The Recurring Cast
Taylor Jenkins Reid books in order · Taylor Jenkins Reid reading order · 9 books · 2013 to 2025 · Mostly set in Los Angeles

Taylor Jenkins Reid Books in Order and Reading Order

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Taylor Jenkins Reid writes novels about fame, love and ambition. Her linked books about Hollywood, rock music and sport, beginning with The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, share characters across the decades of Los Angeles celebrity.

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. The early novels stand alone; the later novels share a world, and characters cross between them.

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Taylor Jenkins Reid books in order

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s first book is Forever, Interrupted (2013). There are 9 books in all, published from 2013 to 2025, across 2 series and groups.

The Taylor Jenkins Reid 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.

Novels

5 books · Mostly set in Los AngelesLiterary fictionFamily and book club
  1. 1The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo2017With Evelyn Hugo and Monique GrantBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Daisy Jones & The Six2019With Daisy Jones and Billy DunneBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Malibu Rising2021With Nina RivaBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Carrie Soto Is Back2022With Carrie SotoBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Atmosphere2025With Joan Goodwin · Set in HoustonBuy on Amazon

Early standalone novels

4 books · Mostly set in Los AngelesContemporary romanceFamily and book club
  1. 1Forever, Interrupted2013With Elsie PorterBuy on Amazon
  2. 2After I Do2014With Lauren SpencerBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Maybe in Another Life2015With Hannah MartinBuy on Amazon
  4. 4One True Loves2016With Emma Blair · Set in MassachusettsBuy 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.

Hollywood and beyond

Early novel leads

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