If you have been following me for sometime then you must know that I am a big Sidney Sheldon fan. I just LOVE his books and pick one up wherever I see it. I have read 4 of his books so far and 1 is on my TBR. So, in this Author Special I will be talking about all the books (I know that’s a lot but I’m gonna try!) that he has written and how many movies have been made etc.

About Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon was an American writer and producer. Sheldon came to prominence in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) which earned him an Academy Award in 1948. He went on to work in television, where his works spanned a 20-year period. After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels. His 18 novels have sold over 300 million copies in 51 languages. Sheldon is consistently cited as one of the top ten best selling fiction writers of all time.

He began writing as a youngster and at the age of ten he made his first sale of a poem for $10. At seventeen, he started working as a reader of prospective film material at Universal Pictures for $22 a week. At night he wrote his own screenplays and was able to sell one called “South of Panama,” to the studio for $250 in 1941.

In a 1982 interview Sheldon told of how he created his novels; “I try to write my books so the reader can’t put them down. I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter.”
Explaining why so many women bought his books, he once commented that: “I like to write about women, who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power, their femininity, because men can’t do without it.”

His Books

Series:

Midnight

1.The Other Side of Midnight (1973) –

Paris…Washington…a peaceful Midwestern campus…a fabulous villa in Greece…all part of a terrifying web of intrigue and treachery as a ruthless trio of human beings – an incredibly beautiful film star, a legendary Greek tycoon, a womanizing international adventurer- use an innocent American girl as a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a desperate game of vengeance and betrayal, love and lust, life and death.

Movie? Yes (1977)

2. Memories of Midnight (1990) –

Shadowed by tragedy and burdened by amnesia, a beautiful woman desperately tries to return to reality. She is Catherine Douglas, destined to once again challenge the cruel, charismatic power of Constantin Demiris, the Greek shipping tycoon who murdered Catherine’s husband. Now, in the glittering capitals and carefree playgrounds of post-war Europe, Demiris sets his deadly sights on Catherine — and the single, treacherous secret whose shattering truth is known to her alone.

Movie? Yes (1991)

Tracy Whitney

1.If tomorrow comes (1985) –

This is a story of intrigue and revenge. Tracy Whitney is young, beautiful and intelligent – and about to marry into wealth and glamour. Until, suddenly, she is betrayed, framed by a ruthless Mafia gang, abandoned by the man she loves. Only her ingenuity saves her and helps her fight back.

Movie? Yes; TV-miniseries (1985)

2. Chasing tomorrow (2014) –

Tracy Whitney never thought she wanted to settle down. With her suave and handsome partner, Jeff Stevens, she’d been responsible for some of the world’s most astounding heists, relishing the danger and intensity of life on the wild side. Together, she and Jeff have made enough money for several lifetimes conning the rich, corrupt, and greedy out of their ill-gotten fortunes. But there is still one thing missing from Tracy’s perfect life: a baby. Tomorrow has come at last. But it isn’t the future Tracy bargained for.

Movie? No

3. Reckless (2015) –

An addictive tale of espionage, mystery, passion, greed, betrayal, and vengeance that takes you from the beautiful Rocky Mountains to Europe’s oldest and grandest cities, filled with a cast of intriguing characters both new and familiar, Sidney Sheldon’s Reckless is a glamorous thrill ride that will leave you breathless until its shocking end,

Movie? No

Standalones

1.The Naked Face (1970) –

Two people closely involved with Dr. Stevens have already been killed. Is one of his patients responsible? Someone overwhelmed by his problems? A neurotic driven by compulsion? a madman? Before the murderer strikes again, Judd must strip away the mask of innocence the criminal wears, uncover his inner emotions, fears, and desires – expose the naked face beneath.

Movie? Yes (1984)

2. A Stranger in the Mirror (1976) –

Toby Temple is a superstar, the world’s funniest man. He gets any woman that he wants, but under the superstar image is a lonely man. Jill Castle is a sensuous starlet. She has a dark and mysterious past and has an ambition even greater than Toby’s. Together they rule Hollywood.

Movie? Yes (1993)

3. Bloodline (1977) –

Roffe and Sons is a family firm, an international empire filled with desperate, cash-hungry family members. At its head was one of the wealthiest men in the world, a man who has just died in a mysterious accident and left his only daughter, Elizabeth, in control of the company. Now as this intelligent, tough, and beautiful young woman dares to save — not sell — Roffe and Sons, she will have to outwit those who secretly want her power, and the unknown assassin who wants her life.

Movie? Yes (1979)

4. Rage of Angels (1980) –

A worldwide bestseller, this novel tells the story of Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer who is loved by two men, one a politician, the other, a mafia don. How she rises from the ashes and then turn to ashes again is story worth reading.

Movie? Yes (1983)

5. Master of Game (1982) –

Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaner merchant. At the extravagant celebrations of her ninetieth birthday, there are toasts from a Supreme Court Judge and a telegram from the White House. And for Kate there are ghosts, ghosts of absent friends and of enemies. Ghosts from a life of blackmail and murder.

Movie? Yes (1984)

6. Windmills of the Gods (1987) –

This classic best-selling thriller races from the White House to the romance of Paris and the shady menace of Cold War Bucharest as a young woman ambassador faces unseen and powerful enemies plotting her and her children’s destruction.

Movie? Yes; TV-miniseries (1988)

7. The Sands of Time (1988) –

Four nuns find themselves suddenly thrust into a hostile world they long ago abandoned for the safety of the convent. Unwittingly they become pawns in a battle between the charismatic Jaime Miró, leader of the outlawed Basque nationalists, and the ruthless Colonel Ramón Acoca of the Spanish Amy.

Movie? Yes (1992)

8. The Doomsday Conspiracy (1991) –

Commander Robert Bellamy of US Naval Intelligence is dispatched on a top secret mission. A weather balloon carrying sensitive military information has crashed in Switzerland. Bellamy must locate the ten witnesses to the incident so that they can be sworn to secrecy. But as he conducts his search Bellamy begins to suspect that he, too, is being hunted, by an unknown lethal force, that what he was told about the balloon was only one part of an almost unbelievable happening.

Movie? No

9. The Stars Shine Down (1992) –

Lara Cameron is a famous powerful wealthy New York building developer who struggled from brutal poverty in Glace Bay, a banker who took her body as part of her first deal, to Chicago, banker Keller whose love she takes lightly for granted. She lies and cheats to close a deal, making cruel enemies. She is forty, beautiful, glamorous, insecure, ruthless, vulnerable, secretly generous, rich – and still wants more. She marries an international concert pianist but someone puts him in the hospital and threatens to take down her empire.

Movie? No

10. Nothing Lasts  Forever (1994) –

Three young doctors-their hopes, their dreams, their unexpected desires. Racing from the life-and-death decisions of a big major hospital to the tension-packed fireworks of a murder trial, Nothing Lasts Forever lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers and killers, lovers and betrayers.

Movie? Yes (1995)

11. Morning, Noon and Night (1995) –

A power revered by presidents and kings, a fortune unsurpassed by few people on earth: all that ended for Harry Stanford the day he mysteriously — and fatally — plunged from his luxury yacht into the Mediterranean Sea. Back home as the family gathers to grieve for his memory and to war over his legacy, a stunningly beautiful young woman appears. She claims to be Stanford’s long-lost daughter and entitled to her share. Now, flaming with intrigue and passion, the ultimate game of wits begins, for stakes too dazzling and deadly to imagine.

Movie? No

12. The Best Laid Plans (1997) –

He wanted power. Oliver Russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, President of the United States. She wanted revenge. Leslie Stewart is his betrayed fiancee. Amassing her own media empire, on her fortieth birthday, she looks back. What went wrong?

Movie? No

13. Tell me your Dreams (1998) –

She had read about stalkers, but they belonged in a different, faraway world. She had no idea who it could be, who would want to harm her. She was trying desperately not to panic, but lately her sleep had been filled with nightmares, and she had awakened each morning with a feeling of impending doom. Three beautiful young women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. The police make an arrest that leads to one of the most bizarre murder trials of the century.

Movie? No

14. The Sky is Falling (2000) –

Washington TV anchorwoman Dana Evans (from Best Laid Plans) suspects the accidents befalling the rich Winthrop family, killing all five members, were murders. Like Chicken Little and the sky falling, she chases clues across the world to unravel an international conspiracy. Unseen agents follow her, bug hotel rooms, while an evil mastermind voice overhears taped conversations and supervises regular secret auctions, inviting armed wealthy customers. Witnesses and informants die before, and after meetings.

Movie? No

15. Are you afraid of the Dark? (2004) –

Four people have died separately in apparent accidents. Two women – the widows of two of the dead – find themselves under ruthless attack and are drawn together in fear and for mutual protection. But are they being targeted because one of them is the prosecution witness at a famous criminal trial? Or is there another connection, Tanner Kingsley, CEO of a Think Tank, is on the cusp of an amazing discovery which could alter the future of the world. If properly handled, the outcome of this could deliver unbelievable power into the company’s hands. But are deaths connected to this secret?

Movie? No

Sidney Sheldon Books by Tilly Bagshawe

1.Mistress of the Game (2009) –

(A Sequel to Master of the Game) It began with Jamie MacGregor, stealing diamonds in Africa. It continued with his daughter, the powerful Kate Blackwell, who grew her father’s company into a world wide conglomerate. Now the story passes to the next generation.

Movie? No

2. After the Darkness (2010) –

A classic tale of love and betrayal, and a struggle for survival in the new world order, this is an enthralling novel with ripped-from-the-headlines immediacy, perfect for the post-Bernie Madoff era in America.

Movie? No

3. Angel of the Dark (2012) –  

A gripping, stylish, sexy and surprising story of a son’s globe-hopping hunt for answers about his wealthy father’s brutal death.

Movie? No

4. The Tides of Memory (2013) –

The members of the formidable and captivating De Vere family of London live enviable lives in the world’s most powerful and desirable places, from London’s poshest neighborhoods to influential boardrooms. But when old secrets begin to unravel and threaten everything the De Veres have worked for, the ramifications are deadly.

Movie? No

5. Chasing Tomorrow (2014) (First sequel to If Tomorrow Comes)

6. Reckless (2015) (Second sequel to If Tomorrow Comes)

7. The Silent Widow(2018) –

A young American au pair, Charlotte Clancy, vanishes without a trace in Mexico City. The case is left cold, but its legacy will be devastating. A decade later, LA is shaken by a spate of violent murders. Psychologist Nikki Roberts is the common link between the victims, her patients at the heart of this treacherous web. When someone makes an attempt on Nikki’s life, it’s clear she is a marked woman. With the police at a dead end Nikki drafts in Derek Williams, a PI who isn’t afraid to put his hand into the hornet’s nest. Williams was thwarted in the notorious Charlotte Clancy case all those years ago, but what he unearths in LA – and the mention of one name in particular – leaves him cold, and takes him on a dangerous path into the past.

His Autobiography

The Other Side of Me (2005)

So those are all the books by him. Just for the information here are the plays and children’s books written by Sidney Sheldon. I have neither watched nor read these plays or books so I have no idea about how these are. But I can say that his novels are a piece of work and worth reading. The reviews of the books that I have read are on my page and for your reference I have also attached the links, just click on the name heads when you see it blue (or orange, I’m not sure, lol)!

Plays:

1. The Merry Widow
2. Jackpot
3. Dream with Music
4. Alice in Arms
5. Redhead
6. Roman Candle
7. Gomes

Children’s books:

1. The Adventures of Drippy the Runaway Raindrop
2. The Chase
3. The Dictator
4. Ghost Story”
5. The Money Tree
6. Revenge!
7. The Strangler
8. The Twelve Commandments
9. The Adventure of a Quarter”

References; Wikipedia and Goodreads.

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