Abby Jimenez Books in Order

Where Should You Start Reading Abby Jimenez?

Abby Jimenez has taken the contemporary romance world by storm with books that masterfully balance witty, laugh-out-loud banter with heavy, real-world issues like grief, infertility, and mental health. All of her books are set within a single shared universe, affectionately dubbed the "Abbyverse" by fans. While every single novel is written to function perfectly as a standalone, the characters frequently reappear in each other's stories, sharing friendships, hospital shifts, and family ties.

Because of these overlapping connections, readers generally recommend one of two entry points:

• Option A: The Complete Abbyverse Publication Order (Recommended). Starting with her debut, The Friend Zone, allows you to witness the natural evolution of the universe and catch every single recurring character cameo and Easter egg in chronological sequence.
• Option B: The Royaume Hospital Starting Point. If you want to jump straight into her most critically acclaimed work, start with Part of Your World. It introduces you to the fictional Royaume Northwestern Hospital setting and kicks off her most popular series.

The Friend Zone Series Order

Jimenez's debut trilogy follows a tight-knit circle of friends in Minnesota. These books are heavily character-driven and deal with profound, real-life struggles behind the romantic comedy setups.

1. The Friend Zone (2019): The book that started it all. It follows Kristen Peterson and Josh Copeland as they navigate an intense attraction while Kristen faces a diagnosis of uterine fibroids and impending infertility.
2. The Happy Ever After Playlist (2020): This emotional follow-up focuses on Sloan Monroe, Kristen's best friend, who is grieving the sudden loss of her fiancé when she finds a stray dog belonging to a rising pop star, Jaxon Waters.
3. Life's Too Short (2021): The final main book in the trilogy focuses on Vanessa Price, a travel vlogger coping with a high risk of inheriting a terminal illness, who finds herself helping her next-door neighbor, lawyer Adrian Copeland, care for his infant niece.

The Part of Your World Series Order

This series expands the Abbyverse by shifting focus to the medical professionals at Royaume Northwestern Hospital and their family networks. It features some of Jimenez's most beloved pairings.

1. All Roads Lead to Here (2022 - Prequel Novella): Book 0.5 in the sequence. This short story is set in a Doctors Without Borders camp in Cambodia following a typhoon, introducing readers to characters before the events of the main novel. It is available as a bonus download via the author's newsletter.
2. Part of Your World (2022): The main series opener, telling the story of Alexis Montgomery, a city-dwelling ER doctor from a legacy family of surgeons, who falls for Daniel Grant, a small-town carpenter and mayor.
3. Yours Truly (2023): This companion novel centers on Dr. Briana Ortiz, an ER physician waiting for a kidney donor for her brother, who strikes up a correspondence-turned-romance with the hospital's new, anxiety-prone doctor, Jacob Maddox.
4. Just for the Summer (2024): This book connects the threads of the previous stories, focusing on Justin and Emma, two people who realize that everyone they date immediately goes on to find their soulmate after they break up. They decide to date each other for the summer to break the curse.
5. The Situationship (2024 - Sequel Novella): Book 3.5 in the sequence. Originally printed as a Target-exclusive bonus chapter for Just for the Summer, this short story follows a travel nurse named Maddy and a farmer named Doug who meet under unusual circumstances involving a town mascot pig named Kevin Bacon.

Standalone Novels and Collaborative Works

Beyond her two central series, Abby Jimenez has written standalone fiction and contributed to collaborative publishing projects:

• Say You'll Remember Me (2025): Jimenez's first official standalone novel. The book explores memory, love, and emotional healing, taking thematic inspiration from Taylor Swift's song "Wildest Dreams."
• Worst Wingman Ever (2024): This novella is Abby Jimenez's contribution to The Improbable Meet-Cute collection, a six-part collaborative anthology published by Amazon. The other stories in the collection are authored by Christina Lauren, Sally Thorne, Jasmine Guillory, Sariah Wilson, and Ashley Poston. It is entirely standalone and is not connected to the main Abbyverse.

Abbyverse Connections: The Cameos to Watch For

If you choose to read the books out of order, you won't get lost, but you will miss the intricate web of connections that makes the Abbyverse so satisfying. Here is what to watch out for:

• The Copeland Family: The male lead in Part of Your World, Daniel Grant, is maternal cousins with Josh Copeland (from The Friend Zone) and Adrian Copeland (from Life's Too Short). These familial connections tie the two series together directly.
• Royaume Northwestern Hospital: This hospital serves as the primary setting for Part of Your World and Yours Truly, bringing back familiar medical staff and patients across the books.
• Pop Star Cameos: Jaxon Waters and Lola Simone from The Happy Ever After Playlist make guest appearances or are referenced as cultural figures in the later books.
• Nadia Cakes: The real-life, award-winning bakery owned by Abby Jimenez is frequently mentioned as a favorite local spot by characters in both series.