Family Business Books in Order
Family Business contains 23 books, published between 2006 and 2024. The first book is Prodigal Son / Falling for the Boss (2006) and the newest is The Family Business 7 (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 2006–2024
- Confirmed
- 19 of 23 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,911 in 10 of 23 books
The Family Business is an urban fiction series by Carl Weber about an African American family and the business they run. Prodigal Son (2006) opens the catalogue, and the numbered Family Business books run from 2012 onward. Drug trafficking and a family-owned enterprise drive the plots across 23 catalogued titles, which reach The Family Business 7 in 2024.
How many Family Business books are there?
Family Business has 23 books, released between 2006 and 2024.
Family Business Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Family Business 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.
- 1Prodigal Son / Falling for the Boss2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 4/420062564/4
- 1The Family Business2012 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420122883/4
- 1The Family Business #12014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 1Forces of Nature2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 2The Boss and Miss Baxter2006 · confirmed 3/42006–3/4
- 2The Family Business 22013 · 347 pages · confirmed 3/420133473/4
- 2The Family Business #22014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 2Man of Action2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 3The Baby Deal2006 · confirmed 3/42006–3/4
- 3To Paris with Love2013 · 264 pages · confirmed 3/420132643/4
- 4Falling for the Boss2006 · confirmed 3/42006–3/4
- 4The Family Business 32014 · 298 pages · confirmed 3/420142983/4
- 5Her Best-Kept Secret2006 · confirmed 3/42006–3/4
- 5Grand Opening2015 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/420153044/4
- 6Mergers & Matrimony2006 · confirmed 3/42006–3/4
- 6No More Mr. Nice Guy2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420162883/4
- 7Grand Opening 22017 · 282 pages · confirmed 3/420172823/4
- 8The Family Business 42018 · 300 pages · confirmed 3/420183003/4
- 9Trouble in Rio2019 · confirmed 3/42019–3/4
- 10The Family Business 52020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
- 11The Education of Nevada Duncan2021 · 284 pages · confirmed 3/420212843/4
- 12The Family Business 62023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
- 13The Family Business 72024 · confirmed 3/42024–3/4
Family Business Books in Chronological Order
In story order, Grand Opening comes first and The Family Business 7 comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 13 books with a recorded story position run in that sequence below.
- 5Grand Opening2015 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/420153044/4
- 7Grand Opening 22017 · 282 pages · confirmed 3/420172823/4
- 3To Paris with Love2013 · 264 pages · confirmed 3/420132643/4
- 6No More Mr. Nice Guy2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420162883/4
- 1The Family Business2012 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420122883/4
- 2The Family Business 22013 · 347 pages · confirmed 3/420133473/4
- 4The Family Business 32014 · 298 pages · confirmed 3/420142983/4
- 8The Family Business 42018 · 300 pages · confirmed 3/420183003/4
- 10The Family Business 52020 · confirmed 3/42020–3/4
- 9Trouble in Rio2019 · confirmed 3/42019–3/4
- 11The Education of Nevada Duncan2021 · 284 pages · confirmed 3/420212843/4
- 12The Family Business 62023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
- 13The Family Business 72024 · confirmed 3/42024–3/4
Do you have to read Family Business books in order?
You should read the Family Business books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Family Business book also stands alone.
What order should you read Family Business books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Prodigal Son / Falling for the Boss (2006), the earliest published title. After it come The Family Business (2012), The Family Business #1 (2014), Forces of Nature (2023) and The Boss and Miss Baxter (2006); the numbered table above continues from there. In the chronological order, Grand Opening comes first.
What is the newest Family Business book?
The Family Business 7 (2024) is the newest Family Business book released so far.
Is there a new Family Business book coming?
No next Family Business book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Family Business at a glance
- Still running
- Family Business is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Family Business books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,911 pages across the 10 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Family Business books, 11 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 2 of the 23 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 19 in at least three.
- Attribution
- Of the 23 titles, 13 are credited to Carl Weber, 4 to Susan Mallery, 2 to Elle Rivers and 2 to Mac Flynn. One further writer is credited. One title carries no credit.
What the Family Business books are about
12 of the 23 Family Business books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 8 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 8 of 12 books
- African american & black, urban & street lit 7 of 12 books
- Urban fiction 7 of 12 books
- African american & black 3 of 12 books
- Urban & street lit 3 of 12 books