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Shirley MacLaine Books in Order

Shirley MacLaine has written 16 books, published between 1970 and 2024. The first book is Don't Fall Off the Mountain (1970) and the newest is The Wall of Life (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1970–2024
Pages on record
3,549 in 12 of 16 books
Reading time
59–89 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,549 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Shirley MacLaine, author of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series

Shirley MacLaine is an actress who also writes. MacLaine's 16 catalogued books are largely autobiographical, covering a screen career and a long interest in spiritualism and parapsychology, with one cookery title among them. The run opens with Don't Fall Off the Mountain (1970) and The New Celebrity Cookbook (1973), takes in Out on a Limb (1983), Dancing in the Light (1985) and Going Within (1986), continues through Dance While You Can (1991) and My Lucky Stars (1995), and reaches The Wall of Life (2024).

How many Shirley MacLaine books are there?

Shirley MacLaine has 16 books, released between 1970 and 2024. 11 of them belong to the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series.

Shirley MacLaine Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Shirley MacLaine 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 Don't Fall Off the Mountain by Shirley MacLaine, book 1 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (1970)
  2. Cover of You Can Get There From Here by Shirley MacLaine, book 2 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (1975)
  3. Cover of Out on a Limb by Shirley MacLaine, book 3 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (1983)
  4. Cover of Dancing in the Light by Shirley MacLaine, book 4 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (1985)
  5. Cover of Going Within by Shirley MacLaine (1986)
  6. Cover of It's All In The Playing by Shirley MacLaine, book 5 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (1987)
  7. Cover of Dance While You Can by Shirley MacLaine, book 6 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (1991)
  8. Cover of My Lucky Stars by Shirley MacLaine, book 7 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (1995)
  9. Cover of The Camino by Shirley MacLaine (2000)
  10. Cover of Out on a Leash by Shirley MacLaine (2003)
  11. Cover of Sage-ing While Age-ing by Shirley MacLaine, book 8 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (2007)
  12. Cover of Above the Line by Shirley MacLaine, book 10 of the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series (2015)
  1. 1
    Don't Fall Off the MountainShirley MacLaine Biographical #11970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
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  2. 2
    The New Celebrity Cookbook1973 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197395
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  3. 3
    You Can Get There From HereShirley MacLaine Biographical #21975 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975218
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  4. 4
    Out on a LimbShirley MacLaine Biographical #31983 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983384
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  5. 5
    Dancing in the LightShirley MacLaine Biographical #41985 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985432
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  6. 6
    Going Within1986 · 316 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986316
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  7. 7
    It's All In The PlayingShirley MacLaine Biographical #51987 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987337
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  8. 8
    What If?1988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
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  9. 9
    Dance While You CanShirley MacLaine Biographical #61991 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991303
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  10. 10
    My Lucky StarsShirley MacLaine Biographical #71995 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995400
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  11. 11
    The Camino2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000320
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  12. 12
    Out on a Leash2003 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003208
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  13. 13
    Sage-ing While Age-ingShirley MacLaine Biographical #82007 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007320
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  14. 14
    I'm Over All ThatShirley MacLaine Biographical #92011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  15. 15
    Above the LineShirley MacLaine Biographical #102015 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015216
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  16. 16
    The Wall of LifeShirley MacLaine Biographical #112024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Shirley MacLaine 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.

Shirley MacLaine Biographical in order

11 books
  1. 1. Don't Fall Off the Mountain
  2. 2. You Can Get There From Here
  3. 3. Out on a Limb
  4. 4. Dancing in the Light
  5. 5. It's All In The Playing
  6. 6. Dance While You Can
  7. 7. My Lucky Stars
  8. 8. Sage-ing While Age-ing
  9. 9. I'm Over All That
  10. 10. Above the Line
  11. 11. The Wall of Life

Standalone books

5 books

5 Shirley MacLaine titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Shirley MacLaine Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Shirley MacLaine books run from Don't Fall Off the Mountain (1970) to The Wall of Life (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Shirley MacLaine in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Shirley MacLaine books in order?

You only need to read Shirley MacLaine books in order within the Shirley MacLaine Biographical series, which holds 11 of the 16 Shirley MacLaine books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Shirley MacLaine

Start with Don't Fall Off the Mountain (1970), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Shirley MacLaine book?

The Wall of Life (2024) is the newest Shirley MacLaine book released so far.

Is there a new Shirley MacLaine book coming?

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

Shirley MacLaine at a glance

Still publishing
Shirley MacLaine published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Shirley MacLaine books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
3,549 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 318 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Shirley MacLaine books, 5 of 16, were published in the 1980s.

What the Shirley MacLaine books are about

11 of the 16 Shirley MacLaine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: maclaine, shirley, 1934- is tagged on 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Maclaine, shirley, 1934- 7 of 11 books
  • Biography 6 of 11 books
  • Entertainers 6 of 11 books
  • Spiritualists 3 of 11 books