Fool’s Gold Books in Order
Susan Mallery has written 32 Fool’s Gold books, published between 2010 and 2020: 25 in the Fool's Gold series and 7 related titles. The first book is Chasing Perfect (2010) and the newest main-line book is A Fool's Gold Wedding (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 2010–2020
- Confirmed
- 32 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,691 in 19 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 112–167 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,691 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Fool's Gold is Susan Mallery's contemporary romance series, named for the California town it is set in. The run holds 32 books between 2010 and 2020, opening with Chasing Perfect, Almost Perfect and Finding Perfect, all dated 2010, then the Only titles of 2011: Only His, Only Mine, Only Us, Only Yours. Single mothers, cowboys, ranch life and Christmas stories recur, and short stories and nonfiction extend the world. A Fool's Gold Wedding (2020) closes the sequence.
How many Fool’s Gold books are there?
Fool’s Gold has 32 books, released between 2010 and 2020. 25 of them belong to the Fool's Gold series, and 7 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas and non-fiction.
Fool’s Gold Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Fool’s Gold 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.
- 12010–4/4
- 22010–4/4
- 32010–4/4
- 42011–4/4
- 520113784/4
- 620113444/4
- 72011–4/4
- 82012–4/4
- 92012–4/4
- 1020123784/4
- 1120123784/4
- 1220123764/4
- 1320123154/4
- 1420132644/4
- 152013–4/4
- 1620133764/4
- 1720133794/4
- 1820133294/4
- 1920133294/4
- 202014–4/4
- 2120143474/4
- 2220143634/4
- 2320143764/4
- 2420153014/4
- 2520153764/4
- 2620153684/4
- 2720153304/4
- 282016–4/4
- 292016–4/4
- 3020163844/4
- 312016–3/4
- 322020–4/4
Do you have to read Fool’s Gold books in order?
You should read the Fool's Gold series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 7 related titles (short stories and novellas and non-fiction) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Fool’s Gold book also stands alone.
Where to start with Fool’s Gold
Start with Chasing Perfect (2010), the earliest published book in the Fool's Gold series.
What is the newest Fool’s Gold book?
A Fool's Gold Wedding (2020) is the newest book in the Fool's Gold series.
Is there a new Fool’s Gold book coming?
No next Fool’s Gold book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Fool’s Gold at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Fool’s Gold title on record is A Fool's Gold Wedding (2020), 6 years ago.
- Release pace
- Fool’s Gold books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,691 pages across the 19 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Fool’s Gold books, 31 of 32, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 31 of the 32 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Fool’s Gold books are about
24 of the 32 Fool’s Gold books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 13 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Man-woman relationships 13 of 24 books
- Contemporary romance 10 of 24 books
- Romance 5 of 24 books
- California 4 of 24 books
- Bodyguards 3 of 24 books
- Cowboys 3 of 24 books
- Ranch life 3 of 24 books
- Single mothers 3 of 24 books
- Christmas 2 of 24 books
- Ex-football players 2 of 24 books
- Festivals 2 of 24 books
- Large Print 2 of 24 books
More books by Susan Mallery
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Susan Mallery books in order 200 books
Series that include Fool’s Gold books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Fool's Gold books in order 25 books