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Shopaholic
The Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella has 10 known books (10 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000).
- Books
- 10 known books (9 novels + 1 novella)
- Published
- 10
- First published
- 2000
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
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.
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Shopaholic Abroad
Shopaholic Abroad followed in 2001 at 329 pages, the second entry, arriving a year after The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic and continuing Becky Bloomwood's story as a single ongoing narrative rather than standalone episodes.
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Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Shopaholic Ties the Knot, published in 2002 at 319 pages, matches the length of the original novel as the third installment in the series, continuing Becky Bloomwood's compulsive-spending saga into a new phase of her life.
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Shopaholic & Sister
Shopaholic & Sister came out in 2004 at 352 pages, two years after Shopaholic Ties the Knot, as the fourth entry, with later books in the series assuming readers know Becky's marriage, career, and family history by this point.
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Shopaholic & Baby
Shopaholic & Baby, published in 2007 at 371 pages, is the longest entry in the series to that point, following a three-year gap since Shopaholic & Sister, continuing Becky Bloomwood's continuous story into motherhood.
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Mini Shopaholic
Mini Shopaholic followed in 2010 as the sixth novel, three years after Shopaholic & Baby, ahead of Shopaholic to the Stars, continuing Sophie Kinsella's single ongoing narrative of Becky Bloomwood's life.
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Shopaholic to the Stars
Shopaholic to the Stars, published in 2014 at 497 pages, is by far the longest book in the series, arriving four years after Mini Shopaholic and continuing Becky Bloomwood's story, now assuming readers know her marriage and family from earlier books.
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Shopaholic on Honeymoon
Shopaholic on Honeymoon is a brief 26-page novella released in 2014 alongside Shopaholic to the Stars, sitting between the seventh and eighth numbered entries in Becky Bloomwood's continuous story.
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Shopaholic to the Rescue
Shopaholic to the Rescue, published in 2015 at 350 pages, is the eighth full novel, following Shopaholic to the Stars and the interstitial Shopaholic on Honeymoon in Becky Bloomwood's ongoing saga.
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Christmas Shopaholic
Christmas Shopaholic, released in 2019 at 344 pages, is the ninth and most recent entry in this collection, following a four-year gap since Shopaholic to the Rescue and continuing Sophie Kinsella's single continuous story of Becky Bloomwood's life.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Christmas Shopaholic
About the Shopaholic series
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 chick-lit boom of the early 2000s. What kept readers coming back across nine more books was that Kinsella never let Becky's spending stay merely funny: it costs her jobs, relationships, and eventually forces the kind of reckoning most addiction-adjacent comedies avoid.
The series follows Becky through marriage to banker Luke Brandon, motherhood, a stint living in the US, and a slow, genuinely earned journey toward financial (if never fully emotional) self-control, while Kinsella's supporting cast — best friend Suze, PR nightmare Bonnie, long-suffering parents — gives the books an ensemble warmth beneath the shopping-bag chaos. A 2009 film adaptation starring Isla Fisher (drawing on the first two novels) introduced Becky to audiences who hadn't read the books. Kinsella closed out the series with Christmas Shopaholic in 2019; she died in December 2025, and no further installments are expected.
Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Shopaholic books in?
Publication order, starting with The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (US title: Confessions of a Shopaholic, 2000). It's one continuous story following Becky Bloomwood, so reading in order matters.
How many Shopaholic books are there?
Nine full-length novels plus one digital novella, Shopaholic on Honeymoon (2014), which sits between books 3 and 4. The series ran from 2000 to 2019.
Do I need to read Shopaholic on Honeymoon?
No, it's an optional novella between Shopaholic Ties the Knot and Shopaholic & Sister. Skipping it won't cause confusion in the main series.
Is the Shopaholic movie based on the first book?
The 2009 film Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher, draws primarily on the first two novels, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Abroad, condensed and altered into a single story.
Will there be another Shopaholic book after Christmas Shopaholic?
No further installments are expected. Sophie Kinsella died in December 2025, several years after Christmas Shopaholic (2019), her most recent entry in the series.
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