Author guide
E L James Books in Order
E L James is the pen name of British author Erika Leonard. After a career in television, she pursued her ambition to write fiction. Her bestselling Fifty Shades trilogy was followed by a companion trilogy narrated from Christian Grey's perspective, the standalone novel The Mister and its sequel The Missus, and the forthcoming standalone novel Land of Ghosts.
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Fifty Shades of Grey
The entry point to the original Fifty Shades trilogy.
Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian
The entry point to the companion trilogy from Christian Grey's perspective.
The Mister
The first book in the Mister & Missus duology.
Land of Ghosts
A standalone novel that can be read independently.
Read in order
Books by series
series · complete
Fifty Shades
An umbrella series comprising the original Fifty Shades trilogy and its companion trilogy narrated from Christian Grey's perspective.
- 1 Fifty Shades of GreyAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2011
- 2
Fifty Shades DarkerAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2011
- 3
Fifty Shades FreedAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2012
- 4 Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by ChristianAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 2015
- 5 Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by ChristianAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2017
- 6 Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by ChristianAmazon ↗
Book 6 · novel · 2021
trilogy · complete
Fifty Shades trilogy
The original trilogy following Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey.
trilogy · complete
Fifty Shades from Christian's Point of View
A companion trilogy retelling the Fifty Shades story from Christian Grey's perspective.
duology · complete
Mister & Missus
A contemporary-romance duology about Maxim Trevelyan and Alessia Demachi.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (1)
- Land of GhostsAmazon ↗
novel · 2026