As you navigate the exciting chaos of planning your big day or helping your loved ones with their upcoming events, sometimes you just need to hit pause and lose yourself in a good book. With the weather getting colder, it’s the perfect time to wrap up in a blanket and dive into some wedding-themed reads.
Whether you seek a little escapism or fresh inspiration for your celebration, we’ve gathered 10 wedding-themed novels that offer a delightful mix of stories. So, set aside the seating charts for a moment and immerse yourself in these enchanting tales about love and weddings.
Interracial Couple
The Wedding Date
By Jasmine Guillory
Agreeing to be a wedding date for a guy she gets stuck in an elevator with isn’t something Alexa Monroe would typically do. But Drew Nichols is hard to resist.
When Drew finds himself without a plus-one for his ex’s wedding, a power outage gives him the perfect fake date. After a surprisingly fun weekend, Drew goes back to LA as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa returns to her life as the mayor’s chief of staff in Berkeley.
But neither can stop thinking about the other, and what started as a fake date might turn into something real.
Substitute Date
The Spanish Love Deception
By Elena Armas
Catalina Martín urgently needs a date for her sister’s wedding in Spain, especially since her white lie about an American boyfriend has spiraled out of control. With just four weeks to find someone willing to travel across the Atlantic and navigate her chaotic family, she reluctantly turns to her tall, handsome, and infuriating colleague, Aaron Blackford, who unexpectedly offers to step in.
As the wedding approaches, Catalina begins to see that Aaron may not be as insufferable as she thought.
Hometown Drama
Eligible
By Curtis Sittenfeld
The Modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. This fresh take on the Bennet family features Liz, a magazine writer, and her yoga-instructor sister Jane, who return to their crumbling childhood home in Cincinnati after their father’s health scare.
Their younger sisters, Kitty and Lydia, are too focused on CrossFit and Paleo diets to work, while Mary is earning her third online master’s. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bennet is determined to marry off her daughters as Jane approaches her 40th birthday.
Enter Chip Bingley, a charming doctor from reality TV, who instantly connects with Jane. But Liz’s first impression of his friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy, isn’t so flattering—showing that first impressions can be deceiving.
From Business to Romance
The Bride Quartet Series
By Nora Roberts
In the glamorous—and often chaotic—world of wedding planning, four friends build their dream company, VOWS, while navigating life, love, and family.
In the first book, Mac Elliot, a talented photographer with a complicated family history, unexpectedly falls for Carter Maguire, the stable brother of a bride-to-be. Their casual fling deepens, teaching Mac to embrace the happy moments she’s always missed.
Florist Emma Grant, in the second book, finally confronts her feelings for family friend Jack Cooke, discovering that trusting her heart might lead to true love.
The third book follows wedding baker Laurel McBane, who’s long crushed on Parker’s protective brother, Delaney. After a passionate kiss, she wonders if that fleeting moment could become something real.
Finally, workaholic Parker reevaluates her priorities and friendships, realizing that a romantic diversion might be just what she needs.
Together, these women support each other through love and friendship while helping couples create their perfect wedding days—because isn’t that what love is all about?
Heartbreak Adventures
The Wedding Season
By Katy Birchall
Freya Scott is about to marry her long-time love, Matthew, kicking off a year packed with weddings. But when he calls it off just hours before the ceremony, Freya’s perfect plan crumbles. Heartbroken and humiliated, the last thing she wants is to face a summer of “I dos” solo.
Enter her friends, who hatch a wild plan: a series of outrageous challenges at each wedding to keep Freya distracted. From getting stuck in a church bathroom to stealing a kiss from a barman in a French chateau, she discovers that maybe having fun isn’t such a bad idea after all.
As the last wedding looms, Freya learns that the path to a happy ending is often filled with unexpected twists—and her own love story might just be waiting for a second chance.
Family Business
Aunties Series
By Jesse Q. Sutant
In a whirlwind of wedding chaos and family antics, Meddelin Chan and her meddlesome relatives navigate love, mishaps, and murder. When Meddy accidentally kills her blind date, her mother and aunties swoop in to help hide the body, which ends up hilariously misplaced at a lavish wedding on a picturesque California island. As the wedding of her dreams turns into a nightmare with the appearance of her college ex, Meddy juggles romance, family drama, and a wedding that might just go off the rails—unless her aunties can keep everything, including a mafia plot, under control.
Amidst the hilarity of planning weddings and dodging disaster, Meddy’s life becomes an uproarious adventure, where nothing is off-limits, and love is always on the agenda.
Fake Relationship
The Wedding Crasher
By Mia Sosa
Solange Pereira is just weeks away from leaving the town when her wedding planner cousin ropes her into helping with some couple’s big day. It’s all going smoothly until she crashes the wedding, convinced the groom is making a huge mistake. But when Dean Chapman, the almost-groom, panics and claims to be in love with her to save his job, things spiral quickly. Now, he needs her to be his fake girlfriend.
Feeling guilty for ruining his day, Solange agrees. What starts as a pretend relationship quickly becomes something more real than either of them expected. Can these polar opposites really fall in love, or is it all just part of the act?
Luxury Abroad
Crazy Rich Asians
By Kevin Kwan
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she expects a simple family home and quality time together. Instead, she’s thrust into a palace, flying more often in private jets than cars, as the girlfriend of one of Asia’s most eligible bachelors.
As she navigates this world of unimaginable wealth, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore; Eddie, a socialite magazine fixture; and Eleanor, Nick’s formidable mother, who has strong opinions about who her son should marry.
Crazy Rich Asians is a hilarious and addictive look at the clash between old and new money and the complexities of being young, in love, and fabulously wealthy
If you liked Kevin’s writing, be sure to check out another one of his books featuring weddings: Lies and Weddings.
Wedding Mystery Thriller
The Guest List
By Lucy Foley
A wedding celebration on a picturesque Irish island turns sinister.
The bride – The plus one – The best man – The wedding planner – The bridesmaid – The body. With a charming groom, an ambitious bride, and all the magazine-worthy details, the perfect day quickly spirals into chaos as resentments bubble beneath the surface.
As guests indulge in drinks and awkward toasts, the festive atmosphere becomes charged with hidden tensions. Then, just like that, a body is discovered, shattering the illusion of happily ever after. Who among the guests harbored ill wishes for the couple, and what secrets lie beneath this glamorous facade?
