7 Of The Best Josie Silver Books In Order

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“You tread lightly through life, but you leave deep footprints that are hard for other people to fill.”

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If you’ve fallen in love with heartfelt romance and beautifully written love stories, chances are you’ve come across Josie Silver books. Best known for her breakthrough debut novel One Day in December, Silver has established herself as a go-to author for readers who love emotional, character-driven novels with just the right blend of warmth, humour, and heartbreak. Whether you’re discovering her for the first time or looking to catch up on any titles you’ve missed, this guide to Josie Silver books in order will help you find the perfect place to start. Below, we’ll walk you through our favourite Josie Silver novels, sharing her most popular titles and highlighting the books that need to be added to your TBR pile. If you’ve ever wondered what order to read Josie Silver books, or simply want to know which of her novels fans love the most, you’ve come to the right place. 

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One Day In December (2018)

Where else could we start a list of Josie Silver books than with her breakout debut, One Day in December? Laurie is pretty sure that love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man whom she knows immediately is the one. Their eyes meet, there’s a moment of pure magic… and then her bus drives away. 

Certain they’re fated to meet again, Laurie spends the next year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn’t find him. Instead, they “reunite” at a Christmas party, when her best friend, Sarah, introduces her new boyfriend. It’s Jack, the man from the bus stop. What follows for Laurie, Sarah, and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming, and immensely moving love story to escape into and remind yourself that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness. 

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The Two Lives Of Lydia Bird (2020)

Lydia and Freddie had been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. Now it’s just Lydia, and all she wants to do is sob her eyes out inside. But she knows Freddie would want her to live her life to the fullest. So, she enlists the help of her best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, taking her first tentative steps into the world, open to life – and perhaps even love – again. 

But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. Lydia is pulled again and again across the doorway of her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there’s an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there’s someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay. 

One Night On The Island (2022)

Spending her thirtieth on her own is the last thing in the world dating columnist Cleo wanted, but she is going on a self-coupling quasi-sabbatical in the name of re-energising herself. The remote Irish island she’s booked is a far cry from London, but at least it’s a chance to hunker down and indulge in some much-needed self-care. Mac is also looking forward to some time to himself. Unfortunately, a mix-up with their bookings means both these solitude seekers have reserved the same one-bedroom hideaway on the same dates. 

Instantly at odds with one another, Cleo and Mac don’t know how they’re going to manage. But, as the days go by, they no longer seem to mind each other’s company quite as much as they first thought. One of the best Josie Silver books, One Night on the Island, explores the meaning of home, the joys of escape, and how the things we want are never really the things we need. 

A Winter In New York (2023)

When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realises she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is. But Bobby, Iris’ best friend, isn’t about to let her hide away. He drags her to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy, and, as they walk through the food stalls, a little family-run gelateria catches her eye – could it be the same shop that’s in an old photo of her mother’s? 

Curious, Iris returns the next day and meets the handsome Gio, who tells her that the shop is in danger of closing. His uncle, the sole keeper of the family’s gelato recipe, is in a coma, so they can’t make any more. Iris offers her services as a chef to help them recreate the flavour, and soon finds herself falling for Gio and his family. But when Gio’s uncle finally wakes up, all of the secrets Iris has been keeping threaten to ruin the new life – and new love – she’s been building all winter long. 

Slow Burn Summer (2025)

Talent agent Charlie Francisco has three problems: a divorce that ended his screenwriting career, a business he never planned to inherit, and a take-your-breath-away romance novel whose author wants nothing to do with its publication. The book is a surefire hit if only his agency can find someone to “play” author on its summer book tour. Enter Kate Elliott, a former soap actress who’s miraculously right for the part at the very moment her whole life seems to be going all wrong. 

When Kate and Charlie meet, they’re all friction and sparks – the one thing they have in common is that they’re determined to stick to their respective parts. But as the summer heats up and the lies get bigger and bigger in this Josie Silver novel, can they stick to their lines? Or will they go off script? 

Crazy Spooky Love (Melody Bittersweet #1) (2025)

In the leafy, charming town of Chapelwick, the Bittersweet family has been a fixture on High Street for as long as anyone can remember. Their rambling black-and-white building houses all three generations of ghost-sensitive Bittersweet women and their business, Blithe Spirits. On her twenty-seventh birthday, Melody Bittersweet converts the disused back storeroom into her office and opens her own business. Unlike the rest of her family, she’s not taking down messages from ghosts – she’s taking them out. 

Soon, the Girls’ Ghostbusting Agency takes on its first job: a grand old house that won’t sell because a trio of incumbent ghost brothers raise merry hell whenever prospective buyers come to view it. With her business on the line, it’s up to Melody to work out the brothers’ issues, but can she protect her own very susceptible heart from the charm of sarcastic, sceptical, good-looking reporter, Fletcher Gunn? 

Kooky Spooky Love (Melody Bittersweet #2) (2025)

Maplemead Castle is crawling with ghosts, and the new owners need them gone. When Melody Bittersweet and the Girls’ Ghostbusting Agency arrive on the scene, they quickly identify the main troublemaker swinging from the chandeliers. A century ago, stunning trapeze artist Britannia Lovell plunged to her death in the castle’s grand ballroom, and has continued to haunt it ever since. But did she really just fall, or is there something more to her demise? 

Melody’s investigative powers are once again under the strain of a heart pulled in two directions. She needs her team in top form, but her best friend Marina’s cake pipeline goes AWOL, her assistant Artie’s distracted by a giant sausage roll, and the pug Lestrat is scared witless by a lion. Somewhere, hidden in the castle, is a heartbreaking secret, but what will it take to find it? Another one of the best Josie Silver books in her Melody Bittersweet series, we follow Melody as she races to set Britannia free.