Talia Hibbert Books in Order (Updated March 25, 2026)

Talia Hibbert’s books are best read in clusters, not as one giant continuous universe. The official reading-order page makes two things clear: first, some books share references and are extra fun in a suggested sequence; second, most of the catalog is still fairly flexible unless you are inside a named series like The Brown Sisters or Ravenswood.

For most readers, there are three smart starting points. Start with Get a Life, Chloe Brown if you want her best-known contemporary romance series. Start with A Girl Like Her if you want the strongest small-town entry. Start with Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute if you want a newer standalone YA romance without any back-catalog homework.

The easiest way to read Talia Hibbert

Use this rule set:

Read The Brown Sisters in order.
Read Ravenswood in order, including Damaged Goods if you want the full town sequence.
Treat The Midnight Heat Collection as loosely connected rather than tightly serialized.
Treat Work for It, Merry Inkmas, Wrapped Up in You, Mating the Huntress, and Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute as standalones unless you are following Hibbert’s own recommended read-through.

Recommended reading order for most readers

This is the cleanest practical route for a new reader who wants the main published books without overcomplicating things.

1. Get a Life, Chloe Brown
2. Take a Hint, Dani Brown
3. Act Your Age, Eve Brown
4. A Girl Like Her
5. Damaged Goods
6. Untouchable
7. That Kind of Guy
8. Then choose from The Princess Trap, The Roommate Risk, The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco, Guarding Temptation, Work for It, Merry Inkmas, Wrapped Up in You, Mating the Huntress, and Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute in whatever order fits your mood.

That order is not the only valid one. It is simply the safest balance between Hibbert’s best-known books, her clearest series continuity, and the official note that most of the rest is flexible.

The Brown Sisters

This is the most obvious place to start if you want Talia Hibbert’s signature series. It is a three-book family romance sequence and should be read in order.

1. Get a Life, Chloe Brown (2019): Chloe’s bucket-list plan brings her into conflict and then partnership with Red, making this the cleanest introduction to the Brown family and Hibbert’s mainstream rom-com style.
2. Take a Hint, Dani Brown (2020): Dani and Zaf’s fake-dating setup expands the family world while shifting into a friends-to-lovers story with stronger recurring-family context.
3. Act Your Age, Eve Brown (2021): Eve’s collision with Jacob closes the trilogy and works best last because it lands after the series has already established the Brown sisters’ dynamic.

Ravenswood

Ravenswood is the other major Talia Hibbert sequence. It is a small-town set of interconnected romances, and this is the part of the catalog where reading in order gives you the clearest payoff.

1. A Girl Like Her (2018): Ruth and Evan open Ravenswood with the town’s central emotional logic already in place: gossip, reputation, and a community that matters as much as the romance.
2. Damaged Goods (2018): This free novella is book 1.5, reuniting Laura and Samir and fitting naturally between the first and second full novels rather than at the end.
3. Untouchable (2018): Hannah and Nate’s romance deepens the town sequence and carries more weight when you already know the Ravenswood setting.
4. That Kind of Guy (2019): Rae and Zach’s fake-relationship story closes the currently published Ravenswood line and feels more satisfying once the town’s recurring social web is already familiar.

The Midnight Heat Collection

This is where readers often overcomplicate the order. The official site groups these books together, but the reading-order page repeatedly treats several of them as standalones, with only light overlap. Read them in publication order if you want tidiness, but do not treat them like a strict cliffhanger series.

1. The Princess Trap (2018): Cherry and Ruben’s fake-engagement romance is a full-length standalone and one of the easiest entry points if you want a high-glamour royal setup.
2. The Roommate Risk (2018): Previously titled Wanna Bet?, this friends-to-lovers story works on its own and is the closest thing the collection has to an emotional slow-burn centerpiece.
3. The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco (2018): Previously titled Sweet on the Greek, this fake-dating romance sits inside the same broader collection but still reads cleanly as its own story.
4. Guarding Temptation (2020): A novella that the official site calls only “vaguely connected” to The Roommate Risk, so it is best treated as an optional add-on rather than required continuity.

Standalones

These books do not require series commitment, which makes them good branch-out choices once you know which side of Hibbert’s writing you like best.

1. Work for It (2019): Officially described as a novel-length spin-off from The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco, this M/M romance stands perfectly well on its own and is often one of her best “hidden gem” picks.
2. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute (2023): A YA enemies-to-rivals-to-lovers romance between former best friends, and the cleanest standalone entry if you want Hibbert outside adult contemporary romance.

Holiday romance and paranormal side shelf

These are separate from the main contemporary lines. They are easy to read whenever the mood fits.

1. Merry Inkmas (2017): A Christmas romance between Bailey and Cash that works as an early standalone and shows Hibbert’s holiday-romance tone before the Brown Sisters era.
2. Wrapped Up in You (2020): A Christmas novella about Abbie and Will, and the official site notes that it is Kobo-exclusive rather than part of a larger required sequence.
3. Mating the Huntress (2018): A paranormal novella and the first Monsters & Mates book, but the official reading-order page explicitly says it can be read whenever you like because it lives in a different universe from the rest of her books.

Early books that are currently unavailable

Hibbert’s FAQ and reading-order page both note that some early titles have been withdrawn. The author specifically names Always With You, Operation Atonement, Bad for the Boss, and Undone by the Ex-Con as books that are now unavailable, and she says she hopes to rewrite some of them one day rather than keep the original versions in circulation.

That matters for reading order because some third-party catalog pages still list Bad for the Boss and Undone by the Ex-Con inside older series data. For a current, reader-facing “books in order” page, it is better to flag them as unavailable and not treat them as required stops.

A note on Skybriar

Some third-party catalog pages list Skybriar as a 2024 contemporary romance and even label it as the start of a series. But it does not appear on Hibbert’s current official books page or official reading-order page, so I would not place it in the main reading order without that author-side confirmation. For now, it is best treated as a disputed or at least currently unintegrated catalog entry.

Publication order of the currently available core books

If you prefer publication order over series-by-series reading, this is the cleanest currently available path from the official history plus the still-available books page.

1. Merry Inkmas (2017)
2. The Princess Trap (2018)
3. A Girl Like Her (2018)
4. The Roommate Risk (2018)
5. Damaged Goods (2018)
6. The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco (2018)
7. Untouchable (2018)
8. Guarding Temptation (2018 story origin / 2020 standalone novella publication context)
9. Mating the Huntress (2018)
10. Get a Life, Chloe Brown (2019)
11. That Kind of Guy (2019)
12. Work for It (2019)
13. Take a Hint, Dani Brown (2020)
14. Wrapped Up in You (2020)
15. Act Your Age, Eve Brown (2021)
16. Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute (2023)

Best starting points by taste

1. If you want the most famous Talia Hibbert books, start with Get a Life, Chloe Brown.
2. If you want the best small-town sequence, start with A Girl Like Her and keep going through Ravenswood.
3. If you want the best standalone YA option, start with Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute.
4. If you want the best single book outside her biggest series, start with The Princess Trap or Work for It.

Latest release status

The most recent clearly published book on Hibbert’s official reading-order page is Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute from 2023. Her official FAQ says the next book is The Last Thorn, described as her debut fantasy romance, and says it is coming in Spring 2026; meanwhile, Goodreads and trade reporting point more specifically to a mid-2026 release window, including a July 1, 2026 catalog date and trade language about Summer 2026. That makes The Last Thorn the next confirmed release, but its exact on-sale date should still be treated as somewhat fluid.

FAQ

Do you need to read Talia Hibbert in order?

Not across the whole catalog. Read The Brown Sisters and Ravenswood in order, but most other books are flexible.

What is the best Talia Hibbert series?

For most readers, it is The Brown Sisters. That is also the series most consistently highlighted across official and third-party listings.

Is Ravenswood finished?

The official reading-order page currently lists four Ravenswood entries: books 1, 1.5, 2, and 3. There is no newer official Ravenswood title listed there right now.

Are the withdrawn early books required?

No. Since the author has removed them from current availability, they should not be treated as required reading for new readers.

Final recommendation

For a clean first pass, start with Get a Life, Chloe Brown, finish The Brown Sisters, then move to Ravenswood. After that, treat the rest of the catalog like a set of mood picks: royal romance, holiday romance, small-town spinoff, YA, or paranormal novella. That gives you the strongest core of Talia Hibbert’s work without pretending the whole bibliography is one rigid master sequence.