Wendy Holden Books in Order
Wendy Holden has written 24 books, published between 1999 and 2023. The first book is Simply Divine (1999) and the newest is The Princess (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24
- Published
- 1999–2023
- Pages on record
- 6,110 in 15 of 24 books
- Reading time
- 102–153 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,110 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 24 titles with a page count on record.
Wendy Holden writes comic contemporary novels about young women, money and celebrity, most of them set in London and the English countryside. Simply Divine (1999) opens the catalogue, and Bad Heir Day (2000), Farm Fatale (2001), Gossip Hound (2002), Filthy Rich (2008) and Beautiful People (2009) follow. The Laura Lake books turn on a journalist, and the Royal Outsiders novels close the run at The Princess (2023). Twenty-four titles are catalogued.
How many Wendy Holden books are there?
Wendy Holden has 24 books, released between 1999 and 2023. They include 2 separate series.
Wendy Holden Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 24 Wendy Holden 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.
- 119992911/4
- 220003391/4
- 320013391/4
- 42001–1/4
- 520022871/4
- 620033571/4
- 720052921/4
- 820063141/4
- 920085631/4
- 1020096631/4
- 1120104891/4
- 122011–1/4
- 1320123751/4
- 1420154801/4
- 15Three Weddings and a Scandal / Laura Lake And The Hipster WeddingsLaura Lake #12017 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420174001/4
- 162017–1/4
- 1720174891/4
- 182018–1/4
- 192019–1/4
- 202019–1/4
- 2120204321/4
- 222020–1/4
- 232021–1/4
- 242023–1/4
Wendy Holden 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.
WendyHolden Standalone Novels
17 books17 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Laura Lake in order
4 booksRoyal Outsiders in order
3 booksDo you have to read Wendy Holden books in order?
You only need to read Wendy Holden 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 Wendy Holden
Start with Simply Divine (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Wendy Holden book?
The Princess (2023) is the newest Wendy Holden book released so far.
Is there a new Wendy Holden book coming?
No next Wendy Holden book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Wendy Holden at a glance
- Paused
- No new Wendy Holden title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Wendy Holden books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,110 pages across the 15 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 375 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Wendy Holden books, 10 of 24, were published in the 2010s.
What the Wendy Holden books are about
17 of the 24 Wendy Holden books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 5 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 5 of 17 books
- Rich people 3 of 17 books
- Women journalists 3 of 17 books
- Young women 3 of 17 books
- Celebrities 2 of 17 books
- England 2 of 17 books
- English literature 2 of 17 books
- Female friendship 2 of 17 books
- London (England) 2 of 17 books
- Man-woman relationships 2 of 17 books
- Romance 2 of 17 books
- Contemporary romance 2 of 17 books