Sophie Kinsella Books in Order
Sophie Kinsella has written 37 books, published between 1995 and 2024. The first book is 40 Love / The Tennis Party (As: Madeleine Wickham) (1995) and the newest is What Does it Feel Like? (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
Sophie Kinsella is the pen name of Madeleine Sophie Townley.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1995–2024
- Confirmed
- 36 of 37 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,577 in 22 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 126–189 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,577 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Sophie Kinsella was the pen name of Madeleine Sophie Wickham (12 December 1969 to 10 December 2025), an English author best known for the Shopaholic series. The Kinsella catalogue holds 37 books from 1995 to 2024; early titles such as 40 Love / The Tennis Party (1995) and Cocktails for Three (2000) appeared under the name Madeleine Wickham. The first two Shopaholic books became the 2009 film Confessions of a Shopaholic, and Can You Keep a Secret? (2003) was filmed in 2019. Kinsella's books sold more than 50 million copies in over 60 countries. Shopping, weddings and Becky Bloomwood appear among the subjects.
How many Sophie Kinsella books are there?
Sophie Kinsella has 37 books, released between 1995 and 2024. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Sophie Kinsella Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Sophie Kinsella 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.
- 140 Love / The Tennis Party (As: Madeleine Wickham)Sophie Kinsella Standalone Novels #11995 · 288 pages · confirmed 4/419952884/4
- 2A Desirable Residence (As: Madeleine Wickham)Sophie Kinsella Standalone Novels #21996 · confirmed 4/41996–4/4
- 3Swimming Pool Sunday (As: Madeleine Wickham)Sophie Kinsella Standalone Novels #31997 · confirmed 4/41997–4/4
- 4The Gatecrasher (As:Madeleine Wickham)Sophie Kinsella Standalone Novels #41998 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/419983044/4
- 5The Wedding Girl (As:Madeleine Wickham)Sophie Kinsella Standalone Novels #51999 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/419993364/4
- 6Confessions of a Shopaholic / The Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicShopaholic #12000 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/420003684/4
- 72000–3/4
- 820013234/4
- 9Sleeping Arrangements (As: Madeleine Wickham)Sophie Kinsella Standalone Novels #72001 · confirmed 3/42001–3/4
- 102002–4/4
- 1120033744/4
- 1220043524/4
- 132005–4/4
- 1420073584/4
- 1520083464/4
- 1620094354/4
- 172010–4/4
- 182011–3/4
- 192011–4/4
- 2020134464/4
- 2120144794/4
- 222014–4/4
- 2320153504/4
- 2420153044/4
- 25Shopaholic to the Rescue2016 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420163681/4
- 262017–4/4
- 2720181464/4
- 2820184164/4
- 292019–3/4
- 302019–4/4
- 3120194484/4
- 3220201764/4
- 3320201604/4
- 3420204324/4
- 3520213684/4
- 362023–4/4
- 372024–4/4
Sophie Kinsella series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Shopaholic books in order 10 books
Sophie Kinsella 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.
Sophie Kinsella Standalone Novels
21 books21 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Fairy Mom and Me in order
4 booksSophie Kinsella Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Sophie Kinsella title here is not listed as part of any series.
Sophie Kinsella Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Sophie Kinsella books run from 40 Love / The Tennis Party (As: Madeleine Wickham) (1995) to What Does it Feel Like? (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sophie Kinsella in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Sophie Kinsella books in order?
You only need to read Sophie Kinsella books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Sophie Kinsella
Start with Confessions of a Shopaholic / The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000), the first Shopaholic book. The earliest catalogued title overall is 40 Love / The Tennis Party (As: Madeleine Wickham) (1995).
What is the newest Sophie Kinsella book?
What Does it Feel Like? (2024) is the newest Sophie Kinsella book released so far.
Is there a new Sophie Kinsella book coming?
No next Sophie Kinsella book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sophie Kinsella at a glance
- Died
- Sophie Kinsella died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Sophie Kinsella on record dates from 2024.
- Release pace
- Sophie Kinsella books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,577 pages across the 22 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 355 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sophie Kinsella books, 15 of 37, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 32 of the 37 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 36 in at least three.
What the Sophie Kinsella books are about
27 of the 37 Sophie Kinsella books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: becky bloomwood (fictitious character) is tagged on 7 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Becky Bloomwood (Fictitious character) 7 of 27 books
- Shopping 7 of 27 books
- Young women 7 of 27 books
- Humor 6 of 27 books
- Romance 6 of 27 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 27 books
- Marriage 3 of 27 books
- Contemporary romance 3 of 27 books
- Weddings 3 of 27 books
- British 2 of 27 books
- Compulsive shopping 2 of 27 books