Jane Green Books in Order
Jane Green has written 32 books, published between 1997 and 2026. The first book is Straight Talking (1997) and the newest is The Many Private Lives of Missy Cooke (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1997–2026
- Confirmed
- 31 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,980 in 22 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 133–200 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,980 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Jane Green is an English novelist, born in 1968, who lives in the United States. By 2014 Green's books had sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into 31 languages, and Green has been called one of the first chick lit writers. The catalogue lists 32 books from Straight Talking (1997) and Jemima J (1998) to The Many Private Lives of Missy Cooke (2026). Subjects include single women, female friendship, dating, family secrets and London.
Green has also written non-fiction about food and entertaining, reflecting an interest in cooking and lifestyle topics that appears in some of her novels as well.
How many Jane Green books are there?
Jane Green has 32 books, released between 1997 and 2026.
Jane Green Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Jane Green 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.
- 119973104/4
- 219983844/4
- 319993574/4
- 420003684/4
- 520014644/4
- 620023424/4
- 720044044/4
- 820054164/4
- 92005–4/4
- 1020073884/4
- 1120083414/4
- 1220093524/4
- 1320104164/4
- 142011–4/4
- 152012–4/4
- 16Another Piece of My Heart / The Patchwork MarriageJane Green Standalone Novels #142012 · 386 pages · confirmed 4/420123864/4
- 17Family Pictures / The Accidental HusbandJane Green Standalone Novels #152013 · 344 pages · confirmed 4/420133444/4
- 182013–3/4
- 1920143684/4
- 2020143524/4
- 212015–4/4
- 2220153204/4
- 2320161774/4
- 2420164004/4
- 2520173714/4
- 2620193844/4
- 27Vacation2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 2820223364/4
- 292024–4/4
- 302026–3/4
- 312026–3/4
- 322026–3/4
Jane Green 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.
Jane Green Standalone Novels
24 books24 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jane Green Short Stories/Novellas
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jane Green Non-Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Jane Green title here is not listed as part of any series.
Jane Green Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Jane Green books run from Straight Talking (1997) to The Many Private Lives of Missy Cooke (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jane Green in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Jane Green books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 32 Jane Green books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jane Green
Start with Straight Talking (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jane Green book?
The Many Private Lives of Missy Cooke (2026) is the newest Jane Green book released so far.
Is there a new Jane Green book coming?
No next Jane Green book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jane Green at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jane Green published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Jane Green books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,980 pages across the 22 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jane Green books, 15 of 32, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 27 of the 32 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 31 in at least three.
What the Jane Green books are about
22 of the 32 Jane Green books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women is tagged on 6 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Women 6 of 22 books
- Family life 5 of 22 books
- Man-woman relationships 4 of 22 books
- Single women 4 of 22 books
- Family secrets 3 of 22 books
- Friendship 3 of 22 books
- Contemporary romance 3 of 22 books
- Childlessness 2 of 22 books
- Connecticut 2 of 22 books
- Domestic fiction 2 of 22 books
- Empty nesters 2 of 22 books
- Female friendship 2 of 22 books