Shelly Ellis Books in Order
Shelly Ellis has written 16 books, published between 2013 and 2022. The first book is Can't Stand the Heat (2013) and the newest is Truth, Lies, and Mr. Grey (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2013–2022
- Pages on record
- 296 in 1 of 16 books
Shelly Ellis has 16 books in the catalogue from 2013 to 2022, with subject tags on African American women, fortune hunters, mothers and daughters, gossip and life changes. The five listed series are Gibbons Gold Digger, Chesterton Scandal, MacLaine Girls, Branch Avenue Boys and Three Mrs. Greys. Can't Stand the Heat (2013) is the first title, and Another Woman's Man (2014), Best Kept Secrets (2015), Bed of Lies (2016) and In These Streets (2018) follow. Truth, Lies, and Mr. Grey (2022) is the most recent.
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How many Shelly Ellis books are there?
Shelly Ellis has 16 books, released between 2013 and 2022. They include 5 separate series.
Shelly Ellis Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Shelly Ellis 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 November 2026.
- 120132961/4
- 22013–1/4
- 32014–1/4
- 42014–1/4
- 52015–1/4
- 62016–1/4
- 72017–1/4
- 82017–1/4
- 92018–1/4
- 102018–1/4
- 112018–1/4
- 122019–1/4
- 132019–1/4
- 142019–1/4
- 152021–1/4
- 162022–1/4
Shelly Ellis 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.
Gibbons Gold Digger in order
4 booksChesterton Scandal in order
4 booksBranch Avenue Boys in order
3 booksMacLaine Girls in order
3 books- 1. On Pointe
- 2. Her New Groove
- 3. Love Grind
Three Mrs. Greys in order
2 booksDo you have to read Shelly Ellis books in order?
You only need to read Shelly Ellis books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Shelly Ellis
Start with Can't Stand the Heat (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Shelly Ellis book?
Truth, Lies, and Mr. Grey (2022) is the newest Shelly Ellis book released so far.
Is there a new Shelly Ellis book coming?
No next Shelly Ellis book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Shelly Ellis at a glance
- Paused
- No new Shelly Ellis title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Shelly Ellis books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 296 pages across the 1 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Shelly Ellis books, 14 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
When Shelly Ellis books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Shelly Ellis titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 14 titles.
16 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Shelly Ellis books are about
1 of the 16 Shelly Ellis 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.
- African American women 1 of 1 books
- African Americans 1 of 1 books
- Fortune hunters 1 of 1 books
- Gossip 1 of 1 books
- Life change events 1 of 1 books
- Man-woman relationships 1 of 1 books
- Mothers and daughters 1 of 1 books