Jackie Collins Books in Order
Jackie Collins has written 40 books, published between 1960 and 2014. The first book is The World Is Full of Married Men (1960) and the newest is The Santangelos (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 40
- Published
- 1960–2014
- Confirmed
- 39 of 40 titles
- Pages on record
- 12,665 in 29 of 40 books
- Reading time
- 211–317 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,665 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 40 titles with a page count on record.
Jackie Collins wrote about Hollywood, the film business and the women who fought their way through it. 40 catalogued books run from The World Is Full of Married Men (1960) through The Stud (1969), The Love Killers (1974), The World Is Full Of Divorced Women (1975) and Lovers and Gamblers (1977), ending at The Santangelos. Lucky Santangelo is the character Collins is best known for, joined by the Madison Castelli and Fontaine Khaled books. The catalogue is likely complete.
How many Jackie Collins books are there?
Jackie Collins has 40 books, released between 1960 and 2014. They include 4 separate series.
Jackie Collins Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 40 Jackie Collins books in the order they were released, 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.
- 11960–3/4
- 219693413/4
- 3Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick / Sinners / Hollywood ZooJackie Collins Standalone Novels #21971 · 283 pages · confirmed 3/419712833/4
- 41974–3/4
- 5The World Is Full Of Divorced WomenJackie Collins Standalone Novels #41975 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/419752723/4
- 619775993/4
- 719792723/4
- 819816083/4
- 919835103/4
- 1019856243/4
- 111986–3/4
- 1219874583/4
- 131990–3/4
- 141990–3/4
- 1519936883/4
- 1619945833/4
- 1719966073/4
- 1819981303/4
- 1919981143/4
- 2019981153/4
- 2119981353/4
- 221998–3/4
- 2319985303/4
- 2419995603/4
- 2519995923/4
- 2620005643/4
- 2720025173/4
- 282003–3/4
- 2920055483/4
- 3020075003/4
- 312008–3/4
- 3220104723/4
- 332010–2/4
- 3420115163/4
- 3520125363/4
- 362012–3/4
- 3720132943/4
- 382013–3/4
- 3920141623/4
- 4020145353/4
Jackie Collins series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Lucky Santangelo books in order 11 books
- Santangelo books in order 11 books
Jackie Collins 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.
Jackie Collins Standalone Novels
14 books14 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Madison Castelli in order
7 books- 1. Power
- 2. Obsession
- 3. Murder
- 4. Revenge
- 5. L.A. Connections
- 6. Lethal Seduction
- 7. Deadly Embrace
Hollywood in order
5 booksFontaine Khaled in order
2 booksJackie Collins Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jackie Collins Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Jackie Collins books run from The World Is Full of Married Men (1960) to The Santangelos (2014), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jackie Collins in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Jackie Collins books in order?
You only need to read Jackie Collins books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Jackie Collins books in?
Read Jackie Collins one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Lucky Santangelo starts with Chances (1981) and Santangelo starts with Chances (1981). The earliest catalogued title overall is The World Is Full of Married Men (1960).
What is the newest Jackie Collins book?
The Santangelos (2014) is the newest Jackie Collins book released so far.
Is there a new Jackie Collins book coming?
No next Jackie Collins book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jackie Collins at a glance
- Died
- Jackie Collins died in 2015, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Jackie Collins on record dates from 2014.
- Release pace
- Jackie Collins books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 12,665 pages across the 29 of 40 books with a recorded length, a median of 516 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jackie Collins books, 13 of 40, were published in the 1990s.
What the Jackie Collins books are about
35 of the 40 Jackie Collins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: motion picture industry is tagged on 12 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Motion picture industry 12 of 35 books
- Lucky Santangelo (Fictitious character) 7 of 35 books
- Contemporary romance 7 of 35 books
- Romantic suspense 6 of 35 books
- Santangelo, lucky (fictitious character) 6 of 35 books
- Women journalists 6 of 35 books
- Businesswomen 5 of 35 books
- Businesswomen in fiction 3 of 35 books
- Divorced women 3 of 35 books
- Fiction in English 3 of 35 books
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) 3 of 35 books
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 3 of 35 books