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Abby Jimenez

Abby Jimenez has 12 known credited books (12 published) across 3 series. Start with The Friend Zone.

Abby Jimenez is an American author known for contemporary romance novels that blend humor and heart with unusually candid attention to mental health, chronic illness and grief. Before writing full-time, she founded the Minnesota cake bakery Nadia Cakes from her home kitchen in 2007, going on to win Food Network's Cupcake Wars (2013) and appear on TLC's Fabulous Cakes. Her debut, The Friend Zone (2019), launched a trilogy that established her signature blend of laugh-out-loud comedy and unflinching emotional weight; her Part of Your World trilogy followed, including Yours Truly (2023, Book of the Month's Book of the Year) and the #1 New York Times bestseller Just for the Summer (2024), whose Alexis-and-Daniel opener pairs a big-city ER doctor with a small-town carpenter who runs his family's bed and breakfast. Her newest series, Say You'll Remember Me, launched in 2025 with a #1 bestseller of its own and continued with The Night We Met (2026). New readers should start with either The Friend Zone, her debut, or Part of Your World if they want a self-contained standalone with her now-signature small-town setting. Jimenez is known among readers for writing characters dealing with real struggles — anxiety, illness, family estrangement, caregiving — without letting those threads undercut the genre's essential warmth and humor; Life's Too Short won the 2022 Minnesota Book Award. There is no film or television adaptation of her work to date, though her rapid rise has made her a fixture of contemporary romance bestseller lists.

Series
3
Credited books
12
Published
12
Latest published book
A Married Little Christmas 20 October 2026
Active
2019–present
Best known for
The Friend Zone

Key facts about Abby Jimenez

Our list holds 12 books by Abby Jimenez. 9 of them belong to a series, while 3 stand alone. Since all 12 are out now, every book here is ready to read. Their series sit on our contemporary romance shelf.

Abby Jimenez has 3 series on file. The Friend Zone has 3 books, while Part of Your World has 4 books. Say You'll Remember Me has 2 books, starting in 2025.

In particular, Part of Your World is the longest series on file. Part of Your World starts with Part of Your World, while Say You'll Remember Me starts with Say You'll Remember Me.

Since The Friend Zone is the first series on file, it is the place to start. Their first published book on file came out in 2019. Meanwhile, A Married Little Christmas is the latest published book, out on 20 October 2026.

There are also 3 standalone books. You can read them in any order, since each one stands alone. The newest one that is out is A Married Little Christmas, from 2026. The oldest on file is Worst Wingman Ever, from 2024.

Series by Abby Jimenez

Standalone books

Read these in any order — each is a complete story, listed newest first.

Frequently asked questions

What should I read first by Abby Jimenez?

Start with the The Friend Zone series, since it is the first on file. Its first book came out in 2019. Then read it in publication order.

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