Bridgerton’s fourth season, Benedict’s story, is here and it was Netflix’s most-watched show of early 2026. If it sent you to the books, here is the whole set: eight Regency romances by Julia Quinn, one for each Bridgerton sibling. The show takes them out of order and changes plenty, so this is the full run in reading order, the couple each book follows, and the season it maps to where there is one.
The Books, One Per Sibling
Eight books in publication order, which is the reading order. The show adapts them out of sequence, so the season each maps to is noted where it applies. Books 5 to 8 have not been adapted yet. Rosalyn Landor narrates all eight on audio, so the series holds together as one long listen.
The Duke and I
Daphne Bridgerton and Simon, the Duke of Hastings, fake a courtship that serves them both: it draws real suitors to her and keeps matchmaking mothers away from him. The arrangement does not stay fake. This is where the books and the show both begin.
The Viscount Who Loved Me
An Offer From a Gentleman
Benedict, the second son, meets a masked woman at a masquerade ball and cannot find her afterward, then later crosses paths with a housemaid who is the same person without his knowing it. A Cinderella story, and the basis for Season 4.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Colin finally notices Penelope Featherington, his sister’s longtime friend who has loved him for years and is secretly the gossip writer Lady Whistledown. The show adapted this one for Season 3, ahead of Benedict’s book.
To Sir Phillip, With Love
When He Was Wicked
It's In His Kiss
On the Way to the Wedding
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