Reading order · 3 books · 2013 · Mostly set in New York
Beautiful Books in Order
The Beautiful series are steamy contemporary romances that began as workplace romance in Chicago and move to New York, following a group of friends and their partners.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2013
- First book
- Beautiful Bastard
- Latest
- Beautiful Player (2013)
- Setting
- Mostly set in New York
The reading order
Every Beautiful book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Mostly set in New York
- 1Beautiful Bastard2013With Chloe Mills and Bennett RyanChloe Mills is an ambitious MBA student working as an intern for Bennett Ryan, a demanding executive at a Chicago marketing firm.Buy on Amazon
- 2Beautiful Stranger2013With Sara Dillon and Max StellaSara Dillon has left a cheating boyfriend in Chicago for a fresh start in New York, where she meets a charming British stranger, Max Stella, at a club.Buy on Amazon
- 3Beautiful Player2013With Hanna Bergstrom and Will SumnerHanna Bergstrom, a science graduate student who has spent her life studying, asks her brother’s friend Will Sumner, a confident venture capitalist, to help her learn to date.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger and Beautiful Player in order. Each follows a different couple.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Chloe Mills | Bennett Ryan | Sara Dillon | Max Stella | Will Sumner | Hanna Bergstrom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Beautiful Bastard | LLead | LLead | ||||
| 2 Beautiful Stranger | ·Minor | ·Minor | LLead | LLead | ·Minor | |
| 3 Beautiful Player | ·Minor | ·Minor | ·Minor | MMajor | LLead | LLead |
Characters in the Beautiful books
6 characters from Christina Lauren’s chart, with the number of Beautiful books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Chloe MillsIntern at a Chicago firm | 3 | Beautiful Bastard 2013 |
| Bennett RyanHer demanding boss | 3 | Beautiful Bastard 2013 |
| Sara DillonExecutive in New York | 2 | Beautiful Stranger 2013 |
| Max StellaBritish investor | 2 | Beautiful Stranger 2013 |
| Will SumnerVenture capitalist | 2 | Beautiful Stranger 2013 |
| Hanna BergstromGraduate student | 1 | Beautiful Player 2013 |