The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
- Published
- 1 January 2000
- Pages
- 319
- ISBN-13
- 9780552998871
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic opened Sophie Kinsella's series in 2000 (published in the US as Confessions of a Shopaholic), a 319-page debut that preceded Shopaholic Abroad the following year. It introduces financial journalist Becky Bloomwood, whose compulsive spending and genius for self-justification helped define the early-2000s chick-lit boom.
Key facts about The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella wrote The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2000. The book has 319 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780552998871 to find the main one.
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic is book 1 of 10 in the Shopaholic series. The series has 10 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Sophie Kinsella writes Mummy Fairy and Me as a separate series. Those series sit on our chick lit and children's shelves. Meanwhile, What Does It Feel Like? is the latest published Sophie Kinsella book on file, from 2024.
About Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella is the pen name of British author Madeleine Wickham, adopted for the comic novels that made her one of the most successful voices in contemporary chick lit, beginning with The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000). See every Sophie Kinsella book in order.
Its place in Shopaholic
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic is book 1 in the Shopaholic series. It is followed by Shopaholic Abroad. See the full Shopaholic reading order.
Becky Bloomwood is a financial journalist who cannot manage her own money — a walking contradiction Sophie Kinsella turns into the defining joke and the beating heart of the Shopaholic series. Becky's compulsive spending, her genius for self-justifying rationalization, and the mounting pile of unopened bank statements she hides from everyone she loves make the opening novel, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000, published in the US as Confessions of a Shopaholic ), one of the books that helped define the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780552998871