Order of Jane Green Books

Order of Jane Green Books


Jane Green is an English author of chick lit. She is considered to be a co-founder of the genre, alongside Helen Fielding. Green worked as a journalist for such publications as The Daily Express, The Daily Mail and Cosmopolitan. Common themes in her novels are cooking, wars between classes, female friends, children and cheating. She currently resides in Connecticut with her husband, six children and several pets.

Jane Green became a published author in 2000 with the novel Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans. Below is a list of Jane Green’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Straight Talking

(1997)

Jemima J

(1998)

Mr. Maybe

(1999)

Bookends

(2000)

Babyville

(2001)

To Have and to Hold / Spellbound

(2002)

The Other Woman

(2004)

Swapping Lives / Life Swap

(2005)

Vacation

(2005)

Second Chance

(2007)

The Beach House

(2008)

Dune Road / Girl Friday

(2009)

The Love Verb / Promises To Keep

(2010)

Another Piece of My Heart / The Patchwork Marriage

(2012)

Family Pictures / The Accidental Husband

(2013)

Saving Grace

(2014)

Tempting Fate

(2014)

Summer Secrets

(2015)

Falling

(2016)

The Sunshine Sisters

(2017)

The Friends We Keep

(2019)

Sister Stardust

(2022)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

A Walk in the Park

(2012)

Cat and Jemima J

(2015)

When We Were Friends

(2024)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

A Modern Fairy Tale

(2011)

Good Taste

(2016)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Cosmo’s Sexiest Stories Ever

(2011)

Notes: To Have and To Hold was also published as Spellbound. Swapping Lives is also known as Life Swap. Dune Road is alternatively titled Girl Friday. The Love Verb was re-published as Promises to Keep. The Patchwork Marriage was also published as Another Piece of My Heart. Vacation is found inside the omnibus This Christmas (aka The Holiday), which also contains contributions from Jennifer Coburn and Liz Ireland. Cosmo’s Sexiest Stories Ever also contains contributions from Meg Cabot and Jennifer Weiner.