Janet Dailey
Janet Dailey (1944-2013) was an American novelist of romance novels. Dailey largely writes standalone titles, but also has a few series to name, including the 50 book Americana series, the Calder series and more. In 1997, Dailey was sued by popular romance novelist Nora Roberts for plagiarism, which Roberts considered “mind rape.”

Janet Dailey started her literary career in 1974 when she started her Cord & Stacy series with No Quarter Asked. She quickly became a prolific author when she started her Americana series, where she wrote 50 books between the years of 1976 and 1982. Below is a list of all of Janet Dailey’s books in order of publication and in chronological order:

Publication Order of Aspen Books

Publication Order of Bannon Brothers Books

Publication Order of Bennetts Books

Christmas in Cowboy Country (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Calder Saga Books

This Calder Sky (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
This Calder Range (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stands a Calder Man (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calder Born, Calder Bred (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calder Pride (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Green Calder Grass (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shifting Calder Wind (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calder Promise (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lone Calder Star (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calder Storm (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Santa in Montana (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of Calder Saga Books

This Calder Range(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stands a Calder Man(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
This Calder Sky(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calder Born, Calder Bred(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calder Pride(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Green Calder Grass(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shifting Calder Wind(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calder Promise(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lone Calder Star(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calder Storm(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Santa in Montana(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Calder Brand Books

Publication Order of The Champions Books

Publication Order of Christmas Tree Ranch Books

My Kind of Christmas (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It's a Christmas Thing (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Holding Out for Christmas (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Santa's Sweetheart (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Somebody Like Santa (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sound of Sleighbells (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Cord & Stacy Books

(with Judith Arnold)

No Quarter Asked (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fiesta San Antonio (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For Bitter or Worse (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of A Cowboy Christmas Books

Long, Tall Christmas (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christmas on My Mind (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Just a Little Christmas (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Tylers of Texas Books

Publication Order of Americana Books

Savage Land: Texas (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fire and Ice: California (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Darling Jenny: Wyoming (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Land of Enchantment: New Mexico (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
After the Storm: Colorado (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Boss Man From Ogallala: Nebraska (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Show Me: Missouri (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Homeplace: Iowa (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dangerous Masquerade: Alabama (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Night of the Cotillion: Georgia (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Valley of the Vapours: Arkansas (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Lyon's Share: Illinois (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Big Sky Country: Montana (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Matchmakers: Delaware (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reilly's Woman: Nevada (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Indy Man: Indiana (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Six White Horses: Oklahoma (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Widow and the Wastrel: Ohio (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bluegrass King: Kentucky (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
To Tell the Truth: Oregon (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sonora Sundown: Arizona (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Summer Mahogany: Maine (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bride of the Delta Queen: Louisiana (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Green Mountain Man: Vermont (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beware of the Stranger: New York (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Giant of Mesabi: Minnesota (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tidewater Lover: Virginia (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bed of Grass: Maryland (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Low Country Liar: South Carolina (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kona Winds: Hawaii (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
That Boston Man: Massachusetts (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Strange Bedfellow: Rhode Island (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sentimental Journey: Tennessee (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Land Called Deseret: Utah (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For Mike's Sake: Washington (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lord of the High Lonesome: North Dakota (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heart of Stone: New Hampshire (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wild and Wonderful: West Virginia (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Enemy in Camp: Michigan (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Southern Nights: Florida (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Thawing of a Mara: Pennsylvania (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mating Season: Kansas (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Difficult Decision: Connecticut (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
One of the Boys: New Jersey (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Tradition of Pride: Mississippi (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dakota Dreamin': South Dakota (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
With a Little Luck: Wisconsin (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
That Carolina Summer: North Carolina (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Kind: Idaho (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Northern Magic: Alaska (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of Americana Books

Dangerous Masquerade: Alabama(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Northern Magic: Alaska(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sonora Sundown: Arizona(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Valley of the Vapours: Arkansas(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fire and Ice: California(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
After the Storm: Colorado(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Difficult Decision: Connecticut(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Matchmakers: Delaware(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Southern Nights: Florida(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Night of the Cotillion: Georgia(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kona Winds: Hawaii(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Kind: Idaho(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Lyon's Share: Illinois(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Indy Man: Indiana(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Homeplace: Iowa(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mating Season: Kansas(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bluegrass King: Kentucky(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bride of the Delta Queen: Louisiana(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Summer Mahogany: Maine(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bed of Grass: Maryland(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
That Boston Man: Massachusetts(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Enemy in Camp: Michigan(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Giant of Mesabi: Minnesota(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Tradition of Pride: Mississippi(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Show Me: Missouri(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Big Sky Country: Montana(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Boss Man From Ogallala: Nebraska(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reilly's Woman: Nevada(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heart of Stone: New Hampshire(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
One of the Boys: New Jersey(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Land of Enchantment: New Mexico(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beware of the Stranger: New York(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
That Carolina Summer: North Carolina(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lord of the High Lonesome: North Dakota(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Widow and the Wastrel: Ohio(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Six White Horses: Oklahoma(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
To Tell the Truth: Oregon(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Thawing of a Mara: Pennsylvania(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Strange Bedfellow: Rhode Island(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Low Country Liar: South Carolina(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dakota Dreamin': South Dakota(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sentimental Journey: Tennessee(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Savage Land: Texas(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Land Called Deseret: Utah(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Green Mountain Man: Vermont(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tidewater Lover: Virginia(1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For Mike's Sake: Washington(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wild and Wonderful: West Virginia(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
With a Little Luck: Wisconsin(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Darling Jenny: Wyoming(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of New Americana Books

Sunrise Canyon (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Refuge Cove (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Letters from Peaceful Lane (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hart's Hollow Farm (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Paradise Peak (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hope Creek (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blue Moon Haven (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Sweet Promise (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Something Extra (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
To Santa with Love (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Master Fiddler (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ivory Cane (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Touch the Wind (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Rogue (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ride the Thunder (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nightway (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hostage Bride (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For the Love of God (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lancaster Men (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Eve's Christmas (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mistletoe and Holly (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wildcatter's Woman (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Second Time (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Terms of Surrender (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best Way to Lose (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Foxfire Light (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Western Man (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Separate Cabins (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silver Wings, Santiago Blue (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pride of Hannah Wade (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Searching For Santa (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Leftover Love (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Glory Game (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Great Alone (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heiress (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Travelling Kind (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rivals (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Honourable Friends (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Masquerade (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tangled Vines (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Dreams (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Riding High (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Proud and the Free (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Legacies (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Healing Touch (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Notorious (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Spring Bouquet (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Scrooge Wore Spurs (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Capital Holiday (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Can't Say Goodbye (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Maybe This Christmas (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Not Forgotten War (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Something More (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mistletoe and Molly (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stealing Kisses (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Santa in a Stetson (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Destiny (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
That Loving Feeling (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Close to You (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cowboy Under My Christmas Tree (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Merry Christmas, Cowboy (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
One in a Million (2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Happy Holidays (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Christmas Magic(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Marry Me, Cowboy!(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Unmasked(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
You're Still the One(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Happy is the Bride(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Marry Me, Cowboy! also has stories by Susan Fox, Anne McAllister and Margaret Way. Unmasked also has stories by Jennifer Blake and Elizabeth Gage. Happy is the Bride was written with Cat Johnson, Kate Pearce and Lori Wilde.

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One Response to “Order of Janet Dailey Books”

  1. VERN WRIGHT: 1 month ago

    Your new book ONE IN A MILLION ..When will this book be out in hardback or paperback?????I would love it in LARGE PRINT..I do not have a device to use electronic…LOVE YOUR BOOKS…..LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU….

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