Christina Lauren Books in Order

This page collects Christina Lauren books in publication order, plus series reading paths and related works.

Quick Index

  • Author: Christina Lauren
  • Page scope: Adult fiction and YA fiction published under Christina Lauren, including Beautiful Bastard, Wild Seasons, the current standalone line, and the officially announced The Romance Revival.
  • Best starting point, publication entry: Beautiful Bastard if you want to begin with the first Christina Lauren release.
  • Best starting point, popular entry: The Unhoneymooners if you want the best-known standalone.
  • Best starting point, latest entry: The Paradise Problem if you want the newest released full-length novel.
  • Order matters: Yes for Beautiful Bastard and Wild Seasons. Usually no for the standalones and YA titles.
  • Not to be confused with: Christina Lauren is the joint pen name of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The official site separates the catalog into Standalone, Beautiful Series, Wild Seasons, and Young Adult.

Reading Paths

1. Publication Order

This route follows the catalog by release sequence and keeps the two early interconnected series in context.

  1. Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard #1, novel, 2013)
  2. Beautiful Bitch (Beautiful Bastard #1.5, novella, 2013, optional)
  3. Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful Bastard #2, novel, 2013)
  4. Beautiful Bombshell (Beautiful Bastard #2.5, novella, 2013, optional)
  5. Beautiful Player (Beautiful Bastard #3, novel, 2013)
  6. Beautiful Beginning (Beautiful Bastard #3.5, novella, 2013, optional)
  7. Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons #1, novel, 2014)
  8. Sweet Filthy Morning After (Wild Seasons #1.5, novella, 2014, optional)
  9. Dirty Rowdy Thing (Wild Seasons #2, novel, 2014)
  10. Dark Wild Night (Wild Seasons #3, novel, 2015)
  11. Beautiful Secret (Beautiful Bastard #4, novel, 2015)
  12. Beautiful Beloved (Beautiful Bastard #3.6, novella, 2015, optional)
  13. Dirty Sexy Saint (Wild Seasons #4, novel, 2015)
  14. Sublime (Young Adult, novel, 2014)
  15. Beautiful (Beautiful Bastard #5, novel, 2016)
  16. Beautiful Boss (Beautiful Bastard #4.5, novella, 2016, optional)
  17. The House (Young Adult, novel, 2015)
  18. Dating You / Hating You (standalone, novel, 2017)
  19. Autoboyography (Young Adult, novel, 2017)
  20. Roomies (standalone, novel, 2017)
  21. Love and Other Words (standalone, novel, 2018)
  22. Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating (standalone, novel, 2018)
  23. My Favorite Half-Night Stand (standalone, novel, 2018)
  24. The Unhoneymooners (standalone, novel, 2019)
  25. Twice in a Blue Moon (standalone, novel, 2019)
  26. The Honey-Don’t List (standalone, novel, 2020)
  27. In a Holidaze (standalone, novel, 2020)
  28. The Soulmate Equation (standalone, novel, 2021)
  29. Something Wilder (standalone, novel, 2022)
  30. The True Love Experiment (standalone, novel, 2023)
  31. The Honeymoon Crashers (short fiction, 2024, optional)
  32. Tangled Up in You (standalone, novel, 2024)
  33. The Paradise Problem (standalone, novel, 2024)
  34. The Exception to the Rule (short fiction, 2024, optional)
  35. Accidentally Yours (short fiction, 2025, optional)
  36. The Romance Revival (standalone, novel, 2026)

2. Chronological Order

A strict in-world chronology is most useful for the early linked books.

  1. Beautiful Bastard
  2. Beautiful Bitch
  3. Beautiful Stranger
  4. Beautiful Bombshell
  5. Beautiful Player
  6. Beautiful Beginning
  7. Beautiful Secret
  8. Beautiful Beloved
  9. Beautiful Boss
  10. Beautiful
  11. Sweet Filthy Boy
  12. Sweet Filthy Morning After
  13. Dirty Rowdy Thing
  14. Dark Wild Night
  15. Dirty Sexy Saint
  16. The standalones and YA novels do not form one continuous chronology, so publication order is the simplest method for those.

3. Beginner Path

Use this track if you want the most approachable entry books without starting in the early erotica line.

  • Start with The Unhoneymooners
  • Continue with Love and Other Words
  • Then read The Soulmate Equation
  • After that, move to The Paradise Problem or go back to Beautiful Bastard if you want the original series material.

4. Completionist Path

Use this order if you want the full catalog structure currently visible from the official site plus the connected series novellas.

  1. Beautiful Bastard
  2. Beautiful Bitch
  3. Beautiful Stranger
  4. Beautiful Bombshell
  5. Beautiful Player
  6. Beautiful Beginning
  7. Sweet Filthy Boy
  8. Sweet Filthy Morning After
  9. Dirty Rowdy Thing
  10. Dark Wild Night
  11. Beautiful Secret
  12. Beautiful Beloved
  13. Dirty Sexy Saint
  14. Sublime
  15. Beautiful
  16. Beautiful Boss
  17. The House
  18. Dating You / Hating You
  19. Autoboyography
  20. Roomies
  21. Love and Other Words
  22. Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating
  23. My Favorite Half-Night Stand
  24. The Unhoneymooners
  25. Twice in a Blue Moon
  26. The Honey-Don’t List
  27. In a Holidaze
  28. The Soulmate Equation
  29. Something Wilder
  30. The True Love Experiment
  31. The Honeymoon Crashers
  32. Tangled Up in You
  33. The Paradise Problem
  34. The Exception to the Rule
  35. Accidentally Yours
  36. The Romance Revival

Publication Order Master List

Beautiful Bastard

  • Beautiful Bastard
    • Series number: #1
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2013
    • Notes: first Christina Lauren release; opening book in the original adult series.
  • Beautiful Bitch
    • Series number: #1.5
    • Format: novella
    • Publication year: 2013
    • Notes: optional follow-up novella.
  • Beautiful Stranger
    • Series number: #2
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2013
    • Notes: second main entry in the series.
  • Beautiful Bombshell
    • Series number: #2.5
    • Format: novella
    • Publication year: 2013
    • Notes: optional interlude between books 2 and 3.
  • Beautiful Player
    • Series number: #3
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2013
    • Notes: third main entry.
  • Beautiful Beginning
    • Series number: #3.5
    • Format: novella
    • Publication year: 2013
    • Notes: optional companion after Beautiful Player.
  • Beautiful Secret
    • Series number: #4
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2015
    • Notes: fourth main entry.
  • Beautiful Beloved
    • Series number: #3.6
    • Format: novella
    • Publication year: 2015
    • Notes: optional companion novella.
  • Beautiful Boss
    • Series number: #4.5
    • Format: novella
    • Publication year: 2016
    • Notes: later optional installment.
  • Beautiful
    • Series number: #5
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2016
    • Notes: main-series finale on the Goodreads series page.

Wild Seasons

  • Sweet Filthy Boy
    • Series number: #1
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2014
    • Notes: first Wild Seasons novel; this series connects loosely to Beautiful Bastard.
  • Sweet Filthy Morning After
    • Series number: #1.5
    • Format: novella
    • Publication year: 2014
    • Notes: optional short follow-up to book 1.
  • Dirty Rowdy Thing
    • Series number: #2
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2014
    • Notes: second main Wild Seasons novel.
  • Dark Wild Night
    • Series number: #3
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2015
    • Notes: third main Wild Seasons novel.
  • Dirty Sexy Saint
    • Series number: #4
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2015
    • Notes: fourth main Wild Seasons novel.

Young Adult

  • Sublime
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2014
    • Notes: YA title; listed under Young Adult on the official site.
  • The House
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2015
    • Notes: YA title; official site groups it with Young Adult books.
  • Autoboyography
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2017
    • Notes: third YA novel per the author bio.

Standalone

  • Dating You / Hating You
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2017
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • Roomies
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2017
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • Love and Other Words
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2018
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2018
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • My Favorite Half-Night Stand
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2018
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • The Unhoneymooners
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2019
    • Notes: bestselling standalone; one of the duo’s most visible entry books.
  • Twice in a Blue Moon
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2019
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • The Honey-Don’t List
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2020
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • In a Holidaze
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2020
    • Notes: holiday standalone.
  • The Soulmate Equation
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2021
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • Something Wilder
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2022
    • Notes: adult standalone.
  • The True Love Experiment
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2023
    • Notes: adult standalone on the official books page.
  • The Honeymoon Crashers
    • Series number: none
    • Format: short fiction
    • Publication year: 2024
    • Notes: shorter work listed in the New section of the official site.
  • Tangled Up in You
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2024
    • Notes: standalone retelling-style romance on the official books page.
  • The Paradise Problem
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2024
    • Notes: most recent released full-length novel on the official site.
  • The Exception to the Rule
    • Series number: none
    • Format: short fiction
    • Publication year: 2024
    • Notes: shorter work listed in the New section of the official site.
  • Accidentally Yours
    • Series number: none
    • Format: short fiction
    • Publication year: 2025
    • Notes: newer short work listed before The Romance Revival on the official site.
  • The Romance Revival
    • Series number: none
    • Format: novel
    • Publication year: 2026
    • Notes: next announced novel; the official site and Simon & Schuster both list it for July 2026.

Related Works and Where They Fit

  • Beautiful Bitch, Beautiful Bombshell, Beautiful Beginning, Beautiful Beloved, and Beautiful Boss sit inside the Beautiful Bastard line as optional novellas between the numbered novels.
  • Sweet Filthy Morning After fits after Sweet Filthy Boy as the short Wild Seasons bridge piece.
  • The Wild Seasons page on Goodreads notes that it is linked with Beautiful Bastard, so readers doing both series may prefer to keep them in publication order rather than treating them as fully separate tracks.
  • The official books page presents later Christina Lauren titles primarily as standalones or category-grouped books, not as one long shared universe. That is why the main dependency notes are concentrated in the two early adult series.

Dependencies & Notes

  • Beautiful Bastard should be read in series order because the novellas and novels build on recurring couples and ongoing relationship status.
  • Wild Seasons also works best in numbered order.
  • Wild Seasons has a documented connection to Beautiful Bastard, so publication order is the easiest way to keep cross-series references aligned.
  • Most later adult novels can be read independently.
  • The YA books are separate from the adult romance lines.
  • The Romance Revival is the newest officially announced full-length release currently visible on the author site.

FAQs

Where should I start with Christina Lauren?

Start with Beautiful Bastard if you want the first release and the original adult series. Start with The Unhoneymooners if you want a single-book entry point.

Do Christina Lauren books need to be read in order?

The two early series do. The standalones and YA titles generally do not.

Is The Soulmate Equation part of a series?

The official site places it among the standalones rather than inside a named series.

Are the Beautiful Bastard novellas required?

No. They add context and follow-up material, but the core sequence is carried by the numbered novels.

What is Christina Lauren’s newest announced book?

The Romance Revival is the newest announced full-length novel, scheduled for July 2026.

Change Log

  • Last checked: April 18, 2026
  • What changed: Included the current official-site short works, kept the early linked series distinct, and added the announced 2026 release The Romance Revival.
  • Most recent known release included: Accidentally Yours (2025)
  • Most recent known upcoming release noted: The Romance Revival (2026)