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Kimberley Chambers Books in Order

Kimberley Chambers has written 20 books, published between 2008 and 2024. The first book is Billie Jo (2008) and the newest is The Brothers (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2008–2024
Confirmed
16 of 20 titles
Pages on record
5,619 in 12 of 20 books
Reading time
94–140 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,619 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Kimberley Chambers, born 13 June 1967 and living in Hornchurch, Greater London, is an English novelist of crime family sagas, set for the most part in Essex or East London and told largely from the villain's point of view, with a streak of humour. Payback, Tainted Love and Life of Crime each reached number one on the Sunday Times list. The catalogue holds 20 books, from Billie Jo (2008) to The Brothers (2024), with Born Evil (2009), The Feud (2010) and The Traitor (2010) early in the run. Butlers and Mitchells & O'Haras are the two series credited to Chambers. Gangsters, criminals, adultery and mothers and daughters appear in the subject records.

How many Kimberley Chambers books are there?

Kimberley Chambers has 20 books, released between 2008 and 2024. They include 3 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.

Kimberley Chambers Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Kimberley Chambers 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 Billie Jo by Kimberley Chambers (2008)
  2. Cover of Born Evil by Kimberley Chambers (2009)
  3. Cover of The Betrayer / Sweet Baby James by Kimberley Chambers (2009)
  4. Cover of The Feud by Kimberley Chambers, book 1 of the Mitchells & O'Haras series (2010)
  5. Cover of The Traitor by Kimberley Chambers, book 2 of the Mitchells & O'Haras series (2010)
  6. Cover of The Victim by Kimberley Chambers, book 3 of the Mitchells & O'Haras series (2011)
  7. Cover of The Trap by Kimberley Chambers, book 1 of the Butlers series (2013)
  8. Cover of Payback by Kimberley Chambers, book 2 of the Butlers series (2014)
  9. Cover of The Wronged by Kimberley Chambers, book 3 of the Butlers series (2015)
  10. Cover of Tainted Love by Kimberley Chambers, book 4 of the Butlers series (2016)
  11. Cover of Backstabber by Kimberley Chambers, book 5 of the Butlers series (2017)
  12. Cover of The Sting by Kimberley Chambers (2019)
  1. 1
    Billie Jo2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008352
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  2. 2
    Born Evil2009 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009368
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  3. 3
    The Betrayer / Sweet Baby James2009 · 434 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009434
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  4. 4
    The FeudMitchells & O'Haras #12010 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010480
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  5. 5
    The TraitorMitchells & O'Haras #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    The VictimMitchells & O'Haras #32011 · 419 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011419
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  7. 7
    The Schemer2012 · 560 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012560
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  8. 8
    The TrapButlers #12013 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013544
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  9. 9
    PaybackButlers #22014 · 518 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014518
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  10. 10
    The WrongedButlers #32015 · 468 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015468
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  11. 11
    Tainted LoveButlers #42016 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016480
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  12. 12
    The Family Man (The Bonds 1)2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  13. 13
    BackstabberButlers #52017 · 484 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017484
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  14. 14
    The Brothers (The Bonds 2)2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  15. 15
    Life of Crime2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  16. 16
    Essex Wives2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  17. 17
    The Sting2019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  18. 18
    Queenie2020 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020512
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  19. 19
    The Family ManBonds #12021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  20. 20
    The BrothersBonds #22024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Kimberley Chambers 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.

Butlers in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Trap
  2. 2. Payback
  3. 3. The Wronged
  4. 4. Tainted Love
  5. 5. Backstabber

Mitchells & O'Haras in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Feud
  2. 2. The Traitor
  3. 3. The Victim

Bonds in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Family Man
  2. 2. The Brothers

Standalone books

10 books

10 Kimberley Chambers titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kimberley Chambers books in order?

You only need to read Kimberley Chambers books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Kimberley Chambers

Start with Billie Jo (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kimberley Chambers book?

The Brothers (2024) is the newest Kimberley Chambers book released so far.

Is there a new Kimberley Chambers book coming?

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

Kimberley Chambers at a glance

Still publishing
Kimberley Chambers published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Kimberley Chambers books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,619 pages across the 12 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kimberley Chambers books, 14 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kimberley Chambers books are about

15 of the 20 Kimberley Chambers books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 9 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.