1 of 4 books
- Touch 1 of 4 books


