Shirlee Busbee Books in Order
Shirlee Busbee has written 24 books, published between 1977 and 2012. The first book is Gypsy Lady (1977) and the newest is Desire Becomes Her (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24
- Published
- 1977–2012
- Pages on record
- 7,658 in 17 of 24 books
- Reading time
- 128–191 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,658 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 24 titles with a page count on record.
Shirlee Busbee, born August 9, 1941, is an American romance novelist who has published since 1977. More than nine million copies of the books are in print. Busbee has taken the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, along with Silver and Bronze Pen Awards from Affaire de Coeur. The catalogue holds 24 titles from Gypsy Lady (1977) to Desire Becomes Her (2012), with England, the Regency period, orphans and widows among the recorded subjects. Southern Women, Becomes Her and the Ballinger Family are the series listed.
How many Shirlee Busbee books are there?
Shirlee Busbee has 24 books, released between 1977 and 2012. They include 5 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Shirlee Busbee Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 24 Shirlee Busbee 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.
- 1Gypsy Lady1977 · confirmed 2/41977–2/4
- 21980–2/4
- 319804862/4
- 41984–2/4
- 519854802/4
- 6The Spanish Rose1986 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/419864962/4
- 719884642/4
- 819914962/4
- 919934422/4
- 1019944152/4
- 11Lovers Forever1996 · 421 pages · confirmed 2/419964212/4
- 1219973362/4
- 1319984032/4
- 14For Love Alone2000 · confirmed 2/42000–2/4
- 1520004222/4
- 162001–2/4
- 1720025412/4
- 1820033982/4
- 1920076292/4
- 2020083422/4
- 2120094552/4
- 222010–2/4
- 2320114322/4
- 242012–2/4
Shirlee Busbee 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.
Southern Women in order
6 booksBecomes Her in order
6 booksReluctant Brides in order
3 booksLouisiana in order
3 booksBallinger Family in order
2 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Shirlee Busbee titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Shirlee Busbee books in order?
You only need to read Shirlee Busbee 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 Shirlee Busbee
Start with Gypsy Lady (1977), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Shirlee Busbee book?
Desire Becomes Her (2012) is the newest Shirlee Busbee book released so far.
Is there a new Shirlee Busbee book coming?
No next Shirlee Busbee book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Shirlee Busbee at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Shirlee Busbee title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Shirlee Busbee books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 7,658 pages across the 17 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 442 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Shirlee Busbee books, 8 of 24, were published in the 2000s.
What the Shirlee Busbee books are about
21 of the 24 Shirlee Busbee books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical romance is tagged on 14 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical romance 14 of 21 books
- Romance 7 of 21 books
- England 4 of 21 books
- Bodice ripper 3 of 21 books
- Fiction in English 2 of 21 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 21 books
- Orphans 2 of 21 books
- Regency romance 2 of 21 books
- Widows 2 of 21 books