J. Courtney Sullivan Books in Order

J. Courtney Sullivan has written 9 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is Dating Up (2007) and the newest is The Cliffs (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2007–2024
Pages on record
2,001 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
33–50 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,001 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of J. Courtney Sullivan, author

J. Courtney Sullivan - Julie Courtney Sullivan, born 1982 - is an American novelist and a former writer for The New York Times. Family life, friendship, women's lives, dating and mate selection carry the fiction. Nine catalogued books run from Dating Up (2007) through Commencement (2009), Maine (2011), The Engagements (2013) and Saints for All Occasions (2017) to The Cliffs (2024), and Sullivan continues to publish.

Sullivan studied Victorian literature and works as an essayist in addition to writing novels. Her fiction centers on feminism and depicts strong female characters.

How many J. Courtney Sullivan books are there?

J. Courtney Sullivan has 9 books, released between 2007 and 2024.

J. Courtney Sullivan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 J. Courtney Sullivan 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
    Dating Up2007 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007259
  2. 2
    Commencement2009 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009432
  3. 3
    Click2010 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010237
  4. 4
    Maine2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  5. 5
    The Engagements2013 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013544
  6. 6
    Saints for All Occasions2017 · 529 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017529
  7. 7
    Friends and Strangers2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  8. 8
    Model Home2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021
  9. 9
    The Cliffs2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024

J. Courtney Sullivan 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

9 books

9 J. Courtney Sullivan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read J. Courtney Sullivan books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 9 J. Courtney Sullivan books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with J. Courtney Sullivan

Start with Dating Up (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest J. Courtney Sullivan book?

The Cliffs (2024) is the newest J. Courtney Sullivan book released so far.

Is there a new J. Courtney Sullivan book coming?

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

J. Courtney Sullivan at a glance

Still publishing
J. Courtney Sullivan published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
J. Courtney Sullivan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,001 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 432 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most J. Courtney Sullivan books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the J. Courtney Sullivan books are about

7 of the 9 J. Courtney Sullivan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.