Harold Robbins Books in Order
36 books are credited to Harold Robbins, published between 1948 and 2011; 12 of them appeared after Harold Robbins's death in 1997. The first book is Never Love a Stranger (1948) and the newest is The Curse (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 36
- Published
- 1948–2011
- Confirmed
- 36 of 36 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,218 in 23 of 36 books
- Reading time
- 154–230 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,218 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 36 titles with a page count on record.
Harold Robbins wrote commercial fiction about businessmen, Hollywood and the appetites of the very rich. Never Love a Stranger (1948) opens the catalogue, followed by The Dream Merchants, A Stone for Danny Fisher, 79 Park Avenue, Stiletto and The Carpetbaggers (1961). Thirty-six titles make up the list, including the Betsy and Predators sequences and the later Madison Dupre art-theft novels, ending at The Curse in 2011.
How many Harold Robbins books are there?
Harold Robbins has 36 books, released between 1948 and 2011. 12 of them were published after Harold Robbins's death in 1997. They include 4 separate series.
Harold Robbins Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Harold Robbins 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.
- 11948–3/4
- 21949–3/4
- 319525123/4
- 419542683/4
- 51955–3/4
- 619602553/4
- 719616883/4
- 81962–3/4
- 919667123/4
- 101969–3/4
- 1119713753/4
- 121974–3/4
- 131976–3/4
- 141978–3/4
- 1519794483/4
- 161981–3/4
- 1719823843/4
- 181982–3/4
- 1919843123/4
- 2019913203/4
- 2119953483/4
- 2219953633/4
- 2319964003/4
- 2419964323/4
- 252000–3/4
- 2620014073/4
- 2720023833/4
- 2820034243/4
- 2920043543/4
- 3020053793/4
- 312006–3/4
- 3220063523/4
- 3320073683/4
- 3420084003/4
- 3520093343/4
- 362011–3/4
Harold Robbins 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.
Harold Robbins Standalone Novels
25 books25 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Madison Dupre Series in order
4 books- 1. The Looters
- 2. The Deceivers
- 3. The Shroud
- 4. The Curse
Carpetbaggers in order
2 booksBetsy in order
2 books- 1. The Betsy
- 2. The Stallion
Predators in order
2 books- 1. The Predators
- 2. The Secret
Harold Robbins Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Harold Robbins Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Harold Robbins books run from Never Love a Stranger (1948) to The Curse (2011), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Harold Robbins in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Harold Robbins books in order?
You only need to read Harold Robbins 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 Harold Robbins
Start with Never Love a Stranger (1948), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Harold Robbins book?
The Curse (2011) is the newest Harold Robbins book released so far.
Is there a new Harold Robbins book coming?
No next Harold Robbins book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Harold Robbins at a glance
- Died
- Harold Robbins died in 1997, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Harold Robbins are still being published after Harold Robbins's death in 1997; the newest appeared in 2011.
- Release pace
- Harold Robbins books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 9,218 pages across the 23 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 379 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Harold Robbins books, 11 of 36, were published in the 2000s.
What the Harold Robbins books are about
25 of the 36 Harold Robbins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 5 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 5 of 25 books
- Businessmen 3 of 25 books
- Crime 3 of 25 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 25 books
- Art thefts 2 of 25 books
- Businessmen in fiction 2 of 25 books
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) 2 of 25 books