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Little Beach Street Bakery

by Jenny Colgan

The Little Beach Street Bakery series by Jenny Colgan has 4 known books (4 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Little Beach Street Bakery (2014).

Books
4 known books (4 novels)
Published
4
First published
2014
Status
ongoing
Shelved under
Literary Fiction
Start here: Little Beach Street Bakery (2014) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Little Beach Street Bakery
Little Beach Street Bakery (2014)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Little Beach Street Bakery

    Novel
    Little Beach Street Bakery opens Jenny Colgan's series of the same name, a contemporary fiction novel published in 2014. It's followed by Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery, the second of four books.
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  2. Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery

    Novel
    Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery is the second book in Jenny Colgan's Little Beach Street Bakery series, published in 2015 at 467 pages. It follows Little Beach Street Bakery and precedes Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery.
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  3. Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

    Novel
    Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery is the third entry in Jenny Colgan's Little Beach Street Bakery series, published in 2016 at 320 pages. It follows Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery and precedes Sunrise by the Sea.
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  4. Sunrise by the Sea

    Novel
    Sunrise by the Sea closes out Jenny Colgan's four-book Little Beach Street Bakery series, published in 2021 at 288 pages. It follows Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery as the most recent entry in the series.
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Key facts about the Little Beach Street Bakery series

The Little Beach Street Bakery series has 4 books on our list. Since all 4 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Little Beach Street Bakery, since it opens the publication order in 2014. Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery is book 2, from 2015. Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery is book 3, from 2016. Sunrise by the Sea is book 4, from 2021.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions. The catalogue marks it as ongoing, yet no next book has a date so far.

The books came out between 2014 and 2021, while their length runs from 288 to 467 pages. That is a run of 7 years.

Jenny Colgan has 40 books on our list. Additionally, they write Cupcake Cafe, Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop and Scottish Bookshop, plus 2 more series. We shelve the books under contemporary fiction.

About the Little Beach Street Bakery series

Polly Waterford's business has collapsed, her relationship has ended, and she moves alone to the remote Cornish town of Mount Polbearne -- accessible only by a tidal causeway -- to start over in a tiny, run-down flat above a disused shop. What begins as a way to fill her days, teaching herself to bake bread, grows into a thriving local bakery that pulls Polly into the small, close-knit and occasionally prickly community of the town, along with a rescued puffin named Neil who becomes the series' unlikely mascot.

Across four books, Jenny Colgan follows Polly's bakery, her relationships, and Mount Polbearne's fortunes through the changing seasons: Little Beach Street Bakery (2014) establishes the town and the bakery; Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery (2015) and Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery (2016) carry the story on through a new romance and a small-town Christmas; and Sunrise by the Sea (2021) returns to Polly and Mount Polbearne after a longer gap, bringing a new doctor to the causeway town. The series is a template for much of Colgan's later work: a struggling woman, a close-knit British coastal community, and a food-centred small business at the emotional heart of it all.

Frequently asked questions

How many Little Beach Street Bakery books are there?

Four: Little Beach Street Bakery (2014), Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery (2015), Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery (2016), and Sunrise by the Sea (2021).

What order should I read the Little Beach Street Bakery series in?

Publication order, starting with Little Beach Street Bakery -- the books follow Polly Waterford and Mount Polbearne continuously.

Is Little Beach Street Bakery connected to Jenny Colgan's other food-shop series?

Not directly by character or setting, but it shares the same template Colgan reuses in the Cupcake Cafe and Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop series: a woman rebuilding her life around a small food business in a close community.

Is the series finished?

Colgan returned to it in 2021 after a five-year gap with Sunrise by the Sea; no further book has been announced since, but the gap between books 3 and 4 suggests it may not be permanently closed.

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