Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ballroom Class | 2008 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 2 | Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts | 2009 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 3 | Walking Back to Happiness | 2010 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 4 | The Secret of Happy Ever After | 2011 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 5 | A Hundred Pieces of Me | 2014 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 6 | One Small Act of Kindness | 2015 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 7 | All I Ever Wanted | 2016 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 8 | Where The Light Gets In | 2018 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 9 | Unexpected Lessons in Love | 2019 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 10 | After the Rain | 2022 | Lucy Dillon | Buy |
| 11 | Irresponsible Adult | 2024 | Lucy Dillon | N/A |
Lucy Dillon’s eleven standalone novels share common threads of personal reinvention, community, and the comfort of animal companionship. Early books like The Ballroom Class (2008) and Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts (2009) established her warm, character-driven approach, while Walking Back to Happiness (2010) showed she could handle grief and loss with sensitivity.
Her more recent novels have grown in scope while maintaining the same emotional honesty. One Small Act of Kindness (2015) follows a woman with amnesia, All I Ever Wanted (2016) examines the gap between the life you planned and the one you got, and Unexpected Lessons in Love (2019) brings together a lonely dog and the people who need him. After the Rain (2022) and Irresponsible Adult (2024) continue her run of thoughtful, character-driven stories. Each novel stands alone, and they can be read in any order.