Sidney Sheldon Books in Order
29 books are credited to Sidney Sheldon, published between 1960 and 2019; 7 of them appeared after Sidney Sheldon's death in 2007. The first book is Roman Candle (1960) and the newest is The Phoenix (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1960–2019
- Confirmed
- 29 of 29 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,539 in 25 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 159–238 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,539 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer who worked on Broadway plays and then in film and television before turning to novels. Writing the comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) earned Sheldon an Oscar in 1948, and Sheldon created The Patty Duke Show, I Dream of Jeannie and Hart to Hart. The romantic suspense novels, begun after Sheldon turned 50, include The Naked Face (1970), The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Bloodline (1977), Rage of Angels (1980), Master of the Game (1982) and If Tomorrow Comes (1985), and have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages. The listing also carries titles dated after 2007, up to The Phoenix (2019).
How many Sidney Sheldon books are there?
Sidney Sheldon has 29 books, released between 1960 and 2019. 7 of them were published after Sidney Sheldon's death in 2007. They include 3 separate series.
Sidney Sheldon Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Sidney Sheldon 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.
- 11960–3/4
- 21961903/4
- 31970–3/4
- 419734643/4
- 51976–3/4
- 619773203/4
- 719805123/4
- 819824963/4
- 919855923/4
- 1019874003/4
- 1119883653/4
- 121990–3/4
- 1319913203/4
- 1419923703/4
- 1519943843/4
- 1619953883/4
- 171996663/4
- 1819973723/4
- 1919983723/4
- 2020003983/4
- 2120044003/4
- 2220054323/4
- 2320104163/4
- 2420122933/4
- 2520134803/4
- 2620143903/4
- 2720153873/4
- 2820194003/4
- 2920194323/4
Sidney Sheldon 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.
Sidney Sheldon Standalone Novels
19 books19 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
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1 bookSidney Sheldon Picture in order
1 bookSidney Sheldon Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sidney Sheldon Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Sidney Sheldon books run from Roman Candle (1960) to The Phoenix (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sidney Sheldon in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Sidney Sheldon books in order?
You only need to read Sidney Sheldon 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 Sidney Sheldon
Start with Roman Candle (1960), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sidney Sheldon book?
The Phoenix (2019) is the newest Sidney Sheldon book released so far.
Is there a new Sidney Sheldon book coming?
No next Sidney Sheldon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Sidney Sheldon has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Sidney Sheldon. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Lucien Barrière Literary Award1993Won
Sidney Sheldon at a glance
- Died
- Sidney Sheldon died in 2007, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Sidney Sheldon are still being published after Sidney Sheldon's death in 2007; the newest appeared in 2019.
- Release pace
- Sidney Sheldon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 9,539 pages across the 25 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 390 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sidney Sheldon books, 8 of 29, were published in the 1990s.
What the Sidney Sheldon books are about
27 of the 29 Sidney Sheldon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 4 of 27 books
- Thrillers 4 of 27 books
- Adult 3 of 27 books
- Americans 3 of 27 books
- Crime 3 of 27 books
- Serial murders 3 of 27 books
- Widows 3 of 27 books
- Missing persons 2 of 27 books
- Murder 2 of 27 books