Jenny Colgan Books in Order
Jenny Colgan has written 67 books, published between 1999 and 2025. The first book is Amanda's Wedding (1999) and the newest is The Secret Christmas Library (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
Jenny Colgan also publishes as Jane Beaton.
- Books
- 67
- Published
- 1999–2025
- Confirmed
- 66 of 67 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,462 in 31 of 67 books
Jenny Colgan is a Scottish writer of romantic comedy and science fiction, born 14 September 1971 in Prestwick, Ayrshire. Colgan has written Doctor Who stories and also publishes as Jane Beaton and J. T. Colgan. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams won the Romantic Novel of the Year award in 2013, and The Summer Seaside Kitchen won the Romantic Novelists' Association Comedy Novel of the Year in 2018. The catalogue lists 67 titles, from Amanda's Wedding (1999) to The Secret Christmas Library (2025), across series such as Scottish Island of Mure, Little Beach Street Bakery, Cupcake Café and Scottish Bookshop.
The Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop series follows Rosie as she moves to a village to help run her aunt's sweet shop. The books combine romance with village life, as Rosie builds relationships with local residents and undergoes personal growth.
How many Jenny Colgan books are there?
Jenny Colgan has 67 books, released between 1999 and 2025. They include 9 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Jenny Colgan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 67 Jenny Colgan 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.
- 11999–3/4
- 220014034/4
- 320013204/4
- 420014644/4
- 52003–4/4
- 6The Boy I Loved Before / Do You Remember the First Time?Jenny Colgan Standalone Novels #62004 · 306 pages · confirmed 4/420043064/4
- 720053524/4
- 820063364/4
- 920073204/4
- 1020072563/4
- 112008–4/4
- 1220093064/4
- 1320103404/4
- 1420114104/4
- 1520124224/4
- 162012–4/4
- 172012–4/4
- 1820134324/4
- 19The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in ParisJenny Colgan Standalone Novels #122013 · 374 pages · confirmed 4/420133744/4
- 2020144244/4
- 212014–4/4
- 2220144324/4
- 232015–4/4
- 2420154164/4
- 252015–3/4
- 262015–3/4
- 272015–3/4
- 2820153524/4
- 292016–3/4
- 3020163324/4
- 31Christmas at Little Beach Street BakeryLittle Beach Street Bakery #32016 · 362 pages · confirmed 4/420163624/4
- 322016–3/4
- 332016–4/4
- 34The Little Shop of Happy Ever AfterJenny Colgan Standalone Novels #142016 · 358 pages · confirmed 4/420163584/4
- 3520163364/4
- 362017–3/4
- 372017–4/4
- 382017–4/4
- 392017963/4
- 402017964/4
- 4120173684/4
- 422018–3/4
- 432018–4/4
- 44Endless Beach2018 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420184481/4
- 452018–4/4
- 462018–4/4
- 4720183934/4
- 482018–4/4
- 492018964/4
- 5020181924/4
- 512019–4/4
- 522019–4/4
- 5320202884/4
- 5420204324/4
- 552021–4/4
- 562021–4/4
- 572021–4/4
- 582022–3/4
- 592022–4/4
- 602023–4/4
- 612023–4/4
- 622023–4/4
- 632024–4/4
- 642024–4/4
- 652024–4/4
- 662025–3/4
- 672025–4/4
Jenny Colgan series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Little Beach Street Bakery books in order 4 books
- Mure books in order 8 books
- Rosie Hopkins books in order 3 books
Jenny Colgan 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.
Jenny Colgan Standalone Novels
18 books18 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Scottish Island of Mure in order
8 booksMaggie Adair in order
7 booksPolly and the Puffin in order
4 booksDoctor Who: Legends in order
4 booksRosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop in order
3 booksScottish Bookshop in order
3 booksCupcake Café in order
2 booksTenth Doctor Adventures in order
2 booksChristmas Bookshop in order
2 booksDoctor Who: Tenth Doctor Adventures in order
2 books- 16. Peacemaker
- 35. In the Blood
Torchwood One in order
1 bookDoctor Who: The Audio Adventures in order
1 bookJenny Colgan Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Doctor Who: Time Trips in order
1 bookDoctor Who: Target Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Diary of River Song in order
1 bookDoctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Adventures in order
1 book- 23. Dark Horizons
Standalone books
1 book1 Jenny Colgan title here is not listed as part of any series.
Jenny Colgan Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Jenny Colgan books run from Amanda's Wedding (1999) to The Secret Christmas Library (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jenny Colgan in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Jenny Colgan books in order?
You only need to read Jenny Colgan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 9 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Jenny Colgan books in?
Read Jenny Colgan one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Little Beach Street Bakery starts with Little Beach Street Bakery (2014), Mure starts with The Cafe by the Sea / The Summer Seaside Kitchen (2017) and Rosie Hopkins starts with Sweetshop of Dreams (2012). The earliest catalogued title overall is Amanda's Wedding (1999).
What is the newest Jenny Colgan book?
The Secret Christmas Library (2025) is the newest Jenny Colgan book released so far.
Is there a new Jenny Colgan book coming?
No next Jenny Colgan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Jenny Colgan has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Jenny Colgan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Romantic Novelists' Association Awards2013Won
Jenny Colgan at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jenny Colgan published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Jenny Colgan books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,462 pages across the 31 of 67 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jenny Colgan books, 40 of 67, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 54 of the 67 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 66 in at least three.
What the Jenny Colgan books are about
38 of the 67 Jenny Colgan 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 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Women 6 of 38 books
- Friendship 5 of 38 books
- London (England) 4 of 38 books
- Man-woman relationships 4 of 38 books
- Romance 4 of 38 books
- Scotland 4 of 38 books
- Bakers 3 of 38 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 38 books
- England 3 of 38 books
- Humor 3 of 38 books
- Puffins 3 of 38 books
- Science fiction 3 of 38 books