Janet Dailey Reading Order

3 books (2015–2017)

Start with Long, Tall Christmas and read in order.

#	Title
1	Long, Tall Christmas 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Christmas on My Mind 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Just a Little Christmas 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

50 books (1974–1982)

Start with Savage Land: Texas, the first of 50 books in the Americana series.

#	Title
1	Savage Land: Texas 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	After the Storm: Colorado 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Boss Man From Ogallala: Nebraska 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Darling Jenny: Wyoming 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Fire and Ice: California 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Land of Enchantment: New Mexico 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Lyon's Share: Illinois 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dangerous Masquerade: Alabama 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Night of the Cotillion: Georgia 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Show Me: Missouri 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Homeplace: Iowa 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Valley of the Vapours: Arkansas 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Big Sky Country: Montana 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Bluegrass King: Kentucky 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Reilly's Woman: Nevada 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Six White Horses: Oklahoma 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Indy Man: Indiana 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Matchmakers: Delaware 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Widow and the Wastrel: Ohio 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	To Tell the Truth: Oregon 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Beware of the Stranger: New York 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Giant of Mesabi: Minnesota 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Green Mountain Man: Vermont 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Sonora Sundown: Arizona 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Summer Mahogany: Maine 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Bride of the Delta Queen: Louisiana 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Tidewater Lover: Virginia 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	A Land Called Deseret: Utah 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Bed of Grass: Maryland 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	For Mike's Sake: Washington 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Kona Winds: Hawaii 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Low Country Liar: South Carolina 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Sentimental Journey: Tennessee 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Strange Bedfellow: Rhode Island 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	That Boston Man: Massachusetts 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Difficult Decision: Connecticut 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Enemy in Camp: Michigan 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Heart of Stone: New Hampshire 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Lord of the High Lonesome: North Dakota 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Southern Nights: Florida 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	The Mating Season: Kansas 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	The Thawing of a Mara: Pennsylvania 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Wild and Wonderful: West Virginia 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	A Tradition of Pride: Mississippi 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Dakota Dreamin': South Dakota 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	One of the Boys: New Jersey 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	That Carolina Summer: North Carolina 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	The Travelling Kind: Idaho 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	With a Little Luck: Wisconsin 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Northern Magic: Alaska 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1991–2017)

Start with Christmas Magic, the first of 4 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Christmas Magic 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Marry Me, Cowboy! 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Unmasked 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	You're Still the One 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Happy is the Bride 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1991–1997)

Start with Aspen Gold and read in order.

#	Title
1	Aspen Gold 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Illusions 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2011–2013)

Start with Trust and read in order.

#	Title
1	Trust 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Honor 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Triumph 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2014–2014)

#	Title
1	Christmas in Cowboy Country 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2021–2025)

Start with Calder Brand, the first of 5 books in the Calder Brand series.

#	Title
1	Calder Brand 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Calder Grit 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Calder at Heart 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Calder Country 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Calder Strong 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1981–2010)

Start with This Calder Sky, the first of 11 books in the Calder Saga series.

#	Title
1	This Calder Sky 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	This Calder Range 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Calder Born, Calder Bred 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Stands a Calder Man 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Calder Pride 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Green Calder Grass 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Shifting Calder Wind 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Calder Promise 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Lone Calder Star 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Calder Storm 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Santa in Montana 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2018–2023)

Start with My Kind of Christmas, the first of 6 books in the Christmas Tree Ranch series.

#	Title
1	My Kind of Christmas 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	It's a Christmas Thing 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Holding Out for Christmas 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Santa's Sweetheart 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Somebody Like Santa 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Sound of Sleighbells 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1974–1978)

Start with No Quarter Asked and read in order.

#	Title
1	No Quarter Asked 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fiesta San Antonio 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	For Bitter or Worse 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2024–2024)

8 books (2016–2024)

Start with Sunrise Canyon, the first of 8 books in the New Americana series.

#	Title
1	Sunrise Canyon 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Refuge Cove 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hart's Hollow Farm 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Letters from Peaceful Lane 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Paradise Peak 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Hope Creek 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Blue Moon Haven 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Lone Oaks Crossing 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2024–2026)

Start with One in a Million and read in order.

1 book (2004–2004)

#	Title
1	Happy Holidays 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

55 books (1976–2013)

Start with Something Extra, the first of 55 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Something Extra 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sweet Promise 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Ivory Cane 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Master Fiddler 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	To Santa with Love 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Rogue 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Touch the Wind 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Nightway 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Ride the Thunder 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	For the Love of God 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Hostage Bride 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Lancaster Men 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Eve's Christmas 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Mistletoe and Holly 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Terms of Surrender 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Second Time 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Wildcatter's Woman 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Foxfire Light 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Separate Cabins 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Best Way to Lose 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Western Man 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Leftover Love 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Searching For Santa 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Silver Wings, Santiago Blue 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Pride of Hannah Wade 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Glory Game 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Great Alone 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Heiress 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Travelling Kind 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Rivals 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Honourable Friends 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Masquerade 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Tangled Vines 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	American Dreams 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Riding High 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Proud and the Free 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Legacies 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	A Spring Bouquet 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Notorious 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Healing Touch 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Scrooge Wore Spurs 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	A Capital Holiday 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Can't Say Goodbye 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Maybe This Christmas 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	The Not Forgotten War 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Man of Mine 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Mistletoe and Molly 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Something More 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Stealing Kisses 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	American Destiny 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Santa in a Stetson 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Close to You 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	That Loving Feeling 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	A Cowboy Under My Christmas Tree 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	Merry Christmas, Cowboy 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2020–2022)

Start with Whirlwind and read in order.

#	Title
1	Whirlwind 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Whiplash 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Quicksand 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2014–2019)

Start with Texas True, the first of 6 books in the The Tylers of Texas series.

#	Title
1	Texas True 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Texas Tough 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Texas Fierce 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Texas Tall 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Texas Free 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Texas Forever 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible