Joanna Shupe Books in Order: The Complete Gilded Age Reading Guide

The good news for order-anxious readers: every Shupe book is a complete standalone romance, and the four series stand apart from each other, too. Within each series, though, friends and siblings recur — and the Uptown Girls trilogy follows three sisters, so it is the one where order matters most. Publication order also happens to be chronological-ish across the catalogue, so reading straight through works beautifully.

The Knickerbocker Club series in order

Her breakout New York series: self-made men of industry versus old-money society.

1. Tycoon (2016) — The prequel novella. A wealthy banker, a young woman fleeing trouble, and a train journey that changes both their plans.
2. Magnate (2016) — A rough-edged steel magnate from Five Points and a society daughter determined to open her own brokerage. Wall Street sparks fly.
3. Baron (2016) — A railroad man with political ambitions falls for a medium he intends to expose as a fraud. She is far more than a trick with table-rapping.
4. Mogul (2017) — A newspaper mogul and the wife he never quite let go — a secret past, a high-society present, and a second chance in the headlines.

The Four Hundred series in order

Named for Mrs. Astor's famous list of society's only acceptable four hundred people.

1. A Daring Arrangement (2017) — An English earl's daughter needs a scandalous fake fiancé to force her father's hand; she picks the most notorious self-made man on Wall Street. He agrees — with interest.
2. A Scandalous Deal (2018) — Lady Eva is a secret architect with a cursed reputation; Phillip Mansfield is the hotel developer who hires her. Hard hats and harder falls.
3. A Notorious Vow (2018) — A ruined society girl and a brilliant deaf inventor strike a marriage bargain that was supposed to be temporary. It is not temporary.

There is also Miracle on Ladies' Mile (2017), a holiday novella set between books one and two — department-store sparkle included.

The Uptown Girls trilogy in order

Three Greene sisters, three wildly unsuitable downtown men. Read these in order — the sisters are in each other's business constantly.

1. The Rogue of Fifth Avenue (2019) — Mamie Greene keeps sneaking downtown to help struggling families; Frank Tripp is the silver-tongued lawyer paid to keep her out of trouble. He would have an easier job if he weren't in love with her.
2. The Prince of Broadway (2020) — Florence Greene wants to open a casino for ladies, so she apprentices herself to the most dangerous casino owner in New York. He has a strict no-society-women rule. Had.
3. The Devil of Downtown (2020) — Justine Greene, the do-gooder sister, strikes a bargain with Jack Mulligan — the charismatic king of the underworld. The most opposites-attract of the three, and a fan favorite.

The Fifth Avenue Rebels series in order

A friend group of society misfits, with overlapping timelines — order recommended.

1. The Heiress Hunt (2021) — A house party to find a suitable bride, a childhood best friend turned tennis-playing heiress, and one very inconvenient reunion.
2. The Lady Gets Lucky (2021) — A shy wallflower asks a charming rogue for lessons in seduction. He is happy to teach; he is not prepared to learn.
3. The Bride Goes Rogue (2022) — Betrothed since childhood to a man who refuses to marry her, Katherine decides to enjoy the city — and collides with her reluctant fiancé, incognito.
4. The Duke Gets Even (2023) — The series finale: a cash-poor English duke who needs an heiress meets the free-spirited New York woman who refuses to marry anyone. Duke versus destiny.

Where to start

Start with The Rogue of Fifth Avenue if you want Shupe at her most polished — the Uptown Girls trilogy is the crowd favorite and needs zero backstory. Start with Magnate if you love a rags-to-riches industrialist hero and want to read the catalogue in rough publication order. And if forbidden, wrong-side-of-town romance is your whole personality, skip straight to The Devil of Downtown — Jack Mulligan forgives you.