Lucky Santangelo Books in Order

Lucky Santangelo by Jackie Collins contains 11 books, published between 1981 and 2014. The first book is Chances (1981) and the newest is The Santangelos (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1981–2014
Confirmed
10 of 11 titles
Pages on record
4,748 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
79–119 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,748 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

Lucky Santangelo is a Jackie Collins series built around the businesswoman of that name, an Italian-American figure in the film industry and in Las Vegas. Eleven books were published between 1981 and 2014, from Chances (1981) through Lucky (1985), Lady Boss (1990) and Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge (1996) to Confessions of a Wild Child (2013). Family life, fathers and daughters, and the motion picture business are the recurring subjects.

How many Lucky Santangelo books are there?

Lucky Santangelo has 11 books, released between 1981 and 2014.

Lucky Santangelo Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Lucky Santangelo 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.

  1. 1
    Chances1981 · 608 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1981608
  2. 2
    Lucky1985 · 624 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985624
  3. 3
    Lady Boss1990 · confirmed 3/4
    1990
  4. 4
    Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge1996 · 607 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996607
  5. 5
    Dangerous Kiss1999 · 592 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999592
  6. 6
    Drop Dead Beautiful2007 · 500 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007500
  7. 7
    Poor Little Bitch Girl2010 · 472 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010472
  8. 8
    A Santangelo Story2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  9. 9
    Goddess of Vengeance2011 · 516 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011516
  10. 10
    Confessions of a Wild Child2013 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013294
  11. 11
    The Santangelos2014 · 535 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014535

Is there a chronological order for Lucky Santangelo?

No separate chronological order is on record for Lucky Santangelo, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Lucky Santangelo books in order?

You should read the Lucky Santangelo books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Lucky Santangelo book also stands alone.

Where to start with Lucky Santangelo

Start with Chances (1981), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lucky Santangelo book?

The Santangelos (2014) is the newest Lucky Santangelo book released so far.

Is there a new Lucky Santangelo book coming?

No next Lucky Santangelo book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Lucky Santangelo at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Lucky Santangelo title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Lucky Santangelo books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,748 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 535 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lucky Santangelo books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lucky Santangelo books are about

10 of the 11 Lucky Santangelo books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: santangelo, lucky (fictitious character) is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jackie Collins

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Lucky Santangelo books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.