The Most Frequently Asked Question
Q: What is the order of the Bridgerton books?
A:
Book 1: The Duke and I
Book 2: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Book 3: An Offer From A Gentleman
Book 4: Romancing Mr. Bridgerton
Book 5: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Book 6: When He Was Wicked
Book 7: It’s In His Kiss
Book 8: On The Way to the Wedding
Books in the Bridgerton World that aren’t within sequence are listed on the Bridgerton Series page. These books include Queen Charlotte, Happily Ever After, Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron, and the Lady Whistledown anthologies.
The Rokesby Series are the prequels to the Bridgerton Series, and the order of those books are:
Book 1: Because of Miss Bridgerton
Book 2: The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband
Book 3: The Other Miss Bridgerton
Book 4: First Comes Scandal
General Questions About JQ's Books
- What are the Bridgerton “prequels”?
- What is your next book and when can I buy it?
- Some of your books have new covers. Have the stories changed?
- How are your books connected and do I need to read them in any particular order?
- What’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made in your books?
- Will you write books about the Bridgerton children?
- Hey, is that another author’s character in one of your books?
- Which Wyndham book comes first?
- Will you write a book about Lady Danbury? I’d love to read about her when she was younger.
- Will you ever write a story for Violet Bridgerton? How about the story of how Violet and Edmund met and fell in love?
Really Specific Questions About JQ's Books
- Does Queen Charlotte have a reversible cover?
- Will you write stories about Harriet, Elizabeth, and Frances Pleinsworth?
- Why do all your characters take tea the same way?
- What’s up with the Bridgerton Trade Paperback Books 6 & 7 Misprint?
- What is “A Strange Fascination”?
- Is Thomas Harcourt Dead?
- How are The Lady Most Likely and The Lady Most Willing connected?
- What happened to Posy Reiling (from An Offer from a Gentleman)?
- Do Francesca and Michael (from When He Was Wicked) ever have children?
- In Minx (published 1996), William Dunford falls in love with Henrietta Barrett and marries her, but in How To Marry A Marquis (published 1999) he’s a bachelor again. What gives?
- Why didn’t Robert and Victoria (from Everything And The Moon) appear in Brighter Than The Sun?
- Is Ned Blydon (from the Splendid trilogy) ever going to get his own story?
- I loved the Hotchkiss family in How to Marry a Marquis. Are you going to write stories for the younger siblings?
- I love the secondary characters in What Happens in London and Ten Things I Love About You. Will you ever write a book about Winston Bevelstoke, Edward Valentine, or Lady Louisa McCann?
- Are The Wit and Wisdom of Lady Whistledown, The Further Observations Of Lady Whistledown, and Lady Whistedown Strikes Back Bridgerton books?
- Why does Hyacinth’s story come before Gregory’s?
- Why was there no mention of Lady Whistledown in To Sir Phillip, With Love? I thought for sure there would be a scene where Eloise learned the truth!
- Why are Colin and Eloise unmarried during so much of When He Was Wicked?
- What is the deal with the ending of It’s In His Kiss? Why did Isabella do what she did?
- Who is Billie Bridgerton?
Questions About JQ
- Who is Paul? You dedicate all of your books to him.
- How can readers chat with you online?
- Do you work at a treadmill desk?
- How old were you when you sold your first book?
- Can I see any of your speeches online?
- Are you ever going to write a contemporary romance?
- Have you ever written category romances for Silhouette?
- Who are your favorite authors?
- Where do you get your ideas?
Questions About Everything Else
- How do you decide where to hold your booksignings?
- Do you design your own cover art?
- How can I learn more about British titles of nobility?
- Can you name a character after me?
- Are any of your novels available as audio books?
- Are any of your works available in large print?
- How can I get your books in hardcover?
