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Home / Authors / Janet Dailey Janet Dailey Janet Dailey is an American author best known for her Americana romance series and the Calder Saga. Her books have sold over 300 million copies worldwide, making her one of the most successful romance novelists. This page provides the Janet Dailey books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1974 Savage Land: Texas POoAB · 1 Buy ↗ 1974 No Quarter Asked POoC&SB · 1 Buy ↗ 1975 Fire and Ice: California POoAB · 2 Buy ↗ 1975 Darling Jenny: Wyoming POoAB · 3 Buy ↗ 1975 Land of Enchantment: New Mexico POoAB · 4 Buy ↗ 1975 After the Storm: Colorado POoAB · 5 Buy ↗ 1975 Boss Man From Ogallala: Nebraska POoAB · 6 Buy ↗ 1976 Sweet Promise POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1976 Something Extra POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1976 Show Me: Missouri POoAB · 7 Buy ↗ 1976 The Homeplace: Iowa POoAB · 8 Buy ↗ 1976 Dangerous Masquerade: Alabama POoAB · 9 Buy ↗ 1976 Night of the Cotillion: Georgia POoAB · 10 Buy ↗ 1976 Valley of the Vapours: Arkansas POoAB · 11 Buy ↗ 1976 A Lyon's Share: Illinois POoAB · 12 Buy ↗ 1977 Fiesta San Antonio POoC&SB · 2 Buy ↗ 1977 To Santa with Love POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1977 The Master Fiddler POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1977 The Ivory Cane POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1977 Big Sky Country: Montana POoAB · 13 Buy ↗ 1977 The Matchmakers: Delaware POoAB · 14 Buy ↗ 1977 Reilly's Woman: Nevada POoAB · 15 Buy ↗ 1977 The Indy Man: Indiana POoAB · 16 Buy ↗ 1977 Six White Horses: Oklahoma POoAB · 17 Buy ↗ 1977 The Widow and the Wastrel: Ohio POoAB · 18 Buy ↗ 1977 Bluegrass King: Kentucky POoAB · 19 Buy ↗ 1977 To Tell the Truth: Oregon POoAB · 20 Buy ↗ 1978 For Bitter or Worse POoC&SB · 3 Buy ↗ 1978 Sonora Sundown: Arizona POoAB · 21 Buy ↗ 1978 Summer Mahogany: Maine POoAB · 22 Buy ↗ 1978 The Bride of the Delta Queen: Louisiana POoAB · 23 Buy ↗ 1978 Green Mountain Man: Vermont POoAB · 24 Buy ↗ 1978 Beware of the Stranger: New York POoAB · 25 Buy ↗ 1978 Giant of Mesabi: Minnesota POoAB · 26 Buy ↗ 1978 Tidewater Lover: Virginia POoAB · 27 Buy ↗ 1979 Touch the Wind POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1979 The Rogue POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1979 Bed of Grass: Maryland POoAB · 28 Buy ↗ 1979 Low Country Liar: South Carolina POoAB · 29 Buy ↗ 1979 Kona Winds: Hawaii POoAB · 30 Buy ↗ 1979 That Boston Man: Massachusetts POoAB · 31 Buy ↗ 1979 Strange Bedfellow: Rhode Island POoAB · 32 Buy ↗ 1979 Sentimental Journey: Tennessee POoAB · 33 Buy ↗ 1979 A Land Called Deseret: Utah POoAB · 34 Buy ↗ 1979 For Mike's Sake: Washington POoAB · 35 Buy ↗ 1980 Ride the Thunder POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1980 Nightway POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1980 Lord of the High Lonesome: North Dakota POoAB · 36 Buy ↗ 1980 Heart of Stone: New Hampshire POoAB · 37 Buy ↗ 1980 Wild and Wonderful: West Virginia POoAB · 38 Buy ↗ 1980 Enemy in Camp: Michigan POoAB · 39 Buy ↗ 1980 Southern Nights: Florida POoAB · 40 Buy ↗ 1980 The Thawing of a Mara: Pennsylvania POoAB · 41 Buy ↗ 1980 The Mating Season: Kansas POoAB · 42 Buy ↗ 1980 Difficult Decision: Connecticut POoAB · 43 Buy ↗ 1981 This Calder Sky POoCSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1981 The Hostage Bride POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1981 For the Love of God POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1981 The Lancaster Men POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1981 One of the Boys: New Jersey POoAB · 44 Buy ↗ 1981 A Tradition of Pride: Mississippi POoAB · 45 Buy ↗ 1981 Dakota Dreamin': South Dakota POoAB · 46 Buy ↗ 1981 With a Little Luck: Wisconsin POoAB · 47 Buy ↗ 1981 That Carolina Summer: North Carolina POoAB · 48 Buy ↗ 1981 The Travelling Kind: Idaho POoAB · 49 Buy ↗ 1982 This Calder Range POoCSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1982 Eve's Christmas POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1982 Mistletoe and Holly POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1982 Wildcatter's Woman POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 1982 The Second Time POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1982 Terms of Surrender POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 1982 Northern Magic: Alaska POoAB · 50 Buy ↗ 1983 Stands a Calder Man POoCSB · 3 Buy ↗ 1983 Calder Born, Calder Bred POoCSB · 4 Buy ↗ 1983 The Best Way to Lose POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 1983 Foxfire Light POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 1983 Western Man POoSN · 20 Buy ↗ 1983 Separate Cabins POoSN · 21 Buy ↗ 1984 Silver Wings, Santiago Blue POoSN · 22 Buy ↗ 1984 The Pride of Hannah Wade POoSN · 23 Buy ↗ 1984 Searching For Santa POoSN · 24 Buy ↗ 1984 Leftover Love POoSN · 25 Buy ↗ 1985 The Glory Game POoSN · 26 Buy ↗ 1986 The Great Alone POoSN · 27 Buy ↗ 1987 Heiress POoSN · 28 Buy ↗ 1987 Travelling Kind POoSN · 29 Buy ↗ 1988 Rivals POoSN · 30 Buy ↗ 1989 Honourable Friends POoSN · 31 Buy ↗ 1990 Masquerade POoSN · 32 Buy ↗ 1991 Aspen Gold POoAB · 1 Buy ↗ 1992 Tangled Vines POoSN · 33 Buy ↗ 1994 American Dreams POoSN · 34 Buy ↗ 1994 Riding High POoSN · 35 Buy ↗ 1994 The Proud and the Free POoSN · 36 Buy ↗ 1995 Legacies POoSN · 37 Buy ↗ 1996 The Healing Touch POoSN · 38 Buy ↗ 1996 Notorious POoSN · 39 Buy ↗ 1996 A Spring Bouquet POoSN · 40 Buy ↗ 1997 Illusions POoAB · 2 Buy ↗ 1997 Scrooge Wore Spurs POoSN · 41 Buy ↗ 1999 Calder Pride POoCSB · 5 Buy ↗ 2001 A Capital Holiday POoSN · 42 Buy ↗ 2002 Green Calder Grass POoCSB · 6 Buy ↗ 2002 Can't Say Goodbye POoSN · 43 Buy ↗ 2003 Shifting Calder Wind POoCSB · 7 Buy ↗ 2003 Maybe This Christmas POoSN · 44 Buy ↗ 2003 The Not Forgotten War POoSN · 45 Buy ↗ 2004 Happy Holidays POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 Calder Promise POoCSB · 8 Buy ↗ 2005 Lone Calder Star POoCSB · 9 Buy ↗ 2006 Calder Storm POoCSB · 10 Buy ↗ 2007 Something More POoSN · 46 Buy ↗ 2007 Man of Mine POoSN · 47 Buy ↗ 2007 Mistletoe and Molly POoSN · 48 Buy ↗ 2008 Stealing Kisses POoSN · 49 Buy ↗ 2009 Santa in a Stetson POoSN · 50 Buy ↗ 2009 American Destiny POoSN · 51 Buy ↗ 2010 Santa in Montana POoCSB · 11 Buy ↗ 2010 That Loving Feeling POoSN · 52 Buy ↗ 2010 Close to You POoSN · 53 Buy ↗ 2012 A Cowboy Under My Christmas Tree POoSN · 54 Buy ↗ 2013 Triumph POoBBB · 3 Buy ↗ 2013 Merry Christmas, Cowboy POoSN · 55 Buy ↗ 2014 Christmas in Cowboy Country POoBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Texas True POoTToTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 Long, Tall Christmas POoACCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 Texas Tough POoTToTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2016 Sunrise Canyon POoNAB · 1 Buy ↗ 2016 Christmas on My Mind POoACCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2017 Just a Little Christmas POoACCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2017 Texas Tall POoTToTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2017 Texas Fierce POoTToTB · 4 Buy ↗ 2018 My Kind of Christmas POoCTRB · 1 Buy ↗ 2018 Refuge Cove POoNAB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 Texas Free POoTToTB · 5 Buy ↗ 2019 It's a Christmas Thing POoCTRB · 2 Buy ↗ 2019 Letters from Peaceful Lane POoNAB · 3 Buy ↗ 2019 Hart's Hollow Farm POoNAB · 4 Buy ↗ 2019 Texas Forever POoTToTB · 6 Buy ↗ 2020 Whirlwind POoTCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2020 Holding Out for Christmas POoCTRB · 3 Buy ↗ 2021 Calder Brand POoCBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2021 Whiplash POoTCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2021 Santa's Sweetheart POoCTRB · 4 Buy ↗ 2021 Paradise Peak POoNAB · 5 Buy ↗ 2022 Calder Grit POoCBB · 2 Buy ↗ 2022 Quicksand POoTCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2022 Somebody Like Santa POoCTRB · 5 Buy ↗ 2022 Hope Creek POoNAB · 6 Buy ↗ 2023 A Calder at Heart POoCBB · 3 Buy ↗ 2023 The Sound of Sleighbells POoCTRB · 6 Buy ↗ 2023 Blue Moon Haven POoNAB · 7 Buy ↗ 2024 Evergreen Christmas POoFFRB · 1 Buy ↗ 2024 One in a Million POoRB · 1 Buy ↗ 2024 Calder Country POoCBB · 4 Buy ↗ 2024 Lone Oaks Crossing POoNAB · 8 Buy ↗ 2025 Lie for a Million POoRB · 2 Buy ↗ 2025 Calder Strong POoCBB · 5 Buy ↗ 2026 Kill for a Million POoRB · 3 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of A Cowboy Christmas Books 3 books · 2015–2017
01 Long, Tall Christmas 2015 Buy ↗ 02 Christmas on My Mind 2016 Buy ↗ 03 Just a Little Christmas 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Bennetts Books 1 book · 2014
01 Christmas in Cowboy Country 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Story Collections 1 book · 2004
01 Happy Holidays 2004 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Aspen Books 2 books · 1991–1997
Publication Order of Christmas Tree Ranch Books 6 books · 2018–2023
01 My Kind of Christmas 2018 Buy ↗ 02 It's a Christmas Thing 2019 Buy ↗ 03 Holding Out for Christmas 2020 Buy ↗ 04 Santa's Sweetheart 2021 Buy ↗ 05 Somebody Like Santa 2022 Buy ↗ 06 The Sound of Sleighbells 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Frosted Firs Ranch Books 1 book · 2024
01 Evergreen Christmas 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 55 books · 1976–2013
02 Something Extra 1976 Buy ↗ 03 To Santa with Love 1977 Buy ↗ 04 The Master Fiddler 1977 Buy ↗ 05 The Ivory Cane 1977 Buy ↗ 06 Touch the Wind 1979 Buy ↗ 08 Ride the Thunder 1980 Buy ↗ 10 The Hostage Bride 1981 Buy ↗ 11 For the Love of God 1981 Buy ↗ 12 The Lancaster Men 1981 Buy ↗ 13 Eve's Christmas 1982 Buy ↗ 14 Mistletoe and Holly 1982 Buy ↗ 15 Wildcatter's Woman 1982 Buy ↗ 16 The Second Time 1982 Buy ↗ 17 Terms of Surrender 1982 Buy ↗ 18 The Best Way to Lose 1983 Buy ↗ 21 Separate Cabins 1983 Buy ↗ 22 Silver Wings, Santiago Blue 1984 Buy ↗ 23 The Pride of Hannah Wade 1984 Buy ↗ 24 Searching For Santa 1984 Buy ↗ 26 The Glory Game 1985 Buy ↗ 27 The Great Alone 1986 Buy ↗ 29 Travelling Kind 1987 Buy ↗ 31 Honourable Friends 1989 Buy ↗ 34 American Dreams 1994 Buy ↗ 36 The Proud and the Free 1994 Buy ↗ 38 The Healing Touch 1996 Buy ↗ 40 A Spring Bouquet 1996 Buy ↗ 41 Scrooge Wore Spurs 1997 Buy ↗ 42 A Capital Holiday 2001 Buy ↗ 43 Can't Say Goodbye 2002 Buy ↗ 44 Maybe This Christmas 2003 Buy ↗ 45 The Not Forgotten War 2003 Buy ↗ 46 Something More 2007 Buy ↗ 48 Mistletoe and Molly 2007 Buy ↗ 49 Stealing Kisses 2008 Buy ↗ 50 Santa in a Stetson 2009 Buy ↗ 51 American Destiny 2009 Buy ↗ 52 That Loving Feeling 2010 Buy ↗ 54 A Cowboy Under My Christmas Tree 2012 Buy ↗ 55 Merry Christmas, Cowboy 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Tylers of Texas Books 6 books · 2014–2019
Publication Order of New Americana Books 8 books · 2016–2024
01 Sunrise Canyon 2016 Buy ↗ 03 Letters from Peaceful Lane 2019 Buy ↗ 04 Hart's Hollow Farm 2019 Buy ↗ 07 Blue Moon Haven 2023 Buy ↗ 08 Lone Oaks Crossing 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Rivalries Books 3 books · 2024–2026
01 One in a Million 2024 Buy ↗ 02 Lie for a Million 2025 Buy ↗ 03 Kill for a Million 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Bannon Brothers Books 3 books · 2011–2013
Publication Order of The Champions Books 3 books · 2020–2022
Publication Order of Calder Saga Books 11 books · 1981–2010
01 This Calder Sky 1981 Buy ↗ 02 This Calder Range 1982 Buy ↗ 03 Stands a Calder Man 1983 Buy ↗ 04 Calder Born, Calder Bred 1983 Buy ↗ 06 Green Calder Grass 2002 Buy ↗ 07 Shifting Calder Wind 2003 Buy ↗ 08 Calder Promise 2004 Buy ↗ 09 Lone Calder Star 2005 Buy ↗ 11 Santa in Montana 2010 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Americana Books 50 books · 1974–1982
01 Savage Land: Texas 1974 Buy ↗ 02 Fire and Ice: California 1975 Buy ↗ 03 Darling Jenny: Wyoming 1975 Buy ↗ 04 Land of Enchantment: New Mexico 1975 Buy ↗ 05 After the Storm: Colorado 1975 Buy ↗ 06 Boss Man From Ogallala: Nebraska 1975 Buy ↗ 07 Show Me: Missouri 1976 Buy ↗ 08 The Homeplace: Iowa 1976 Buy ↗ 09 Dangerous Masquerade: Alabama 1976 Buy ↗ 10 Night of the Cotillion: Georgia 1976 Buy ↗ 11 Valley of the Vapours: Arkansas 1976 Buy ↗ 12 A Lyon's Share: Illinois 1976 Buy ↗ 13 Big Sky Country: Montana 1977 Buy ↗ 14 The Matchmakers: Delaware 1977 Buy ↗ 15 Reilly's Woman: Nevada 1977 Buy ↗ 16 The Indy Man: Indiana 1977 Buy ↗ 17 Six White Horses: Oklahoma 1977 Buy ↗ 18 The Widow and the Wastrel: Ohio 1977 Buy ↗ 19 Bluegrass King: Kentucky 1977 Buy ↗ 20 To Tell the Truth: Oregon 1977 Buy ↗ 21 Sonora Sundown: Arizona 1978 Buy ↗ 22 Summer Mahogany: Maine 1978 Buy ↗ 23 The Bride of the Delta Queen: Louisiana 1978 Buy ↗ 24 Green Mountain Man: Vermont 1978 Buy ↗ 25 Beware of the Stranger: New York 1978 Buy ↗ 26 Giant of Mesabi: Minnesota 1978 Buy ↗ 27 Tidewater Lover: Virginia 1978 Buy ↗ 28 Bed of Grass: Maryland 1979 Buy ↗ 29 Low Country Liar: South Carolina 1979 Buy ↗ 30 Kona Winds: Hawaii 1979 Buy ↗ 31 That Boston Man: Massachusetts 1979 Buy ↗ 32 Strange Bedfellow: Rhode Island 1979 Buy ↗ 33 Sentimental Journey: Tennessee 1979 Buy ↗ 34 A Land Called Deseret: Utah 1979 Buy ↗ 35 For Mike's Sake: Washington 1979 Buy ↗ 36 Lord of the High Lonesome: North Dakota 1980 Buy ↗ 37 Heart of Stone: New Hampshire 1980 Buy ↗ 38 Wild and Wonderful: West Virginia 1980 Buy ↗ 39 Enemy in Camp: Michigan 1980 Buy ↗ 40 Southern Nights: Florida 1980 Buy ↗ 41 The Thawing of a Mara: Pennsylvania 1980 Buy ↗ 42 The Mating Season: Kansas 1980 Buy ↗ 43 Difficult Decision: Connecticut 1980 Buy ↗ 44 One of the Boys: New Jersey 1981 Buy ↗ 45 A Tradition of Pride: Mississippi 1981 Buy ↗ 46 Dakota Dreamin': South Dakota 1981 Buy ↗ 47 With a Little Luck: Wisconsin 1981 Buy ↗ 48 That Carolina Summer: North Carolina 1981 Buy ↗ 49 The Travelling Kind: Idaho 1981 Buy ↗ 50 Northern Magic: Alaska 1982 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Cord & Stacy Books 3 books · 1974–1978
01 No Quarter Asked 1974 Buy ↗ 02 Fiesta San Antonio 1977 Buy ↗ 03 For Bitter or Worse 1978 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Calder Brand Books 5 books · 2021–2025
03 A Calder at Heart 2023 Buy ↗ 04 Calder Country 2024 Buy ↗