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Judy Astley Books in Order

Judy Astley has written 21 books, published between 1990 and 2015. The first book is When One Cat Woke Up (1990) and the newest is A Merry Mistletoe Wedding (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1990–2015
Pages on record
4,510 in 16 of 21 books
Reading time
75–113 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,510 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

See all 21 books in order Printable Judy Astley checklist

Judy Astley is an English author and illustrator with more than 20 novels, all from the publisher Black Swan. Astley's debut novel came out in 1994, and a new novel followed nearly every year after. She has also written for The Times and contributed short stories to My Weekly and Woman. The catalogue holds 21 books, from When One Cat Woke Up (1990) through Just For The Summer (1994) and Excess Baggage (2000) to A Merry Mistletoe Wedding (2015).

How many Judy Astley books are there?

Judy Astley has 21 books, released between 1990 and 2015.

Judy Astley Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Judy Astley 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 When One Cat Woke Up by Judy Astley (1990)
  2. Cover of Just For The Summer by Judy Astley (1994)
  3. Cover of Pleasant Vices by Judy Astley (1995)
  4. Cover of Seven For A Secret by Judy Astley (1996)
  5. Cover of Muddy Waters by Judy Astley (1997)
  6. Cover of Every Good Girl by Judy Astley (1998)
  7. Cover of The Right Thing by Judy Astley (1999)
  8. Cover of Excess Baggage by Judy Astley (2000)
  9. Cover of No Place For A Man by Judy Astley (2001)
  10. Cover of Unchained Melanie by Judy Astley (2002)
  11. Cover of Away From It All by Judy Astley (2003)
  12. Cover of Size Matters by Judy Astley (2004)
  13. Cover of Blowing It by Judy Astley (2006)
  14. Cover of Laying The Ghost by Judy Astley (2007)
  15. Cover of The Look of Love by Judy Astley (2011)
  16. Cover of I Should Be So Lucky by Judy Astley (2012)
  17. Cover of It Must Have Been the Mistletoe by Judy Astley (2014)
  18. Cover of A Merry Mistletoe Wedding by Judy Astley (2015)
  1. 1
    When One Cat Woke Up1990 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199028
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  2. 2
    Just For The Summer1994 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994320
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  3. 3
    Pleasant Vices1995 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995288
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  4. 4
    Seven For A Secret1996 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996285
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  5. 5
    Muddy Waters1997 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997284
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  6. 6
    Every Good Girl1998 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998240
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  7. 7
    The Right Thing1999 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999272
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  8. 8
    Excess Baggage2000 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000287
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  9. 9
    No Place For A Man2001 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001288
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  10. 10
    Unchained Melanie2002 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002289
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  11. 11
    Away From It All2003 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003282
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  12. 12
    Size Matters2004 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004289
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  13. 13
    All Inclusive2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  14. 14
    Blowing It2006 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006336
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  15. 15
    Laying The Ghost2007 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007354
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  16. 16
    Other People's Husbands2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  17. 17
    The Look of Love2011 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011320
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  18. 18
    I Should Be So Lucky2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  19. 19
    In the Summertime2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  20. 20
    It Must Have Been the Mistletoe2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  21. 21
    A Merry Mistletoe Wedding2015 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015348
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Judy Astley 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.

Standalone books

21 books

21 Judy Astley titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Judy Astley books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 21 Judy Astley books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Judy Astley

Start with When One Cat Woke Up (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Judy Astley book?

A Merry Mistletoe Wedding (2015) is the newest Judy Astley book released so far.

Is there a new Judy Astley book coming?

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

Judy Astley at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Judy Astley title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Judy Astley books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,510 pages across the 16 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Judy Astley books, 9 of 21, were published in the 2000s.

What the Judy Astley books are about

17 of the 21 Judy Astley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 3 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.