Janet Dailey

Janet Dailey was a prolific writer of romance novels of which 21 have featured on the New York Times bestseller list. Her books have been translated into nineteen languages and have sold over 300 million copies. Her novels are characterized by strong, decisive characters, and a strong sense of time and place.

The best place to start is the Americana series, the earliest of Janet Dailey's multi-book series: it opens with Savage Land: Texas (1974) and runs to 50 books across 1974–1982, ending with Northern Magic: Alaska (1982). Janet Dailey's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Janet Dailey has 169 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1974 and 2027. 107 of them belong to 15 named series — the largest being the Americana series with 50 books — and 62 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Janet Dailey's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Americana (1974–1982, 50 books), Cord & Stacy (1974–1978, 3 books) and Calder Saga (1981–2010, 11 books), plus 12 more.

This guide splits Janet Dailey's 169 books into 15 named series and 62 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Americana (50 books, 1974–1982); Calder Saga (11 books, 1981–2010); New Americana (8 books, 2016–2024); Christmas Tree Ranch (6 books, 2018–2023); The Tylers of Texas (6 books, 2014–2019), plus 10 further series.