The author of more than 210 books, 182 of which are novels, Danielle Steel is by some distance the world’s best-selling living author having sold over one billion copies globally.
She shows no signs of slowing down, with five books scheduled for the remainder of 2024 alone.
Her books have been translated into 43 languages, with 24 adapted for the small and big screen, and she’s also a successful children’s author, writing the Max & Martha series and the Freddie series.
Steel continues to write several books a year so, with so many to choose from, it’s hard for a beginner to know where to start.
To help out, we’ve had a look at how the millions of readers of book website Goodreads have rated her books.
Here are the top 13.
Her books have been translated into 43 languages, with 24 adapted for the small and big screen, and she’s also a successful children’s author, writing the Max & Martha series and the Freddie series.
![Completing out list is the 2016 novel Blue, with an average rating of 4.18 from 14,384 reviews. "Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married with a young son – until her whole world dissolved on a freeway in a single instant. In the aftermath, she somehow pieces her life back together, but struggles to truly find meaning in her life. Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident, she meets thirteen-year-old Blue Williams, who has been living on the streets, utterly alone. Ginny reaches out to him and slowly their friendship grows, each becoming the family the other lost. But just as Blue is truly beginning to trust her, she learns he has been hiding a shocking secret. Ginny wonders if she can help Blue to feel whole again, and at the same time heal herself."](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/18/10/20/Untitled%20design%20-%202024-06-18T111454.935.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
13. Blue
Completing out list is the 2016 novel Blue, with an average rating of 4.18 from 14,384 reviews. "Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married with a young son – until her whole world dissolved on a freeway in a single instant. In the aftermath, she somehow pieces her life back together, but struggles to truly find meaning in her life. Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident, she meets thirteen-year-old Blue Williams, who has been living on the streets, utterly alone. Ginny reaches out to him and slowly their friendship grows, each becoming the family the other lost. But just as Blue is truly beginning to trust her, she learns he has been hiding a shocking secret. Ginny wonders if she can help Blue to feel whole again, and at the same time heal herself." | Contributed