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Reid built a devoted readership through immersive, meticulously researched novels centered on fictional but historically grounded celebrities — an Old Hollywood movie star, a 1970s rock band, a tennis champion — told with genuine emotional depth beneath their glamorous surfaces. She’s a nine-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, and her novels are among the most frequently adapted and discussed in contemporary book clubs and on BookTok.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo remains her most beloved and widely read book, though Daisy Jones & the Six is a close second for readers who want her signature oral-history structure.

By Lisanne Swart · 5 books · Contemporary Fiction · Updated August 2026

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Taylor Jenkins Reid is best known for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017), Daisy Jones & the Six (2019), Malibu Rising (2021), and Carrie Soto Is Back (2022). The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is her most beloved and widely read book.

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017

An aging, reclusive Old Hollywood icon finally agrees to tell the full story of her life and seven marriages to an unknown journalist, revealing the sacrifices and secrets — including a hidden lifelong love — behind her glamorous public image.

Became a massive, sustained bestseller years after publication thanks to BookTok, and is widely praised for its Cuban-American and bisexual protagonist navigating fame in a repressive era.

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Daisy Jones & the Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2019

Told entirely as an oral history, the novel traces the rise and sudden breakup of a fictional 1970s rock band loosely inspired by Fleetwood Mac, assembled from imagined interviews with all its former members decades later.

Adapted into a 2023 Amazon Prime series — the oral-history structure lets Reid build genuine narrative tension and unreliable memory into a story everyone already technically knows the ending of.

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Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2021

Four siblings, children of a famous but absent 1980s musician, host their annual, legendary end-of-summer party in Malibu, which ends in a fire that burns their family home to the ground.

Connects loosely to Reid’s broader fictional universe of interconnected celebrity families, and shows her structural skill in building toward a single, inevitable climactic event.

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Carrie Soto Is Back

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2022

A retired, once-dominant tennis champion comes out of retirement in her late thirties to defend her Grand Slam record against a rising young star, forcing her to confront aging, ambition, and her own combative reputation.

A departure from Reid’s usual entertainment-industry settings into professional sports, while retaining her interest in complicated, driven women navigating public scrutiny.

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Atmosphere: A Love Story

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2025

Set against NASA’s 1980s Space Shuttle program, the novel follows a scientist-astronaut whose life is transformed by an unexpected queer love story, told against the backdrop of the real risks and triumphs of the shuttle era.

Reid’s first explicitly queer love story and her most technically research-intensive book, requiring deep research into the actual mechanics of the Space Shuttle program.

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Watch: Taylor Jenkins Reid on Evelyn Hugo Casting Theories

Taylor Jenkins Reid discusses her new novel Atmosphere, her first queer love story, and what it’s like watching fan theories build around her most beloved characters.

Where to start with Taylor Jenkins Reid

If you want her most beloved book

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo remains her most widely read and discussed novel.

If you want her signature structure

Daisy Jones & the Six uses the oral-history format she’s become known for.

If you want her most recent book

Atmosphere is her first queer love story, set during NASA’s Space Shuttle program.

Frequently asked questions about Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books

How many books has Taylor Jenkins Reid written?

Taylor Jenkins Reid has written nine #1 New York Times bestselling novels, including The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017), Daisy Jones & the Six (2019), Malibu Rising (2021), Carrie Soto Is Back (2022), and Atmosphere (2025).

What is the best Taylor Jenkins Reid book to start with?

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It’s her most beloved and widely read novel, and became a sustained bestseller years after publication thanks to BookTok.

Are Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novels connected?

Several share a loosely interconnected fictional universe of celebrity families and worlds — characters and settings from Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & the Six, and Malibu Rising occasionally overlap, though each novel stands alone.

Written by Lisanne Swart

Lisanne curates books for curious readers at lisanneswart.com, publishing original reading lists, author deep-dives, and honest recommendations since 2021. Read more about Lisanne.

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