Novels
- Maybe This Time, St. Martin’s Press: August 2010
- Wild Ride, St. Martin’s Press: March 2010 †
- Dogs and Goddesses, St. Martin’s Press: February 2009 §
- Agnes and the Hitman, St. Martin’s Press: August 2007 †
- The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, St. Martin’s Press: June 2007 ‡
- Don’t Look Down, St. Martin’s Press: April 2006 †
- Bet Me, St. Martin’s Press: February 2004
- Faking It, St. Martin’s Press: August 2002
- Fast Women, St. Martin’s Press: May 2001
- Welcome to Temptation, St. Martin’s Press: March 2000
- Crazy for You, St. Martin’s Press: March 1999
- Tell Me Lies, St. Martin’s Press: March 1998
- Trust Me on This, Bantam Loveswept #843: July 1997
- The Cinderella Deal, Bantam Loveswept #807: October 1996
- Anyone But You, Harlequin Love & Laughter #4: September 1996
- Charlie All Night, Harlequin Temptation #570: January 1996
- What the Lady Wants, Harlequin Temptation #544: June 1995
- Strange Bedpersons, Harlequin Temptation #520: December 1994
- Getting Rid of Bradley, Harlequin Temptation #480: February 1994
- Manhunting, Harlequin Temptation #463; September 1993
Novellas, Short Stories & Short Story Collections
- Crazy People: The Crazy For You Stories, Argh Ink LLC: April, 2012
- “Wild Night,” digital short – prequel to Wild Ride, St. Martin’s Press: March 2010 †
- “Hot Toy,” in the Anthology Santa Baby, St. Martin’s Press: October 2006
- “Sizzle,” Silhouette Stolen Moments: March 1994
PDF List of Crusie Novels and Novellas
Non-Fiction Work
- Coffee at Luke’s: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest. (Smart Pop series) Ed. Jennifer Crusie. BenBella Books: May 2007
- Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters and the Power of Three. (Smart Pop series) Ed. Jennifer Crusie. BenBella Books: November 2005
- Flirting with Pride and Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick Lit Masterpiece. (Smart Pop series) Ed. Jennifer Crusie. BenBella Books: September 2005
- Anne Rice: A Critical Companion. as Jennifer Smith. Westport: Greenwood Press, September 1996. Reissue: Gem Online, September 2002. *
Essays
on Pop Culture
- “The Assassination of Cordelia Chase.” How the writers of Angel ruined a perfectly good character by writing her into a coma, which was probably the only way she could get away from them. (2004)
- “Dating Death.” The romance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (2003)
on Romance Genre
- “Emotionally Speaking: Romance Fiction in the Twenty-First Century.” Explanation of modern romance fiction. (2003)
- “I Know What It Is When I Read It: Defining the Romance Genre.” Definition of romance genre. (2000)
- “Let Us Now Praise Scribbling Women.” Romance fiction as an anti-toxin to patriarchal literature. (1998)
- “You Go, Romance Writer: Changing Public Opinion” Dealing with the media. (1998)
- “This Is Not Your Mother’s Cinderella: The Romance Novel as Feminist Fairy Tale.” Romance fiction as a revision of patriarchal fairy tales. (1998) ¶
- “So, Bill, I Hear You Write Those Little Poems: A Plea for Category Romance.” Defence of category romance fiction. (1998)
- “Romantic Comedy, the No-Calorie Godiva.” Power of romantic comedy for women. (1998)
- “Glee and Sympathy” Defense of romance fiction.
- “Defeating the Critics: What We Can Do About the Anti-Romance Bias.” Analysis of anti-romance bias. (1998)
- “Romancing Reality: The Power of Romance Fiction to Reinforce and Re-Vision the Real.” Romance fiction is not unrealistic. (1997) ¶
on Writing Craft
- “The Five Things I’ve Learned About Writing Romance from TV” Writing love stories. Examples from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, X-Files, Ed and Sports Night.
- “Picture This: Collage as Prewriting and Inspiration.” Brainstorming with collage. (2003)
- “Don’t Do This At Home: The Four Biggest Mistakes in Contest Entries.” Mistakes beginning writers make. (2001)
on Writing Life
- “Green Is Not Your Color: Professional Jealousy and the Professional Writer.” Dealing with Jealousy. (2005)
- “Taking Out the Garbage: How to Protect Your Work and Get Your Life.” (1998)
- “I’d Give It a Nine, but It’s Hard To Dance To: Ritas, Reviews, and Other Nightmares.” Column on dealing with evaluation and criticism. (1998)
on Publishing
- “Stalking the Wild Editor: How to Get Published, Maybe.” Finding and submitting material to an editor. (2005)
- “Rats with Islands: How To Survive Your Publishing Career.” Coping strategy for a publishing career. (2005)
- “It’s All About You: The First Step in Finding An Agent.” Career planning. (2005)
- “The Impossible Dream: How To Find Your Perfect Agent.” Finding an agent. (2005)
- “Hello, I’m Your New PRO Columnist: Reflections on the Columns I’m Not Going To Be Writing.” Basic publishing questions. (2004)
- “A Writer Without A Publisher Is Like A Fish Without a Bicycle: Writer’s Liberation and You.” Setting achievable goals. (2002)
- † written in collaboration with Bob Mayer
- ‡ written in collaboration with Anne Stuart and Eileen Dryer
- § written in collaboration with Anne Stuart and Lani Diane Rich
- ¶ written as Jennifer Crusie Smith
- * written as Jennifer Smith