Christina Lauren Books in Order (Updated March 30, 2026)

Christina Lauren is the co-writing team of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, and their catalog splits into a few clear lanes: the older Beautiful and Wild Seasons books, the YA titles, and a long run of mostly standalone adult romances.

For most readers, this is not an author you read in one strict master sequence. Instead, you either start with the early interconnected books or pick the standalone era that best matches your taste.

Find your lane first

1. For the original steamy series that made them famous, start with: Beautiful Bastard (2013)
   This is the first book in the Beautiful series, the place where the Christina Lauren brand really took off, and the right entry if you want the earlier, sexier, tightly connected books.
2. Readers who want the connected follow-up world should open with: Sweet Filthy Boy (2014)
   That starts Wild Seasons, which Goodreads explicitly notes is linked to the Beautiful Bastard series through characters and story lines.
3. If you want the modern standalone era, a strong first pick is: The Unhoneymooners (2019)
   It sits in the run of hit standalones that made Christina Lauren a go-to name for contemporary romantic comedy.
4. For readers more in the mood for emotional second-chance friendship-to-romance, try: Love and Other Words (2018)
   This is one of the best entry points into their more tender, contemporary side rather than the original highly interconnected series work.
5. Pick Autoboyography (2017) if YA is the main draw.
   It is one of the two Christina Lauren YA books on the official site and the clearest YA starting point for readers who want teen rather than adult romance.

The one continuity warning that actually matters

Most Christina Lauren books can be read on their own. The main exception is the older connected material:

• Beautiful should be read in order.
• Wild Seasons should also be read in order.
• Wild Seasons is linked to Beautiful, so readers doing the full early catalog should start with Beautiful Bastard and continue forward from there.

Everything else is much looser. The official site groups most later books under Standalone, with Young Adult treated separately.

Christina Lauren books in order

Beautiful series

This is the original Christina Lauren series and still the most order-sensitive part of the catalog.

1. Beautiful Bastard (2013): The opening enemies-to-lovers office romance that launched the series and established the high-heat, high-banter style of their early books.
2. Beautiful Stranger (2013): Expands the same friend group and works best once the first couple and the wider social circle are already in place.
3. Beautiful Bitch (2013): A short follow-up that fits between the early main novels and rewards readers already invested in the original couple.
4. Beautiful Bombshell (2013): Another short companion piece that keeps the ensemble connected rather than starting a separate thread.
5. Beautiful Player (2013): Returns to the main sequence with another core couple from the same wider world.
6. Beautiful Beginning (2013): A later-stage novella for established series readers, not a new entry point.
7. Beautiful Beloved (2015): Continues the married-life and family-side material best enjoyed after the core books.
8. Beautiful Secret (2015): A full novel that still belongs inside the same interconnected social circle.
9. Beautiful Boss (2016): A late novella in the series, best saved for readers already deep into the Beautiful world.
10. Beautiful (2016): The capstone collection-style endpoint for the series and the natural place to stop if you are reading the full run.

Wild Seasons

These books are connected to the Beautiful books, but they also work as their own mini-run once you understand the setup.

1. Sweet Filthy Boy (2014): Opens the series with a friends-and-fallout setup that shifts the focus to a new connected group.
2. Sweet Filthy Morning After (2014): A short companion piece best read after book one rather than treated as optional pre-reading.
3. Dirty Rowdy Thing (2014): Continues the group dynamic and is more satisfying once the first book’s friendship circle is already clear.
4. Dark Wild Night (2015): Keeps the same linked-cast structure going with stronger recurring-character payoff.
5. Wicked Sexy Liar (2016): Closes the main series and works best after the earlier books because of the carryover relationships and story links.

The standalone era

This is the Christina Lauren lane most newer readers start with. These books do not require a series commitment, so you can pick by mood.

1. Sublime (2014): A more unusual, paranormal-leaning early standalone and one of the least representative starting points if you want their later romance style.
2. The House (2015): A YA-leaning horror collaboration that sits outside their usual adult-romance brand.
3. Dating You / Hating You (2017): A workplace rivals romance and an easy early standalone entry.
4. Roomies (2017): A marriage-of-convenience romance that helped define their more mainstream standalone period.
5. Love and Other Words (2018): A childhood-friends-to-lovers story with a more emotional tone than their breezier rom-coms.
6. Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating (2018): A friends-to-lovers rom-com with a looser, more comedic energy.
7. My Favorite Half-Night Stand (2018): A modern dating and friendship-group romance built for readers who like banter-heavy contemporary setups.
8. The Unhoneymooners (2019): One of their most widely known standalone rom-coms and a very safe starting point for new readers.
9. Twice in a Blue Moon (2019): A second-chance celebrity-adjacent romance with more Hollywood drama than their campus or workplace books.
10. The Honey-Don’t List (2020): A workplace-and-road-trip romance that leans into messier professional and personal entanglement.
11. In a Holidaze (2020): A holiday romance with a light time-loop premise and one of the easiest seasonal entry points.
12. The Soulmate Equation (2021): A science-adjacent matchmaking romance that begins one of the closest things they have to a linked contemporary pair.
13. Something Wilder (2022): A romance-adventure novel that blends treasure-hunt energy with second-chance feelings.
14. The Honeymoon Crashers (2023): A novella-length add-on connected to The Unhoneymooners, best read after that novel rather than on its own.
15. The True Love Experiment (2023): A follow-up companion to The Soulmate Equation, so it lands best after that book.
16. The Paradise Problem (2024): A fake-relationship inheritance romance and one of the strongest modern standalone entry points.
17. The Romance Revival (2026): The newest full-length Christina Lauren novel confirmed on the official site, built around a troubled marriage and memory-loss reset.

Young adult

Christina Lauren’s official site groups these separately, which is the right way to treat them in a reading-order article.

1. Autoboyography (2017): A YA contemporary about identity, faith, and first love, and the clearest YA starting point in the catalog.
2. The House (2015): A YA horror-leaning collaboration that is better treated as separate from their romance-first body of work.

Shared-world and anthology contributions

These should be treated as separate continuity rather than folded into the main Christina Lauren order.

1. Tangled Up In You (2024): Christina Lauren’s contribution to Disney’s Meant to Be line, best treated as a standalone project-book entry.
2. The Exception to the Rule (2024): A novella in the Improbable Meet-Cute Collection, separate from their own internal series.
3. Falling (2025): Their contribution to the Scared Sexy Collection, again outside the main Christina Lauren continuity.
4. Accidentally Yours (2026): Their story in Improbable Meet-Cute: Second Chances, best labeled as anthology-connected rather than part of the main solo bibliography.
5. Snow This Is Love (2026): A collection entry listed by Fantastic Fiction as “with others,” so it is safest treated as anthology material, not a standalone Christina Lauren novel.

A practical reading order for most readers

You do not need to read everything chronologically to enjoy Christina Lauren. For most people, this is the better approach:

1. Beautiful Bastard (2013): Start here only if you want the original connected series.
2. Continue through Beautiful in order.
3. Read Wild Seasons in order.
4. Then jump to the standalone era and choose by mood, starting with one of:
   • The Unhoneymooners (2019)
   • Love and Other Words (2018)
   • The Soulmate Equation (2021)
   • The Paradise Problem (2024)

That keeps the early connected books intact but avoids making the later standalones feel more rigidly ordered than they really are.

Where to begin if you are not planning to read everything

Here are the best starting points by reading mood:

• For classic early Christina Lauren: Beautiful Bastard (2013)
  Best if you want the original voice and the books that built their reputation.
• For modern rom-com Christina Lauren: The Unhoneymooners (2019)
  Best if you want a broadly representative standalone.
• For emotional contemporary romance: Love and Other Words (2018)
  Best if you want tenderness and history rather than pure farce.
• For smart-concept romance: The Soulmate Equation (2021)
  Best if you want a premise-driven romance with a linked follow-up.
• For YA: Autoboyography (2017)
  Best if you want a younger cast and a more identity-centered story.

Latest release status

Christina Lauren’s official homepage lists The Romance Revival as on sale July 14, 2026. Fantastic Fiction also lists anthology-related 2026 entries such as Accidentally Yours and Snow This Is Love, but The Romance Revival is the clearest current full-length headline release on the official site.

Common questions

Do Christina Lauren’s books need to be read in order?

Mostly no. The main exceptions are Beautiful and Wild Seasons, which are connected and best read in sequence. Most later adult romances are standalones.

Should I read Wild Seasons before Beautiful?

No. Read Beautiful first, then Wild Seasons if you want the linked early books in the cleanest order. Goodreads explicitly notes the character and story-line connection.

Is The True Love Experiment a sequel?

It is best treated as a companion follow-up to The Soulmate Equation, so it is smarter to read The Soulmate Equation first.

Is The Honeymoon Crashers a full standalone?

Not really. It is best read after The Unhoneymooners.

What is the best Christina Lauren book to read first?

For most readers, The Unhoneymooners is the safest modern starting point. For readers who want the original Christina Lauren experience, start with Beautiful Bastard instead.

Final recommendation

If you want the full Christina Lauren reading order, begin with Beautiful Bastard, finish Beautiful, then read Wild Seasons. After that, switch to the standalone era and pick by mood rather than by strict publication order. If you just want the best single entry point, go with The Unhoneymooners for modern Christina Lauren, or Beautiful Bastard for the original version of their work.