The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 12 books · 2000 to 2019 · Set in London

Sophie Kinsella

RomanceRomantic comedy

Sophie Kinsella wrote comic novels about women in trouble of their own making. Becky Bloomwood, a financial journalist who cannot stop shopping, is the heroine of the Shopaholic series; her standalones include Can You Keep a Secret? and I've Got Your Number.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Shopaholic titles are the UK ones (the first was published in the US as Confessions of a Shopaholic).

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Sophie Kinsella books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Shopaholic

9 books · Set in LondonRomantic comedy
  1. 1The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic2000With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Shopaholic Abroad2001With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Shopaholic Ties the Knot2002With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Shopaholic & Sister2004With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Shopaholic & Baby2007With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Mini Shopaholic2010With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Shopaholic to the Stars2014With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Shopaholic to the Rescue2015With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Christmas Shopaholic2019With Becky BloomwoodBuy on Amazon

Standalone

3 books · Set in LondonRomantic comedy
  1. 1Can You Keep a Secret?2003With Emma CorriganBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Remember Me?2008With Lexi SmartBuy on Amazon
  3. 3I've Got Your Number2012With Poppy WyattBuy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Shopaholic

Standalone leads