Joy Deja King Books in Order
Explore Joy Deja King books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, spin off links, and simple advice on where to start reading next.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
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Publication Order
73 books
Bitch: The Beginning
by Joy Deja King
2006
Precious Cummings comes from nothing and refuses to stay there. With beauty, street smarts, and Nico Carter opening a door, she claws her way toward power and learns how costly the climb can be.
Ride Wit' Me
by Joy Deja King
2006
Mercedes is a daddy's girl. Dalvin is a rising kingpin from a Chicago family tied to the streets, and when they fall in love, both learn how hard it is to ride against the odds.
Bitch Reloaded
by Joy Deja King
2007
Precious survives a brush with death, only to lose even more when tragedy hits. Convinced Nico Carter ruined her life, she goes after revenge with nothing left to soften her.
Queen Bitch
by Joy Deja King
2008
Precious has lost her daughter, Supreme, and the life she fought to build. To get any of it back, she has to face the family betrayal that brought her down.
Stackin' Paper
by Joy Deja King
2008
Genesis has been hustling since he came home from juvenile detention and finally sees a way to level up. But bigger money, dangerous partners, and real love make the game even harder to leave.
The Bitch is Back
by Joy Deja King
2008
Precious is living the hood queen dream with Supreme and Aaliyah, far from the grit that made her. But peace never lasts long in this world, and the past refuses to stay buried.
Genesis's Payback
by Joy Deja King
2009
Genesis wants revenge for his best friend's murder and a way back to Talisa. The trouble is that the Feds are closing in and the people he trusted may be helping bring him down.
Last Bitch Standing
by Joy Deja King
2009
Precious has one goal left, destroy Maya. To do it, she has to find her enemy before Maya disappears for good with Supreme and Aaliyah.
Trife Life 2 Lavish
by Joy Deja King
2009
This street saga follows big ambition and the dream of turning struggle into luxury. But every step toward a better life brings fresh enemies and tougher choices.
Am I My Brother's Keeper
by Joy Deja King
2010
Family loyalty and street ambition collide in a story built around duty, love, and hard choices. Joy Deja King turns the question in the title into a tense test of responsibility.
Bitch: A New Beginning
by Joy Deja King
2011
Precious is back, but this time her daughter Aaliyah is the one bringing chaos. Born into street royalty, Aaliyah has the bloodline, the access, and the attitude to change everything.
Married To The Mob
by Joy Deja King
2011
Semaj thinks the worst is behind her after reuniting with family, then gets pulled back into danger. As she takes over more of the operation, deceit and disloyalty threaten to tear everything apart.
Rich or Famous
by Joy Deja King
2011
Lorenzo wants money, Dior wants fame, and each thinks the other might help them get there. Their attraction is real, but so is the risk that ambition will destroy them both.
Baller Bitches
by Joy Deja King
2012
Diamond, Kennedy, and Blair each want more from life, love, and money. One is upgrading her status, one is chasing business power, and one is trying to believe she belongs in the spotlight.
Baller Bitches Part 2
by Joy Deja King
2012
Volume two keeps following Diamond, Kennedy, and Blair as ambition, relationships, and image keep colliding. The women want control, but the world around them is never steady for long.
Baller Bitches Part 3
by Joy Deja King
2012
The friendships and rivalries at the center of the series keep tightening. Money and romance promise one thing, but the reality of chasing both starts to expose deeper cracks.
Boss Bitch
by Joy Deja King
2012
Precious and Aaliyah have to protect the family empire when a new enemy starts reaching for the throne. Mother and daughter may need each other more than either wants to admit.
To Love, Honor and Betray
by Joy Deja King
2012
Semaj fights to survive, protect love, and pay the price of betrayal in the next Mafia Princess chapter. Every victory comes with another danger waiting behind it.
Bad Bitch
by Joy Deja King
2013
Aaliyah steps out of her family's shadow after prison and a trial change her outlook. She wants money and independence now, but building her own lane will not be simple.
Baller Bitches Part 4
by Joy Deja King
2013
Diamond, Kennedy, and Blair keep learning that status never comes free. Ambition, romance, and public image all start colliding harder as the series moves forward.
Baller Bitches Part 5
by Joy Deja King
2013
The women keep chasing love, money, and a better life, but every gain seems to invite a new problem. In this middle chapter, friendship and self-interest are in constant tension.
Baller Bitches Part 6
by Joy Deja King
2013
Fame and relationships keep getting messier for Diamond, Kennedy, and Blair. The more each woman tries to secure her future, the more fragile the group dynamic becomes.
Baller Bitches Part 7
by Joy Deja King
2013
By this point, every dream in the series comes with a visible price tag. Career moves, romantic trouble, and old resentment keep pushing the women toward harder choices.
Dior Comes Home
by Joy Deja King
2013
Dior returns to Lorenzo's orbit just as his street and business worlds grow messier. The reunion brings romance back into play, but fame, jealousy, and old habits make home anything but safe.
Stay Rich or Die Trying
by Joy Deja King
2013
Semaj is back at the head of the family, only to learn someone is plotting to strip away her power. With danger closing in, she has to decide who she can trust with her life.
Baller Bitches Part 8
by Joy Deja King
2014
Diamond, Kennedy, and Blair are pulled deeper into the expensive worlds of athletes, image, and ambition. Success looks glamorous, but every new move makes trust harder to hold onto.
Baller Bitches Part 9
by Joy Deja King
2014
The women push deeper into careers, relationships, and rivalries that refuse to settle down. As the spotlight gets brighter, so do the consequences of every secret and bad decision.
Baller Bitches Part 10
by Joy Deja King
2014
This late-series installment turns the pressure up on friendships, romance, and image. Diamond, Kennedy, and Blair each have something big to lose, and none of them can coast on old choices.
Drake Part 2
by Joy Deja King
2014
The Philadelphia power struggle gets bloodier as Drake and the people around him deal with the fallout from book one. Loyalties shift, retaliation comes fast, and nobody stays comfortable for long.
Female Hustler
by Joy Deja King
2014
Angel is Nico Carter's daughter, but she grows up without the luxury his name suggests. What she does inherit is the instinct to hustle, and she plans to use it.
Ride Wit' Me Part 2
by Joy Deja King
2014
Mercedes and Dalvin are back, still trying to keep their love alive and finally make it down the aisle. The streets and the people around them keep testing whether love can really hold.
Still The Baddest Bitch
by Joy Deja King
2014
Aaliyah Mills Carter has to step up and prove she can protect what her family built. With death hitting close to home and answers hard to find, watching the throne gets serious.
The Takeover
by Joy Deja King
2014
In the conclusion of the Mafia Princess saga, Semaj fights for her empire, her love, and her life. After everything she has survived, she still has to prove she can take control for good.
Bitch The Beginning of the End
by Joy Deja King
2015
The walls are closing in on Aaliyah, Precious, and everyone tied to them. As enemies make their move, trust gets thinner and the series starts lining up its final reckoning.
Female Hustler Part 2
by Joy Deja King
2015
Angel is reeling from loss when she falls for boxing champ Darien Blaze. Then Nico Carter, the father she never knew, enters her life and brings a fresh storm with him.
Love or Stardom
by Joy Deja King
2015
Dior is close to the fame she has always wanted, but love keeps complicating the path. Lorenzo wants her back, and old secrets may ruin their last chance at getting it right.
Bitch: The Final Chapter
by Joy Deja King
2016
Precious and Aaliyah are left fighting for their lives as years of damage finally come due. The series closes with Maya's chaos still hanging over everyone she touched.
Born Sinners
by Joy Deja King
2016
Genesis has spent his life fighting the past, only to face fresh tragedy when peace finally seems possible. Prison, grief, and separation from Talisa force him to lean on everyone who still cares.
Coke Like The 80s...
by Joy Deja King
2016
Malik Toole rises fast during the cocaine boom of the 1980s and becomes rich before he is grown. But juggling Elisa, Trinity, and the drug game sets off chaos that will echo for years.
Female Hustler Part 3
by Joy Deja King
2016
After Darien is left for dead on their wedding night, Angel wants blood and believes Nico Carter is to blame. Revenge, family secrets, and a risky new partnership threaten to ruin everything.
Baller Bitches The Reunion
by Joy Deja King
2017
Diamond, Kennedy, and Blair reunite with careers, marriages, and ambitions all under strain. Scandal, shaky business deals, and the lure of stardom threaten to break their hard-won stability.
Female Hustler Part 4
by Joy Deja King
2017
Angel survives a devastating setup and starts uncovering truths that could change everything. At the same time, Aaliyah's search for happiness is shadowed by someone determined to destroy it.
Female Hustler Part 5
by Joy Deja King
2017
Old betrayals keep rippling outward as Angel and the people around her fight to hold onto love, money, and position. Every alliance looks shakier once the damage starts landing close to home.
The Legacy
by Joy Deja King
2017
Allen Collins runs a powerful drug empire and wants to turn it into a lasting family legacy. But rivals, politics, and conflict inside his own house may destroy the future he is trying to build.
War Ready
by Joy Deja King
2017
Genesis and Talisa are reunited, but their relationship is tested by the child he shares with another woman. Love, jealousy, and family pressure make peace feel almost impossible.
Coke Like 2016
by Joy Deja King
2018
The Coke saga jumps forward again, showing how Malik's old choices still poison the present. New money and old loyalties collide as a later generation pays for a history it did not create.
Coke Like The 90s...
by Joy Deja King
2018
Roxanne is fighting to stay alive while Malik deals with the cost of living a double life. Even in a new decade, the streets keep calling and the old damage keeps spreading.
Female Hustler Part 6
by Joy Deja King
2018
Angel and Aaliyah are both caught in a storm that will change their lives for good. Family loyalty is tested hard as Precious and T-Roc each try to save the people they love.
Stay Schemin'
by Joy Deja King
2018
Genesis and his clique are back, but Amir's deception has badly damaged the bond between father and son. With Arnez still casting a shadow, everybody has to keep scheming just to stay alive.
Assassins
by Joy Deja King
2019
Bailey wants love and marriage with Dino, but heartbreak pushes her toward a deadlier path. Teaming up with her cousin Shiffon changes both women forever and opens the door to a lethal new life.
Clout Chasers
by Joy Deja King
2019
The women of Bad Bitches Only learn that attention can be as dangerous as any gun. As business grows, ambition and visibility push them into riskier territory than ever.
Drake
by Joy Deja King
2019
In Philadelphia, Drake thinks he understands the street game until other players prove just as hungry. Cindy wants control too, and that makes every move more dangerous.
Keep The Family Close
by Joy Deja King
2019
Allen Collins wants to protect both his empire and the people meant to inherit it. But family loyalty is fragile when rivals, secrets, and old wounds keep pulling everyone apart.
Killing the King
by Joy Deja King
2019
Business is booming for Bad Bitches Only, until Bailey is used as bait against a dangerous target known as the King. One bad call could destroy the whole crew.
Mafia Princess
by Joy Deja King
2019
Semaj Richardson was raised close to the streets and dreams of owning them. But love, family history, and the violence she helped create may drag her down before she can take control.
Men Of The Bitch Series And The Women Who Love Them
by Joy Deja King
2019
Before their great loves, men like Supreme, Nico, T-Roc, Lorenzo, and Genesis had other women who shaped them too. This book looks backward to show how those earlier relationships changed everything.
Money In The Grave
by Joy Deja King
2019
Genesis saves his daughter, but the aftermath drops him into war with an even deadlier enemy. As Maverick strikes and old betrayals keep surfacing, tomorrow starts feeling very uncertain.
Nico Carter
by Joy Deja King
2019
This spinoff digs into the beginning of Nico Carter's story and the choices that shaped him. It adds weight to one of the most important men in the wider Bitch universe.
Power
by Joy Deja King
2019
Alex and Deion grow up in Atlanta's projects with the same dream, money, escape, and control. Their friendship makes them powerful, but the streets may not let them share that power for long.
Power 2
by Joy Deja King
2019
Alex is out for revenge while Deion keeps choosing destruction. As secrets surface and their bond keeps breaking, only one man may come away with any real power.
Supreme
by Joy Deja King
2019
This companion novel steps into Supreme's past and the life that made him who he is. Street power, love, and old decisions all help explain his place in the larger saga.
The Legacy Part 2
by Joy Deja King
2019
The Collins family tries to hold its empire together while enemies and internal pressure keep closing in. In part two, business and blood get even harder to separate.
Contagious: A Nightmare Is Looming
by Joy Deja King
2020
A growing threat turns everyday connections into points of danger. This darker urban thriller builds on dread, suspicion, and the feeling that trouble is moving closer by the minute.
Toxic
by Joy Deja King
2021
Harper keeps moving from one poisonous relationship to the next, then sets her sights on married billionaire Mahoney Monroe. Desire and self-destruction collide in a story about lust, lies, and betrayal.
Female Hustler Part 7
by Joy Deja King
2022
Angel has come too far to back down now. Old feuds, family loyalties, and the hunger for money keep pulling everyone back into danger as the series pushes deeper into the fallout.
Sugar Babies
by Joy Deja King
2022
Money, desire, and leverage blur together in this short, sharp drama. What starts as a transactional arrangement gets messier fast when somebody wants more than the deal was supposed to allow.
Who Want Smoke
by Joy Deja King
2022
Genesis is locked in all-out war with Maverick while Amir, Justina, Angel, and Aaliyah are pulled into the fallout. Nobody in his circle can stay neutral when every alliance starts to crack.
Bitch: The Story of Precious Cummings
by Joy Deja King
2024
This later Bitch novel returns to Precious Cummings and retells her rise with a fuller, more reflective lens. It revisits the making of one of Joy Deja King's biggest characters.
Mastermind
by Joy Deja King
2024
After his wife's sudden death, wealthy businessman Cartier Richardson becomes obsessed with Serenity Clayborn. Seduction, revenge, and carefully hidden secrets turn their connection into a dangerous trap.
No Way Out
by Joy Deja King
2024
Genesis faces Maverick's next brutal move as kidnappings, secrets, and divided loyalties hit his whole circle. Precious is hunting the truth, but every answer seems to open a worse problem.
Assassins Holiday
by Joy Deja King
2025
Shiffon resurfaces in Atlanta with her newborn son, proving Maverick's bloodline lives on. With Riot Mercer hunting her, the holiday season becomes a fight for survival.
Buried But Breathing
by Joy Deja King
2025
Genesis has rebuilt his empire, but the presumed death of his son Amir pushes him toward revenge. As secrets unravel and betrayal spreads, the war with Maverick turns even deadlier.
Serenity's Revenge
by Joy Deja King
2025
The fallout from Mastermind keeps growing as betrayal flips the balance of power at CR Enterprises. Revenge, manipulation, and buried truths drive the next round of the fight.
Where should I start?
If you want the core Joy Deja King experience: Bitch: The Beginning → Bitch Reloaded → Queen Bitch
If you want a big street-family saga: Stackin' Paper → Genesis's Payback → Born Sinners
If you want ambitious women driving the story: Female Hustler → Female Hustler Part 2 → Female Hustler Part 3
If you want fast, twisty crime drama: Assassins → Clout Chasers → Killing the King
If you want romance mixed with danger: Mafia Princess → Married To The Mob → To Love, Honor and Betray
Author bio
Joy Deja King was born in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in California, Maryland, and North Carolina. Moving around early gave her a front row view of different places, different kinds of ambition, and the way people reinvent themselves when they have to.
She studied journalism at North Carolina Central University and Pace University. Before publishing novels, she was chasing a career in entertainment, not the book world.
That part came first.
King interned at the Terrie Williams Agency, moved up by working with celebrity clients and major events, and later studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. She also worked at Click Radio as director of Hip Hop Artist Relations, right when hip hop was becoming a bigger force online. That mix of industry polish and behind the scenes chaos would end up feeding a lot of her fiction.
Writing came next, and it stuck.
Her first novel, Dirty Little Secrets, was published by St. Martin's Press and drew on her experiences in the entertainment world. She followed it with Hooker to Housewife, then kept building a body of work that mixed street life, romance, loyalty, money, and betrayal without pretending any of it was neat.
A lot of readers first meet her through Bitch: The Beginning, the novel that introduces Precious Cummings. From there, King expanded that world into a long-running network of books that includes Queen Bitch, Stackin' Paper, Female Hustler, Mafia Princess, Power, and more. Her stories often connect across series, so a side character in one book can become the center of another.
That big, shared-world feeling is part of the draw.
Her books tend to follow people who want more, more money, more safety, more respect, more love, and who make messy choices while chasing it. Some readers come for the pace and the cliffhangers. Others stay for the way King keeps circling back to family, street politics, loyalty, and the hard truth that success usually comes with a bill attached.
She also has clear career milestones. Queen Bitch held the number one spot on the ESSENCE bestsellers list for seven straight months, and in 2019 she won the African American Literary Award for Best Street/Urban Fiction for Assassins...: Episode 1 (Be Careful With Me).
Today, King continues to publish through her own imprint and keep her long-running series alive. Whether she is writing about Precious, Genesis, Angel, or a brand new schemer with big plans, her fiction stays locked on power, love, survival, and the costs that come with all three.
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