Americana Books in Order
Janet Dailey has written 58 Americana books, published between 1974 and 2024. The first book is Savage Land: Texas (1974) and the newest is Lone Oaks Crossing (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 58
- Published
- 1974–2024
- Confirmed
- 58 of 58 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,173 in 37 of 58 books
- Reading time
- 103–154 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,173 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 58 titles with a page count on record.
Americana is Janet Dailey's state-by-state romance project: the early books pair a title with an American state, as in Savage Land: Texas (1974), Darling Jenny: Wyoming (1975), Fire and Ice: California (1975), Show Me: Missouri (1976) and Night of the Cotillion: Georgia (1976). Ranch life, marriage and western settings carry the plots. The listing holds 58 books dated 1974 to 2024, at a median of 128 pages, and New Americana extends the run to Lone Oaks Crossing (2024).
How many Americana books are there?
Americana has 58 books, released between 1974 and 2024.
Americana Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 58 Americana 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.
- 119742463/4
- 219751863/4
- 31975–3/4
- 41975–3/4
- 519751163/4
- 61975–3/4
- 71976–3/4
- 81976–3/4
- 919761243/4
- 1019761283/4
- 1119761243/4
- 1219761243/4
- 1319771203/4
- 1419771203/4
- 1519771933/4
- 1619771923/4
- 1719771163/4
- 181977–3/4
- 191977–3/4
- 201977–3/4
- 2119781883/4
- 2219781203/4
- 231978–3/4
- 2419781203/4
- 2519781243/4
- 2619781203/4
- 2719782133/4
- 2819791923/4
- 2919791323/4
- 301979–3/4
- 311979–3/4
- 3219791923/4
- 3319791243/4
- 3419791283/4
- 3519791873/4
- 361980–3/4
- 3719801123/4
- 381980–3/4
- 3919801873/4
- 4019801203/4
- 411980–3/4
- 421980–3/4
- 4319801283/4
- 441981–3/4
- 4519811893/4
- 4619811163/4
- 4719811163/4
- 4819811203/4
- 491981–3/4
- 5019821923/4
- 5120162623/4
- 5220183683/4
- 532019–3/4
- 5420192663/4
- 552021–3/4
- 5620223683/4
- 572023–3/4
- 582024–3/4
Americana Books in Chronological Order
In story order, Dangerous Masquerade: Alabama comes first and Darling Jenny: Wyoming comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 50 books with a recorded story position run in that sequence below.
- 9Dangerous Masquerade: Alabama1976 · 124 pages · confirmed 3/419761243/4
- 50Northern Magic: Alaska1982 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/419821923/4
- 21Sonora Sundown: Arizona1978 · 188 pages · confirmed 3/419781883/4
- 11Valley of the Vapours: Arkansas1976 · 124 pages · confirmed 3/419761243/4
- 2Fire and Ice: California1975 · 186 pages · confirmed 3/419751863/4
- 5After the Storm: Colorado1975 · 116 pages · confirmed 3/419751163/4
- 43Difficult Decision: Connecticut1980 · 128 pages · confirmed 3/419801283/4
- 14The Matchmakers: Delaware1977 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/419771203/4
- 40Southern Nights: Florida1980 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/419801203/4
- 10Night of the Cotillion: Georgia1976 · 128 pages · confirmed 3/419761283/4
- 30Kona Winds: Hawaii1979 · confirmed 3/41979–3/4
- 49The Travelling Kind: Idaho1981 · confirmed 3/41981–3/4
- 12A Lyon's Share: Illinois1976 · 124 pages · confirmed 3/419761243/4
- 16The Indy Man: Indiana1977 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/419771923/4
- 8The Homeplace: Iowa1976 · confirmed 3/41976–3/4
- 42The Mating Season: Kansas1980 · confirmed 3/41980–3/4
- 19Bluegrass King: Kentucky1977 · confirmed 3/41977–3/4
- 23The Bride of the Delta Queen: Louisiana1978 · confirmed 3/41978–3/4
- 22Summer Mahogany: Maine1978 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/419781203/4
- 28Bed of Grass: Maryland1979 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/419791923/4
- 31That Boston Man: Massachusetts1979 · confirmed 3/41979–3/4
- 39Enemy in Camp: Michigan1980 · 187 pages · confirmed 3/419801873/4
- 26Giant of Mesabi: Minnesota1978 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/419781203/4
- 45A Tradition of Pride: Mississippi1981 · 189 pages · confirmed 3/419811893/4
- 7Show Me: Missouri1976 · confirmed 3/41976–3/4
- 13Big Sky Country: Montana1977 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/419771203/4
- 6Boss Man From Ogallala: Nebraska1975 · confirmed 3/41975–3/4
- 15Reilly's Woman: Nevada1977 · 193 pages · confirmed 3/419771933/4
- 37Heart of Stone: New Hampshire1980 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/419801123/4
- 44One of the Boys: New Jersey1981 · confirmed 3/41981–3/4
- 4Land of Enchantment: New Mexico1975 · confirmed 3/41975–3/4
- 25Beware of the Stranger: New York1978 · 124 pages · confirmed 3/419781243/4
- 48That Carolina Summer: North Carolina1981 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/419811203/4
- 36Lord of the High Lonesome: North Dakota1980 · confirmed 3/41980–3/4
- 18The Widow and the Wastrel: Ohio1977 · confirmed 3/41977–3/4
- 17Six White Horses: Oklahoma1977 · 116 pages · confirmed 3/419771163/4
- 20To Tell the Truth: Oregon1977 · confirmed 3/41977–3/4
- 41The Thawing of a Mara: Pennsylvania1980 · confirmed 3/41980–3/4
- 32Strange Bedfellow: Rhode Island1979 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/419791923/4
- 29Low Country Liar: South Carolina1979 · 132 pages · confirmed 3/419791323/4
- 46Dakota Dreamin': South Dakota1981 · 116 pages · confirmed 3/419811163/4
- 33Sentimental Journey: Tennessee1979 · 124 pages · confirmed 3/419791243/4
- 1Savage Land: Texas1974 · 246 pages · confirmed 3/419742463/4
- 34A Land Called Deseret: Utah1979 · 128 pages · confirmed 3/419791283/4
- 24Green Mountain Man: Vermont1978 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/419781203/4
- 27Tidewater Lover: Virginia1978 · 213 pages · confirmed 3/419782133/4
- 35For Mike's Sake: Washington1979 · 187 pages · confirmed 3/419791873/4
- 38Wild and Wonderful: West Virginia1980 · confirmed 3/41980–3/4
- 47With a Little Luck: Wisconsin1981 · 116 pages · confirmed 3/419811163/4
- 3Darling Jenny: Wyoming1975 · confirmed 3/41975–3/4
Do you have to read Americana books in order?
You should read the Americana books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Americana book also stands alone.
Where to start with Americana
Start with Savage Land: Texas (1974), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, Dangerous Masquerade: Alabama comes first.
What is the newest Americana book?
Lone Oaks Crossing (2024) is the newest Americana book released so far.
Is there a new Americana book coming?
No next Americana book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Americana at a glance
- Still running
- Americana is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Americana books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,173 pages across the 37 of 58 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Americana books, 35 of 58, were published in the 1970s.
What the Americana books are about
52 of the 58 Americana books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 29 of 52. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romance 29 of 52 books
- Contemporary romance 5 of 52 books
- Fiction in English 4 of 52 books
- Historical romance 4 of 52 books
- Ranch life 2 of 52 books
More books by Janet Dailey
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Janet Dailey books in order 161 books