Order of Danielle Steel Books
Danielle Steel is an American novelist of romance and drama novels. She has sold over 800 million novels during her prolific career, ranking her fourth in the bestselling fiction authors of all time – behind Shakespeare, Agatha Christie and Barbara Cartland. Although Steel has been critiqued for writing “formualic fluff,” she does cover serious issues including suicide, incest, war and the Holocaust. Unlike many authors, Steel does not write sequels or series, but instead sticks to standalone novels to avoid her novels being compared to eachother.
Danielle Steel made her debut as a published author back in 1973 with Going Home. Since the 80s, she has had multiple books per year published. Below is a list of Danielle Steel’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Going Home | (1973) |    |
| Passion's Promise / Golden Moments | (1976) | |
| Now and Forever | (1977) | |
| The Promise | (1977) | |
| Season of Passion | (1979) | |
| Summer's End | (1979) | |
| The Ring | (1980) | |
| Palomino | (1981) | |
| To Love Again | (1981) | |
| Remembrance | (1981) | |
| Loving | (1981) | |
| Once in a Lifetime | (1982) | |
| Crossings | (1982) | |
| A Perfect Stranger | (1983) | |
| Thurston House | (1983) | |
| Changes | (1983) | |
| Full Circle | (1984) | |
| Family Album | (1985) | |
| Secrets | (1985) | |
| Wanderlust | (1986) | |
| Fine Things | (1987) | |
| Kaleidoscope | (1987) | |
| Zoya | (1988) | |
| Star | (1988) | |
| Daddy | (1989) | |
| Message from Nam | (1990) | |
| Heartbeat | (1991) | |
| No Greater Love | (1991) | |
| Jewels | (1992) | |
| Mixed Blessings | (1992) | |
| Vanished | (1993) | |
| Accident | (1994) | |
| The Gift | (1994) | |
| Wings | (1994) | |
| Lightning | (1995) | |
| Five Days in Paris | (1995) | |
| Malice | (1996) | |
| Silent Honor | (1996) | |
| The Ranch | (1997) | |
| Special Delivery | (1997) | |
| The Ghost | (1997) | |
| The Long Road Home | (1998) | |
| The Klone and I | (1998) | |
| Mirror Image | (1998) | |
| Bittersweet | (1998) | |
| Granny Dan | (1999) | |
| Irresistible Forces | (1999) | |
| The Wedding | (2000) | |
| The House on Hope Street | (2000) | |
| Journey | (2000) | |
| Lone Eagle | (2001) | |
| Leap of Faith | (2001) | |
| The Kiss | (2001) | |
| The Cottage | (2002) | |
| Sunset In St. Tropez | (2002) | |
| Answered Prayers | (2002) | |
| Dating Game | (2003) | |
| Johnny Angel | (2003) | |
| Safe Harbour | (2003) | |
| Ransom | (2004) | |
| Second Chance | (2004) | |
| Echoes | (2004) | |
| Impossible | (2005) | |
| Miracle | (2005) | |
| Toxic Bachelors | (2005) | |
| The House | (2006) | |
| Coming Out | (2006) | |
| H.R.H. | (2006) | |
| Sisters | (2007) | |
| Bungalow 2 | (2007) | |
| Amazing Grace | (2007) | |
| Honor Thyself | (2008) | |
| Rogue | (2008) | |
| A Good Woman | (2008) | |
| One Day at a Time | (2009) | |
| Matters of the Heart | (2009) | |
| Southern Lights | (2009) | |
| Big Girl | (2010) | |
| Family Ties | (2010) | |
| Legacy | (2010) | |
| Happy Birthday | (2011) | |
| Hotel Vendome | (2011) | |
| 44 Charles Street | (2011) | |
| Betrayal | (2012) | |
| Friends Forever | (2012) | |
| The Sins of the Mother | (2012) | |
| Until the End of Time | (2013) | |
| First Sight | (2013) | |
| Winners | (2013) | |
| A Perfect Life | (2014) | |
| Pegasus | (2014) | |
| Power Play | (2014) | |
| Prodigal Son | (2015) | |
| Country | (2015) | |
| Undercover | (2015) | |
| Precious Gifts | (2015) | |
| Blue | (2016) | |
| Property of a Noblewoman | (2016) | |
| The Apartment | (2016) | |
| Magic | (2016) | |
| Rushing Waters | (2016) | |
| The Award | (2016) | |
| The Mistress | (2017) | |
| Dangerous Games | (2017) | |
| Against All Odds | (2017) | |
| The Duchess | (2017) | |
| The Right Time | (2017) | |
| Fairytale | (2017) | |
| Past Perfect | (2017) | |
| Fall from Grace | (2018) | |
| Accidental Heroes | (2018) | |
| The Cast | (2018) | |
| The Good Fight | (2018) | |
| In His Father's Footsteps | (2018) | |
| Beauchamp Hall | (2018) | |
| Turning Point | (2019) | |
| Silent Night | (2019) | |
| Blessing in Disguise | (2019) | |
| Lost and Found | (2019) | |
| The Dark Side | (2019) | |
| Child's Play | (2019) | |
| Spy | (2019) | |
| Moral Compass | (2020) | |
| The Numbers Game | (2020) | |
| The Wedding Dress | (2020) | |
| Daddy's Girls | (2020) | |
| Royal | (2020) | |
| All That Glitters | (2020) | |
| Neighbors | (2021) | |
| The Affair | (2021) | |
| Finding Ashley | (2021) | |
| Nine Lives | (2021) | |
| Complications | (2021) | |
| The Butler | (2021) | |
| Flying Angels | (2021) | |
| Invisible | (2022) | |
| High Stakes | (2022) | |
| Beautiful | (2022) | |
| Suspects | (2022) | |
| The Challenge | (2022) | |
| The High Notes | (2022) | |
| The Whittiers | (2022) | |
| Without a Trace | (2023) | |
| Worthy Opponents | (2023) | |
| The Wedding Planner | (2023) | |
| Palazzo | (2023) | |
| Second Act | (2023) | |
Publication Order of Max & Martha Children's Books
| Martha's New Daddy | (1989) | |
| Max and the Baby-sitter | (1989) | |
| Martha's Best Friend | (1989) | |
| Max's Daddy Goes to the Hospital | (1989) | |
| Max's New Baby | (1989) | |
| Martha's New School | (1989) | |
| Max Runs Away | (1990) | |
| Martha's New Puppy | (1990) | |
| Max and Grandpa and Grandpa Winky | (1991) | |
| Martha and Hilary and the Stranger | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Freddie Children’s Books
| Freddie's Trip | (1992) | |
| Freddie's First Night Away | (1992) | |
| Freddie and the Doctor | (1992) | |
| Freddie's Accident | (1992) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Love | (1984) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| The Happiest Hippo in the World | (2000) | |
| Pretty Minnie in Paris | (2014) | |
| Pretty Minnie in Hollywood | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| His Bright Light | (1998) | |
| A Gift of Hope | (2010) | |
| Pure Joy | (2013) | |
| Expect a Miracle | (2020) | |
If You Like Danielle Steel Books, You’ll Love…
Danielle Steel Synopses: The Challenge is a standalone novel by Danielle Steel. Anne and Pitt Pollock, high school sweethearts and owners of the successful Pollock ranch, reside in Fishtail, Montana. They are the local king and queen. The town is surrounded by the vast Beartooth Mountains’ foothills, which look out over the Pollocks’ land and the nearby ranch of Bill and Pattie Brown. Since childhood, the two couples have known each other.
Peter Pollock and Matt Brown, their sons, are also best friends. When Juliet Marshall, a newcomer to town following her parents’ bitter divorce, meets them and two other local kids, the five of them quickly become inseparable and spend their summer days swimming, horseback riding, hiking, and fishing.
However, when they find themselves stranded on Granite Peak one August afternoon, their most recent adventure takes a perilous turn and quickly escalates into a struggle for survival. As their parents get ever more desperate to learn that their children have been found, fear permeates the town. In the midst of a massive search-and-rescue operation, they are forced to put aside their own trials. A media frenzy ensues as they begin to rely on one another for support, raising tensions and putting some relationships that were already at risk.
The High Notes by Danielle Steel is a standalone title. Since she can remember, Iris Cooper has been singing, and she can hit the high notes like no one else. She stuns the audience when her father persuades the bar owner in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform when she was twelve. Father and daughter move from dusty town to dusty town over the next few years, never staying in one place for long. Her love of music grows each time she takes the stage in a roadhouse.
But Iris’s life isn’t easy when her father is in charge and uses her money for gambling, women, and alcohol. She hires a real manager when she starts touring at age 18. However, he also exploits her, and the musicians and singers she tours with are effectively her only family. They are the ones who inspire Iris to finally break free, leave the tour, and pursue her goals.
The Whittiers by Danielle Steel is a standalone novel. Preston and Constance Whittier have built a happy life together, raising six children in a stunning New York City mansion that dates back to the 1800s. The Whittiers can now more easily and affordably carry on their custom of taking a “Wintermoon” ski trip as a couple.
In any case, with the current year’s excursion comes misfortune, and out of nowhere the Whittiers’ grown-up youngsters end up moving back to the family home without their folks out of the blue. Lyle, the oldest, is at a breaking point in his marriage and must decide if he and his two children would benefit from a divorce. Gloria’s significant Wall Street position has kept her single at age 39 and has made her ever more pessimistic. Caroline and Charlie, twins, left their home a long time ago to start a fashion business that may now be failing. Benjie, a person with special needs, is devastated by his parents’ deaths and needs the support of his siblings. The youngest, Annabelle, drops out of college and begins to spiral out of control.
In order to maintain the family’s unity and provide support for their two eldest siblings as well as one another, the four oldest members are forced to put aside their own personal problems and grief. It feels like another devastating loss to sell the house and all of the memories that live there. Even though it may appear unconventional, could there be another method?
I have every book in Hardback she has written except the 3 newest that came out in 2022. I have been addicted to her novels since the late 70’s The first one I ever read was The Promise and I was hooked from then on. I have many other favorite authors but hers are the only ones I have kept on my bookshelf from year to year listed in order of publication.
Hi!
As I’m not particularly keen on ‘romance only’ novels, can anyone tell me some of the ‘drama” titles?
Thank you.
Lorna
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Please lead the way!
I would love to do that and I won’t rule it out. It’s certainly on a “future ideas” list. The amount of work involved though – yikes. Certainly something we are looking into though 🙂
I just bought a book and I have 116 books by Danielle …can’t for the other four to release!!One in July , August , October and November of this year …YAY!!
P.S. All hardcover of course….
Golden Moments is Passions Promise in the UK
I don’t see Having a baby up there, Golden Moments is and sells for $2,000 and up online!! Guess I’ll never have all her books. 🙁
Thanks for the Danielle Steel book list. Now I will be able to finish my book collection for my wife.