The Recurring Cast
Danielle Steel books in order · Danielle Steel reading order · 11 books · 1978 to 1992

Danielle Steel Books in Order and Reading Order

Historical fictionLiterary and generalFamily sagaFamily and book club

Danielle Steel is one of the bestselling novelists of all time, with more than 190 books of romance, family drama and sweeping historical fiction.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Only a selection of her more than 190 novels is charted so far.

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Danielle Steel books in order

Danielle Steel’s first book is The Promise (1978). There are 11 books in all, published from 1978 to 1992.

The Danielle Steel reading order: each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Standalone

11 books · Set in various placesFamily sagaFamily and book club
  1. 1The Promise1978With Nancy McAllister and Michael HillyardBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Ring1980With Kassandra von GotthardBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Palomino1981With Samantha TaylorBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Remembrance1981With Serena di San TibaldoBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Kaleidoscope1987With Hilary WalkerBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Fine Things1987With Bernie FineBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Zoya1988With Zoya OssupovBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Star1989With Crystal WyattBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Daddy1989With Oliver WatsonBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Message from Nam1990With Paxton AndrewsBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Jewels1992With Sarah WhitfieldBuy on Amazon

Who appears in which book

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Characters

12 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads

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