Looking for Abby Jimenez books in order? Her books are mostly interconnected standalones, which means you can jump around, but I think publication order gives you the best payoff. The friendships, cameos, emotional callbacks, and little Easter eggs land better when you meet everyone the way Jimenez introduced them.
Start with the full publication order if you want every novel and short story in sequence. Then use the series sections when you want to focus on one connected group at a time.
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- Abby Jimenez Books in Publication Order
- Where to Start with Abby Jimenez
- Abby Jimenez Books by Series
- Abby Jimenez Short Stories and Collections
- Who Is Abby Jimenez?
Abby Jimenez Books in Publication Order
Publication order is the simplest way to read Abby Jimenez if you want the full experience. This list includes her novels, connected short fiction, Amazon Original stories, and multi-author collection entries written by Jimenez.
- The Friend Zone (2019)
- The Happy Ever After Playlist (2020)
- Life’s Too Short (2021)
- Part of Your World (2022)
- All Roads Lead to Here (Bonus Short Story, available through Abby Jimenez’s newsletter)
- Yours Truly (2023)
- Worst Wingman Ever (2024) (Short Story)
- Just for the Summer (2024)
- The Situationship (2024) (Short Story)
- The Fall Risk (2025) (Short Story)
- Say You’ll Remember Me (2025)
- The Night We Met (2026)
- A Married Little Christmas (2026) (Novella Collection)
Where to Start with Abby Jimenez
For the full Abby Jimenez experience, start with The Friend Zone and keep going in publication order. That gives you the earliest relationships, the original emotional setup, and the recurring friendships that start echoing through the later books.
For the strongest modern entry point, I’d start with Part of Your World. It has the warmth, humor, emotional weight, and small-town setting that many readers now associate with Jimenez, and it leads naturally into Yours Truly and Just for the Summer.
For a quick sample, read Worst Wingman Ever or The Fall Risk. Both are short, easy reads, and they give you a fast feel for Jimenez’s mix of banter, tenderness, and emotional stakes.
Are Abby Jimenez Books Connected?
Yes, many Abby Jimenez books are connected. They usually follow a new couple in each book, so you’re not locked into one ongoing plot, but the recurring characters and relationship callbacks make publication order the better choice.
The Friend Zone books belong together, the Part of Your World books belong together, and Say You’ll Remember Me leads into The Night We Met. You can still pick up a single book that catches your eye, but I’d read in order if you want the most satisfying version of the world.
Abby Jimenez Books by Series
Jimenez’s books are easiest to sort by connected groups. Start with the publication-order list above if you want everything, or use the sections below when you’re focusing on one series at a time.
The Friend Zone Books
The Friend Zone books are interconnected romances with a different central couple in each novel. Read them in order, because the supporting cast carries over and the emotional payoff works better that way.
- The Friend Zone (2019)
- The Happy Ever After Playlist (2020)
- Life’s Too Short (2021)
Part of Your World Books
The Part of Your World books are Jimenez’s strongest connected run. They can stand alone, but I’d read them in order for the friendships, cameos, family ties, and emotional callbacks.
- All Roads Lead to Here (Bonus Short Story, available through Abby Jimenez’s newsletter)
- Part of Your World (2022)
- Yours Truly (2023)
- Just for the Summer (2024)
- The Situationship (2024) (Short Story)
Say You’ll Remember Me Books
Say You’ll Remember Me starts another connected Jimenez storyline. Read it before The Night We Met.
- Say You’ll Remember Me (2025)
- The Night We Met (2026)
The Improbable Meet-Cute Books
The Improbable Meet-Cute is a multi-author collection of short romance stories. Jimenez wrote Worst Wingman Ever, but the full collection is listed here if you want the whole set. Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne also contributed stories.
- The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren
- Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez (2024)
- Rosie and the Dreamboat by Sally Thorne
- Drop, Cover, and Hold On by Jasmine Guillory
- With Any Luck by Ashley Poston
- Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson
Abby Jimenez Short Stories and Collections
Jimenez also has shorter releases outside the main connected series sections above. These are easy to read whenever you want a quicker Abby Jimenez story.
- The Fall Risk (2025) (Short Story)
- A Married Little Christmas (2026) (Novella Collection)
Who Is Abby Jimenez?
Abby Jimenez is a contemporary romance author and the founder of Nadia Cakes. Before her fiction career took off, she was already known as an entrepreneur and award-winning baker, and that mix of humor, drive, and warmth comes through clearly in her books.
Jimenez writes romance with sharp banter, big feelings, and heavier emotional threads beneath the humor. Her books often deal with grief, anxiety, family pressure, infertility, trauma, and the hard parts of building a life while still keeping the romance warm and readable.
That balance is the reason I think reading her books in order works so well. The jokes and romance are fun on their own, but the emotional callbacks, side characters, and relationship history make the books feel richer when you follow the full sequence.
Looking for similar books in order?
If you want more romance authors and reading-order guides like this one, start with my Romance Books in Order index.