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Eloisa James Books in Order

16 series including Desperate Duchesses Series, Wildes Of Lindow Castle Series and more

★ 16 NYT bestsellers 16 series 61 books Latest: Hardly a Gentleman (2025)

Since 1999, Eloisa James has published 61 books. Across 16 series, Desperate Duchesses stands out as the longest at 9 books. The newest book on our shelves is Hardly a Gentleman (2025).

New York Times Bestsellers

16 books

Eloisa James has placed 16 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 20 weeks on the charts.

Cover of Paris in Love
Paris in Love
Eloisa James Non-Fiction Books

3 weeks on the Times Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list · peaked at #20 · debuted Apr 2012

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Cover of The Ugly Duchess
The Ugly Duchess
Fairy Tales Series

2 weeks on the Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list · peaked at #9 · debuted Sep 2012

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Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Eloisa James’s complete chart history, week by week.

Reading Order

16 series · 61 books
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Desperate Duchesses 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 An Affair Before Christmas 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Duchess By Night 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 When the Duke Returns 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 This Duchess of Mine 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 A Duke of Her Own 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Three Weeks With Lady X 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Four Nights With the Duke 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Seven Minutes in Heaven 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Much Ado About You 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Kiss Me, Annabel 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Taming of the Duke 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Pleasure for Pleasure 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 A Gentleman Never Tells 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Essex Sisters Non-Fiction Books

0 of 1 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 A Kiss at Midnight 2010 RITA Award by Romance Writers of America 2011Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 When Beauty Tamed the Beast 2011 🏆 All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll 2012RITA Award by Romance Writers of America 2012Goodreads Choice Award 2011Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Duke Is Mine 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Ugly Duchess 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Once Upon a Tower 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Happily Ever After... Series

0 of 6 read
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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Storming the Castle (Short Story) 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Winning the Wallflower 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Seduced by a Pirate (Short Story) 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 With this Kiss: Part 1 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 With this Kiss: Part 2 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 With this Kiss: Part 3 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Lady Most Likely... by Eloisa James

Lady Most Series

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Lady Most Likely... 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Lady Most Willing... 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James

Pleasures Trilogy Series

0 of 3 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Potent Pleasures 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Midnight Pleasures 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Enchanting Pleasures 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Seduction Series

0 of 4 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Two Dances and a Duke 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Two Vows and a Viscount (Short Story) 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Two Masquerades and a Major 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Two Lies and a Lord 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Would-Be Wallflowers Series

0 of 3 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 How to Be a Wallflower 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Reluctant Countess 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Not That Duke 2023 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
My American Duchess by Eloisa James

Eloisa James Other Novels

0 of 3 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 My American Duchess 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Viscount in Love 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Hardly a Gentleman 2025 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Eloisa James Short Stories/Novellas

1 book · 2005

Eloisa James Short Story Collections

3 books · 2005–2018

Eloisa James Non-Fiction Books

1 book · 2012

Eloisa James Anthologies

3 books · 2004–2021

New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James writes historical romances for HarperCollins Publishers. Her novels have been published to great acclaim. A reviewer from USA Today wrote of Eloisa's very first book that she "found herself devouring the book like a dieter with a Hershey bar"; later People Magazine raved that "romance writing does not get much better than this." Her novels have repeatedly received starred reviews from Publishers' Weekly and Library Journal and regularly appear on…

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