Abby Jimenez Books in Order
Abby Jimenez writes romantic comedies that ambush you with grief: chronic illness in The Friend Zone, a widower and his dog in The Happy Ever After Playlist, and a run of Minnesota-set contemporaries that hit the New York Times list every single year. Her world is quietly interconnected - friends of friends, recurring restaurants, one universe under the jokes - and 2025 changed the shape of the shelf: Say You'll Remember Me (April 2025) became her first instant number-one bestseller, and The Night We Met (March 2026) turned out to be its sequel, her first. Book nine, Feels Like Falling, is announced for spring 2027. The order question is pick-any-book with two marked pairs, and this page gives the full shelf with the pairs flagged (2019–present).
Where to start
The Friend Zone (2019), the debut - still the emotional high-water mark, and the book that sets up The Happy Ever After Playlist. Readers who want the lighter entry start at Part of Your World (2022) or Yours Truly (2023).
The complete list
Tick the boxes off as you read, or for the bookshelf.
| Year | Title | Series / type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Friend Zone | #1 — start here; pairs with #2 | |
| 2020 | The Happy Ever After Playlist | #2 — the dog gets his sequel | |
| 2021 | Life's Too Short | #3 — the trio closes | |
| 2022 | Part of Your World | #4 — the library romance | |
| 2023 | Yours Truly | #5 — the fan-picked peak | |
| 2024 | Just for the Summer | #6 — the house-swap romance | |
| 2025 | Say You'll Remember Me | #7 · Apr 2025 — instant #1 NYT; pairs with #8 | |
| 2026 | The Night We Met | #8 · Mar 2026 — the first true sequel | |
| 2027 | Feels Like Falling | #9 — announced, spring 2027 |
Does the reading order matter?
Mostly standalones with recurring faces: The Friend Zone (2019) → The Happy Ever After Playlist (2020) is a true pair - the second book's hero is the first book's other man, so read them in order. Life's Too Short (2021) closes that trio. Part of Your World (2022) and Yours Truly (2023) share a hospital world; Just for the Summer (2024) is fully standalone. The second marked pair: Say You'll Remember Me (April 2025) → The Night We Met (March 2026), her first actual sequel. Feels Like Falling follows in spring 2027.
Which one is the best?
The Friend Zone (2019) for the gut-punch the rom-com world still argues about; Yours Truly (2023), the fan-picked peak - the love-letter romance; and Say You'll Remember Me (2025), the instant #1.
Related guides
Readers finishing this shelf usually want the map next door: Emily Henry books in order, Ali Hazelwood books in order, Lucy Score books in order. Every guide follows the same format — the shelf, the entry point, the honest answer about order.
Make it a project
Pick a session size and let the days accumulate — at the pace our reading speed test measures, most shelves above clear in a few weeks of half-hours. Every guide on the books in order shelf follows this same format, and when a book lands, its 8-question quiz is waiting on the original book quiz.
Frequently asked questions
What order should you read Abby Jimenez books in?
Two pairs: Friend Zone → HEA Playlist, and Say You'll Remember Me → The Night We Met. Everything else is standalone.
Where should I start with Abby Jimenez?
The Friend Zone (2019) to start at the beginning; Part of Your World (2022) for a softer entry.
How many Abby Jimenez books are there?
Eight novels through The Night We Met (March 2026); Feels Like Falling arrives spring 2027. Jimenez also writes the thicker-tenured culinary memoir-adjacent work under her Food Network life - the novels are the shelf. As of October 2026 this list is current.
What was Abby Jimenez's first book?
The Friend Zone (2019) — the first row of the list above.