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Jennifer Crusie Books in Order

Jennifer Crusie has written 23 books, published between 1993 and 2016. The first book is Manhunting (1993) and the newest is It Must Be Christmas (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1993–2016
Confirmed
2 of 23 titles
Pages on record
5,263 in 15 of 23 books
Reading time
88–132 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,263 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

See all 23 books in order Printable Jennifer Crusie checklist

Jennifer Crusie is the pen name of Jennifer Smith, a contemporary romance novelist born in 1949 whose novels are published in 20 countries. The catalogue holds 23 books, from Manhunting (1993) to It Must Be Christmas (2016), and the run is marked likely complete. Getting Rid of Bradley (1994), Anyone But You (1996) and Tell Me Lies (1998) are among the titles, and the Dempseys is one of the series. Humour, single women, divorced people and Ohio feature in the subjects.

How many Jennifer Crusie books are there?

Jennifer Crusie has 23 books, released between 1993 and 2016. They include 2 series and 17 titles listed outside any series.

Jennifer Crusie Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Jennifer Crusie 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.

  1. Cover of Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie (1993)
  2. Cover of Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie (1994)
  3. Cover of Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie (1994)
  4. Cover of What the Lady Wants by Jennifer Crusie (1995)
  5. Cover of Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie (1996)
  6. Cover of The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie (1996)
  7. Cover of Trust Me on This by Jennifer Crusie (1997)
  8. Cover of Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Crusie (1998)
  9. Cover of Crazy for You by Jennifer Crusie (1999)
  10. Cover of Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie, book 1 of the Dempseys series (2000)
  11. Cover of Fast Women by Jennifer Crusie (2001)
  12. Cover of Faking It by Jennifer Crusie, book 2 of the Dempseys series (2002)
  13. Cover of Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (2004)
  14. Cover of Coffee at Luke's by Jennifer Crusie, book 26 of the Smart Pop series (2007)
  15. Cover of Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie (2009)
  16. Cover of Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie (2010)
  17. Cover of It Must Be Christmas by Jennifer Crusie, book 1 of the Billionaire's Club: Texas Heartthrobs series (2016)
  1. 1
    Manhunting1993 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993288
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  2. 2
    Getting Rid of Bradley1994 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994264
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  3. 3
    Strange Bedpersons1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  4. 4
    SizzleStolen Moments #51994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  5. 5
    Charlie All Night1995 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995304
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  6. 6
    What the Lady Wants1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  7. 7
    Anyone But You1996 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996288
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  8. 8
    The Cinderella Deal1996 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Trust Me on This1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997288
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  10. 10
    Tell Me Lies1998 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998464
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  11. 11
    Crazy for You1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Welcome to TemptationDempseys #12000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Fast Women2001 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001496
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  14. 14
    Faking ItDempseys #22002 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002412
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  15. 15
    Bet Me2004 · 391 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004391
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  16. 16
    Flirting With Pride And PrejudiceSmart Pop #122005 · confirmed 3/4
    2005–
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  17. 17
    The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes2007 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007416
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  18. 18
    Coffee at Luke'sSmart Pop #262007 · 208 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007208
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  19. 19
    Dogs and Goddesses2009 · 388 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009388
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  20. 20
    Maybe This Time2010 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010384
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  21. 21
    Crazy People2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  22. 22
    Hot Toy2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  23. 23
    It Must Be ChristmasBillionaire's Club: Texas Heartthrobs #12016 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016384
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Jennifer Crusie 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.

Dempseys in order

2 books
  1. 1. Welcome to Temptation
  2. 2. Faking It

Smart Pop in order

2 books
  1. 12. Flirting With Pride And Prejudice
  2. 26. Coffee at Luke's

Billionaire's Club: Texas Heartthrobs in order

1 book
  1. 1. It Must Be Christmas

Stolen Moments in order

1 book
  1. 5. Sizzle

Standalone books

17 books

17 Jennifer Crusie titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jennifer Crusie books in order?

You only need to read Jennifer Crusie books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jennifer Crusie

Start with Manhunting (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jennifer Crusie book?

It Must Be Christmas (2016) is the newest Jennifer Crusie book released so far.

Is there a new Jennifer Crusie book coming?

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

Jennifer Crusie at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jennifer Crusie title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jennifer Crusie books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,263 pages across the 15 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jennifer Crusie books, 11 of 23, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jennifer Crusie books are about

19 of the 23 Jennifer Crusie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 8 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.