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Jayne Allen Books in Order

Jayne Allen has written 5 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The first book is Black Girls Must Die Exhausted (2018) and the newest is Unfinished Business (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2018–2025
Pages on record
368 in 1 of 5 books
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Jayne Allen's catalogue consists of 5 books, published between 2018 and 2025. The Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series opens with the 2018 novel of that name and continues through Black Girls Must Be Magic (2019) and Black Girls Must Have It All (2023). Recorded subjects are African American women, African American women journalists, female friendship and infertility. The Most Wonderful Time (2024) and Unfinished Business (2025) are the most recent listed titles.

How many Jayne Allen books are there?

Jayne Allen has 5 books, released between 2018 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series.

Jayne Allen Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Jayne Allen 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. Cover of Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen, book 1 of the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series (2018)
  2. Cover of Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen, book 2 of the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series (2019)
  3. Cover of Black Girls Must Have It All by Jayne Allen, book 3 of the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series (2023)
  1. 1
    Black Girls Must Die ExhaustedBlack Girls Must Die Exhausted #12018 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018368
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  2. 2
    Black Girls Must Be MagicBlack Girls Must Die Exhausted #22019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Black Girls Must Have It AllBlack Girls Must Die Exhausted #32023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Most Wonderful Time2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Unfinished BusinessBest Man #12025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Jayne Allen 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.

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted in order

3 books
  1. 1. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
  2. 2. Black Girls Must Be Magic
  3. 3. Black Girls Must Have It All

Best Man in order

1 book
  1. 1. Unfinished Business

Standalone books

1 book

1 Jayne Allen title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jayne Allen books in order?

You only need to read Jayne Allen books in order within the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, which holds 3 of the 5 Jayne Allen books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jayne Allen

Start with Black Girls Must Die Exhausted (2018), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jayne Allen book?

Unfinished Business (2025) is the newest Jayne Allen book released so far.

Is there a new Jayne Allen book coming?

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

Jayne Allen at a glance

Still publishing
Jayne Allen published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jayne Allen books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
368 pages across the 1 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jayne Allen books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2020s.

What the Jayne Allen books are about

1 of the 5 Jayne Allen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.