In order to help you begin the story, I have provided a list of the books in sequential order, as some of them belong to a series. Nevertheless, there are numerous independent novels among them, so it is not obligatory to read all of Jojo Moyes’ books in chronological order.
Overall, Jojo Moyes has written a total of 18 books, which include both independent novels and books that belong to a series.
Jojo Moyes Books in Order of Release
This is a complete list of Jojo Moyes books, including basic written descriptions, as well as more detailed descriptions below.
Jojo Moyes Books in Order: The Girl You Left Behind Series
The Paris Honeymoon was a short novel and a prequel that offers the background story for The Girl You Left Behind.
Honeymoon in Paris (2012)
For two sets of individuals in Paris, divided by over a hundred years, marriage signifies simply the beginning of their stories of love….
Sophie, a provincial artist, quickly discovers the complications and unexpected challenges that come with being feted as a beloved Lefèvre Édouard-like figure in the glamorous belle époque of Paris.
The Girl You Left Behind (2012)
Once again, in Sophie’s home, the portrait of Liv’s late husband, a wedding gift from Halston, hangs on the wall and reveals the true worth of the troubled history it represents. A chance encounter with a painting from the past will lead Sophie to make a terrible and dark decision, born out of her dangerous obsession with the new Kommandant. From the moment she is ordered to serve German officers in her hotel each evening, her home becomes a place of fierce tensions. But Sophie must fight to keep her adored husband Edouard safe and protect her family, as she left behind in France in 1916, whilst also facing the unknown consequences of what happened to the girl you were.
Jojo Moyes Books in Order: Me Before You Series
Me Before You (2012)
Will needed him as much as Lou needed her.Output: He knows exactly how much Lou needed him, just as he needed her.
After You (2015)
Clark Lou has lots of questions. She has ended up working in an airport bar, watching people jet off to new places and spending every shift in a new environment. She doesn’t feel like home yet, even though she has owned the flat for a year. She wonders if her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago. Will she ever get over the love of her life? And does she know that something has changed, even if it’s just one night? Lou is searching for answers, holding onto the questions that sit on her doorstep like a stranger. She invites them to stay, knowing that if she keeps going, she may find the answers she seeks. Lou once made a promise to live, to take risks and not play it safe. Her life continues to be open, ordered, and simple as she closes the door.
Still Me (2018)
Lou’s world is on the verge of a complete transformation, regardless of her choices. However, she will be uncertain about what steps to take next. The pain will be so intense that Josh will evoke memories of a familiar individual. The entirety of Lou’s life is about to be turned upside down because she is about to encounter someone who will truly understand her. The man’s wife is hiding a secret from him, while Lou is aware of her employer’s integrity. Sam, Lou’s new boyfriend, resides in London, and Lou is fully aware of the distance that separates her new home in New York from him. Lou Clark possesses knowledge of the exact number of miles that lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend Sam in London.
Jojo Moyes Books in Order: Stand Alone Novels
Sheltering Rain (2002)
. . . After fifteen years, Kate’s daughter Sabine leaves her family home in search of her grandparents in London, uncovering a dark secret that has been buried deeply. When the hidden tensions come to the surface, the family is finally reunited. In 1980, young Joy, mysteriously flees Kate’s family home. It becomes apparent that life isn’t as it seems for Kate, who discovers that her new husband isn’t who she thought he was. Quickly, she decides to leave and embarks on a journey to explore the world, hoping to find love. The unexpected happens when twenty-one-year-old Joy meets a handsome naval officer, Edward, at an ex-pat party in Hong Kong in the 1950s.
Foreign Fruit (2003)
In the town of Merham, set in the seaside of the 1950s, everyone knows their place. Almost fifty years have passed since the secrets of Arcadia, and the question of life’s prompting can be left behind. What ensues at the house has long-lasting and tragic consequences. When tempted to move into the grand Art Deco house in Arcadia, Celia and Lottie, along with a group of bohemians, are drawn into an alternative lifestyle. While Celia opposes its constraints, Lottie loves living with the respectable Holden family as an evacuee.
Windfallen (2003)
Throughout the years, the breathtaking art deco house perched above the well-ordered shoreline of Merham village has always been a symbol of adventure and love gained and lost, and has become permanently fixed in Lottie’s mind. It has been linked to her fortune and fate, but the house itself has never changed. It still stands, seemingly untouched, as a beautiful and magical reminder of Arcadia for Lottie Swift.
Prior to encountering any companionship that differed from the love she believed she would never encounter again, Daisy discovers solace in the residence, along with something additional – a fresh start. Similar to Lottie in the past, a designer employed to renovate the currently vacant Arcadia, Daisy Parsons searches for a young lady who arrives in Merham many years later. Escaping from a shattered connection and presently confronting the prospect of being a sole parent.
The Peacock Emporium (2005)
Within two years, rumors had once again started about her marriage, and she was completely out of control. She was known as Deb Last and was considered beautiful but also spoiled. Like a few others in the Sixties, she embraced the nickname Athene Forster.
Suzanna Peacock finds refuge in her shop, the Peacock Emporium, escaping her troubled marriage and discovering a magical world within its walls. It is her first real passion in life, after years of not finding true friendship and carrying the burden of her mother’s shameful legacy.
Suzanna is still haunted by the presence of her mother, which triggers a sequence of dramatic events. However, she will eventually overcome this and move forward to face only the past.
The Ship of Brides (2005)
In particular, the journey becomes clear that the destination is sometimes more important than the destination, especially for Mackenzie Frances, who is a bride. As husbands and brides change their minds, tensions are stretched and distant memories become past promises and old loves. On the sun-baked decks of an aircraft carrier, alongside a thousand men, they find themselves expecting, instead of the luxury liner they were expecting. However, in 1946 Australia, 650 brides are departing for England to meet the men they married during wartime.
Silver Bay (2007)
Liza has worked incredibly hard to protect not only her family’s business but also the beloved whales that inhabit the bay and harbor. However, the arrival of Mike Dormer, a mild-mannered Englishman with disturbing eyes and overly fashionable clothes, threatens to destroy everything she has worked for. The peace of Silver Bay is shattered when Mike checks in as a guest at her aunt’s hotel. Until her young daughter Hannah craves safety and freedom, Liza cannot allow herself to escape to the tight-knit community and unspoiled beaches of Silver Bay. Liza knows that she will never be able to escape her past.
Night Music (2008)
Isabel, a classical violinist, has always enjoyed a comfortable life. However, when her husband suddenly dies, leaving her with a mountain of debt, she is forced to abandon their dilapidated manor in the English countryside and move to the Spanish House. She is now granted a new home, but it means leaving behind her two children.
Isabel, unaware of her long-standing obsessions, finds herself in a dire situation as her savings rapidly dwindle and her house crumbles around her, prompting her to seek assistance from her neighbors.
Isabel, with an instinct for survival, will discover a new song that can touch her heart and she never knew she had. She fights to make her passions collide and create a home.
The Last Letter from Your Lover (2008)
Intermingled with genuine ‘final correspondences’, Ellie and Jennifer’s tales of desire, infidelity, and sorrow are intertwined in this deeply heartfelt novel. Upon her return home, Ellie starts to recollect the paramour she was willing to jeopardize everything for and stumbles upon a concealed missive. In 1960, Jennifer awakens in the hospital following a car accident, completely devoid of memories – her spouse, her companions, her former self. In spite of, or maybe due to, her own amorous involvements with a wedded man, she unexpectedly unearths a letter from 1960, penned by a man beseeching his lover to abandon her husband – and Ellie becomes entangled in the enigma of a bygone romantic liaison. When journalist Ellie delves into her newspaper’s archives in search of a story, she does not anticipate stumbling upon anything captivating.
The Horse Dancer (2009)
In a hidden corner of London, Henri Lachapelle, who had previously spent fifty years in France, is teaching his horse and granddaughter to defy gravity. Sarah is left to fend for herself when disaster strikes fourteen-year-old Macauley’s life, forcing her to share a house with her ex-charismatic husband, Natasha’s lawyer, whose professional judgment has been called into question. When Sarah crosses paths with Sarah, she sees a chance to put things right. She doesn’t know that Sarah is keeping a secret that will forever change everything.
The One Plus One (2014)
Together, they could add something better. But Jess doesn’t want to save. And Ed doesn’t want to save either. He’ll make everything right. He had made one stupid mistake and it cost him everything. Ed is a good guy gone bad. It’s okay to ask for help, she told herself. But when life knocks her down, she always bounces back. Jess has two kids and two jobs, and she never has enough money.
The Giver of Stars (2019)
Alice is the least expected, but she is the greatest love story. She doesn’t love her new American husband or the judgmental townsfolk of Baileyville, Kentucky. She feels misunderstood and stifled, longing to escape and find solace in books that bring sisterhood and defiance. When she faces her vulnerable and isolated fears against the town and her domineering father-in-law, she discovers a new love and friendship.
Someone Else’s Shoes (2023)
Jojo Moyes Books in Order: Short Stories
Paris for One and other stories (2015).
You’ll love this unmissable collection of stories about relationships and family. Beth is faced with a difficult decision when she bumps into an old flame at a party with her husband. The Girl You Left Behind is a tale from both 1912 and 2012, featuring romance and marriages in the early days. Can Nell forget about him and herself on a romantic weekend away in Paris before being deserted by her boyfriend, who was supposed to set off on a fantastic romantic weekend in Paris?