A Complete Guide to All the Bridgerton Books in Order

1. “The Duke and I”
2. “The Viscount Who Loved Me”
3. “An Offer From a Gentleman”
4. “Romancing Mr. Bridgerton“
5. “To Sir Phillip, With Love”
6. “When He Was Wicked”
7. “It’s in His Kiss”
8. “On the Way to the Wedding”
9. “The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After”

“The Duke and I,” the first book in the Bridgerton book series, just like the first season of the Netflix adaptation, centers on Daphne Bridgerton, the eldest daughter and fourth-eldest Bridgerton sibling. Daphne has been “out” in society for a couple of seasons and, while well-liked, seems to be viewed as a friend rather than a potential wife by most eligible suitors.

When she crosses paths with Simon, the newly returned Duke of Hastings, the unlikely pair realize they can help one another. They’ll fake a courtship to improve Daphne’s prospects and to ward off the meddling mamas pushing their daughters at Simon – but as any fan of the “fake dating” trope expects, the line soon gets blurred between their fake relationships and real feelings.

Anthony Bridgerton became the Viscount Bridgerton at far too young an age after his father’s sudden death from a bee sting. In “The Viscount Who Loved Me,” more than a decade into the role, he’s decided it’s time to marry and have heirs to ensure the continuation of the Bridgerton line. The only catch? He’s determined that love will have no role in his marriage.

Anthony quickly sets his sights on the charming Edwina Sheffield, but there’s an obstacle in his path: her older sister Kate, whose approval he needs to marry Edwina – and she is very unwilling to give it. Anthony and Kate may loathe each other at first, but the sparks between them are undeniable, throwing both their lives into upheaval.

“An Offer From a Gentleman” puts the second Bridgerton son, Benedict, at the center of the story. After meeting a mysterious lady at a masked ball, Benedict Bridgerton is in love. He insists he will not marry until he can find his mystery lady and sweep her off her feet. What he doesn’t know is that the woman behind the mask is right under his nose.

Sophie Beckett, the illegitimate daughter of an earl, is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters. She sneaks out incognito for one glorious night at the famed Bridgerton ball, but when her stepmother finds out what she’s done, she’s cast out. Fortunately, she finds employment as a maid in the Bridgerton household.

Despite her best efforts, she grows close to Benedict and the others, but Benedict struggles to reconcile his growing feelings for Sophie with his vow to his mystery lady.

The third season of Netflix’s “Bridgerton” skips ahead to adapt the fourth book in the series, “Romancing Mr. Bridgerton.” Penelope Featherington has loved Colin Bridgerton for years, but he only sees her as a good friend. After a decade “out” in society, Penelope remains the ton’s wallflower, while Colin has spent years traveling and trying to figure out a role for himself as a third son.

Then, almost all at once, Colin begins to see Penelope in a very different light. Can their friendship turn into something more, after all these years? And more importantly, what will happen when the true identity of Lady Whistledown finally comes to light?

We’re still at least a year or two away from Eloise’s season of the Netflix show, but the title of “To Sir Phillip, With Love” hints that we’ve already met her future love. Eloise strikes up a correspondence with Sir Phillip Crane, the widow of the Bridgertons’ cousin Marina (yes, that Marina – she’s a Bridgerton cousin, not a Featherington cousin, in the books, and not even mentioned until the fifth book).

Then, much to both their surprises, Phillip impulsively proposes – and even more surprisingly, Eloise decides to accept, given the chaos happening in her own life. When she shows up on his doorstep, what happens next isn’t quite what either of them had planned.

“When He Was Wicked” turns the story over to Francesca, the third Bridgerton daughter. She marries young, with a love match to the handsome and charming John Stirling, a Scottish earl. After a few happy years together, though, John suddenly dies, and the earldom passes to his cousin and Francesca’s friend, Michael Stirling.

Michael is hiding a few secrets of his own, including the fact that he fell in love at first sight with Francesca – not that he’s ever allowed that to show. Years after the loss of John, however, he and Francesca find their way into each other’s orbit once again, if only they can allow themselves to act on their feelings and pursue new happiness.

Hyacinth may be the youngest Bridgerton sibling, but her book, “It’s in His Kiss,” actually comes before her older brother Gregory’s. The baby of the Bridgerton bunch is all grown up and has become a popular, confident young woman. At one party, she crosses paths with Gareth St. Clair, a young man whose father has left him in a sticky situation. His sole clue to uncovering the truth about his family and his inheritance is an old diary – which happens to be written in Italian.

Hyacinth agrees to help Gareth translate the mysterious diary. The more time they spend together, however, the less they think about the mysteries of the past and the more they think about the prospects of the future.

The final full-length “Bridgerton” novel is “On the Way to the Wedding,” wrapping up with the story of the youngest Bridgerton brother. Gregory falls head over heels in love with one Hermione Watson, who, much to his dismay, is already in love with someone else. Her best friend, Lady Lucinda Abernathy, disapproves of Hermione’s current suitor, so she agrees to help Gregory win her over – only to fall for Gregory herself.

The madcap romantic back-and-forth only gets more complicated as Gregory realizes Lucy is, in fact, his perfect match – but she’s already engaged, and her uncle is unwilling to let her break her engagement. It’ll take a lot of courage, and true love, to get this tangled web of missed connections and mistaken engagements unraveled.

“The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After,” the last book in the Bridgerton series, isn’t a full novel but a collection of shorter pieces that wrap up the Bridgertons’ stories. The collection features “second epilogues” for all eight of the Bridgerton siblings’ stories, catching up with their romances after happily ever after and revealing a few more tidbits about where they all end up, what happens with a few dangling plot threads, and even what happens to a few beloved side characters.

Plus, there’s a short novella focused on the one Bridgerton who doesn’t have her own book. Violet Bridgerton, the matriarch of the family, gets to share bits and pieces of her own story as she watches her children grow up and thinks back on the great love she had and lost.