A list of 45 novels about weddings

  1. A French Wedding by Hannah Tunnicliffe

    In a picturesque French countryside estate, a group of six old friends reunites to celebrate a milestone birthday.

    Over one weekend filled with fine food, nostalgia, and simmering tensions, long-held secrets surface, testing their relationships and forcing them to confront their past choices against the backdrop of what feels like a celebratory, wedding-like gathering.

  2. A Nantucket Wedding by Nancy Thayer

    As Alison plans her seaside wedding on Nantucket, she brings together her two grown daughters, who each arrive with their own personal struggles and reservations about their mother’s new beginning.

    The wedding preparations force the family to confront simmering tensions, testing the bonds between mothers, daughters, and step-relatives, and highlighting the challenges and rewards of blending families.

  3. A Wedding in December by Sarah Morgan

    The White family gathers in snowy Aspen for a surprise Christmas wedding, but the short notice and high stakes create a pressure-cooker environment.

    As the big day approaches, each family member is forced to confront their own secrets, past relationships, and uncertain futures, leading to a heartfelt exploration of family dynamics and second chances.

  4. American Royals by Katharine McGee

    In an alternate reality where America is a monarchy, the royal Washington siblings navigate the immense pressure of their positions.

    The narrative centers on their romantic entanglements, public duties, and personal desires, with the expectation of a perfect royal wedding looming over Princess Beatrice, the heir to the throne, forcing her to choose between love and duty.

  5. Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand

    A Nantucket wedding is meticulously planned from beyond the grave when the bride’s late mother leaves behind a detailed notebook to guide her daughter’s special day. As the event unfolds, long-buried family secrets and unresolved tensions emerge, forcing the characters to confront difficult truths and redefine their relationships.

  6. Bride Quartet: Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts

    Florist Emmaline Grant, a partner in the Vows wedding planning business, is a hopeless romantic who helps create perfect days for others but is hesitant to pursue her own love story.

    When her friendship with architect Jack Cooke deepens into something more, she must confront her own emotional vulnerabilities and learn to trust in a love that doesn't follow a perfect plan.

  7. Bride Quartet: Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts

    Pastry chef Laurel McBane, another partner at Vows, has always had a crush on her friend's older brother, Delaney Brown. As they work together on numerous weddings, their casual friendship blossoms into a passionate romance, forcing Laurel to balance her professional ambitions with the courage to let down her guard and commit to love.

  8. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

    When Rachel Chu agrees to attend the wedding of her boyfriend Nick Young’s best friend in Singapore, she has no idea she is about to enter the opulent and treacherous world of Asia’s super-rich.

    The extravagant wedding serves as the spectacular centerpiece of the story, exposing a battlefield of social climbing, family judgment, and cultural clashes.

  9. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

    After Meddelin Chan accidentally kills her blind date, her mother and meddlesome aunties help her dispose of the body. Their plans go disastrously wrong when the corpse ends up in a cooler at the lavish island wedding of a billionaire that Meddelin and her family are hired to cater, leading to a weekend of hilarious, high-stakes chaos.

  10. Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu

    Tina Das travels from New York to a lavish, week-long wedding in Delhi, where she and her close-knit family are forced to navigate the extravagant festivities and the pressures of the Indian marriage market.

    Amid the opulence, Tina confronts her own identity, romantic prospects, and the often-humorous clash between her Western sensibilities and her family's traditional expectations.

  11. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

    In this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, the Bennet sisters navigate careers, family drama, and the Cincinnati dating scene.

    The plot is propelled by the social pressure to find a suitable partner, with a budding romance between eldest sister Jane and reality TV star Chip Bingley setting the stage for a wedding that causes both chaos and romantic resolutions.

  12. Emma by Jane Austen

    Confident and clever Emma Woodhouse delights in playing matchmaker for her friends and neighbors in the small village of Highbury, certain she knows what is best for everyone.

    Her misguided attempts at orchestrating love and marriage lead to a series of comedic blunders and humbling realizations, ultimately forcing her to look at her own heart and the true nature of love.

  13. Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter

    This classic 1949 novel, the basis for the beloved film, humorously chronicles the anxieties of Stanley Banks, a suburban father coming to terms with his daughter Kay’s engagement.

    From meeting the in-laws to the ballooning costs and chaotic planning, the story captures the poignant and comical journey of a father preparing to give his daughter away.

  14. I Take You by Eliza Kennedy

    Brilliant New York lawyer Lily Wilder is days away from marrying her perfect fiancé in Key West, but she has a secret: she is not sure she believes in monogamy.

    The novel follows Lily through her wild bachelorette weekend as she confronts her own desires, societal expectations, and the true meaning of commitment in a witty and unflinching look at modern love.

  15. Once and For All by Sarah Dessen

    Louna, the daughter of a wedding planner, is cynical about love after a devastating heartbreak. She spends her summer helping create perfect days for other couples, all while keeping her own heart guarded.

    Her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble when she meets the charming and infuriatingly carefree Ambrose, who challenges her to believe in second chances.

  16. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot

    Wedding dress restorer Lizzie Nichols is finally planning her own wedding to her French boyfriend, but her plans are thrown into chaos when she gets a dream job offer in New York.

    Juggling her career ambitions, her fiancé's traditional family, and her own quirky insecurities, Lizzie’s journey to the altar is a hilarious and heartfelt story about finding your own version of "happily ever after."

  17. Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot

    Now a confident young woman in her twenties, Princess Mia Thermopolis is juggling her royal duties, her philanthropic work, and a persistent stalker. As if that weren’t enough, her longtime love, Michael, proposes, and the pressure of planning a royal wedding under intense media scrutiny threatens to overwhelm her.

  18. Save the Date by Mary Kay Andrews

    Cara Kryzik is a struggling floral designer who lands the wedding of a lifetime, but her big break is complicated by a rival florist, a jilted bride, and the unexpected return of her ex-husband.

    Set against a vibrant Savannah backdrop, this story is a charming and funny look at the chaotic business of weddings and the possibility of second chances.

  19. Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead

    The Van Meter family gathers on a pristine New England island for the wedding of their pregnant daughter, Daphne. Over one tumultuous weekend, the carefully constructed facade of this privileged family begins to crack, revealing long-held resentments, secret desires, and poignant truths about love, family, and tradition.

  20. Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella

    Becky Bloomwood is ecstatically engaged to the handsome Luke Brandon, but wedding planning becomes a battleground when her mother and her glamorous mother-in-law present two vastly different visions for the big day—a cozy hometown affair versus a lavish New York spectacle.

    Becky’s attempts to please everyone result in hilarious, out-of-control chaos.

  21. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

    Rachel White has always been the perfect friend to the beautiful and selfish Darcy. But on the night of her 30th birthday, good-girl Rachel sleeps with Dex, Darcy's fiancé.

    As the wedding date approaches, Rachel is forced to choose between her lifelong friendship and the unexpected love she’s discovered, exploring the thin line between right and wrong.

  22. Something Blue by Emily Giffin

    Picking up where Something Borrowed left off, this novel follows the notoriously selfish Darcy Rhone after her perfect life implodes. Abandoned by her fiancé and her best friend, a pregnant Darcy flees to London to reinvent herself.

    It is a sharp and surprisingly moving story about a flawed woman’s journey toward redemption, self-discovery, and true happiness.

  23. The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer

    In this classic Regency romance, the quiet and dutiful Horatia Winwood impulsively offers to marry the wealthy and powerful Earl of Rule in place of her beautiful older sister, who is in love with another man.

    What begins as a practical arrangement evolves into a delightful comedy of manners filled with unexpected jealousy, genuine affection, and witty intrigue.

  24. The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan

    This novel traces the history of love and marriage in America through the lives of four different couples, all connected by a single diamond engagement ring.

    Spanning nearly a century, their stories explore how societal expectations, personal ambitions, and the very idea of commitment have evolved, all while examining the enduring power of a single, iconic symbol.

  25. The Guest List by Lucy Foley

    On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, a glamorous wedding is about to take place between a rising TV star and a smart, ambitious magazine publisher. But as the storm clouds gather, so do the resentments and jealousies among the guests. By the time the cake is cut, someone will be dead, and everyone is a suspect.

  26. The Gown by Jennifer Robson

    In 1947 London, two talented embroiderers at the famed fashion house of Norman Hartnell are chosen to help create Princess Elizabeth’s magnificent wedding gown.

    The novel follows their story of friendship and hardship in post-war Britain, weaving it with their granddaughter’s modern-day quest to uncover the secrets behind a piece of treasured embroidery.

  27. The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

    Twelve-year-old Frankie Addams feels like an outsider in her small Southern town. Desperate to belong to something, she fixates on her older brother’s upcoming wedding, convincing herself that she will join the newlyweds on their honeymoon and become a part of their new life.

    The novel is a poignant, lyrical exploration of adolescent loneliness and the universal search for connection.

  28. The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder

    A dysfunctional American family is forced to reunite for the lavish English wedding of their beloved half-sister. Sibling resentments, long-held secrets, and parental baggage all come to the surface in this sharply funny and deeply insightful novel about the messy, complicated, and inescapable bonds of family.

  29. The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand

    On the morning of a lavish Nantucket wedding, the bride’s maid of honor is found dead in the harbor, and every member of the wedding party has a secret. The seemingly perfect event is thrown into chaos as the police investigation uncovers a web of lies, betrayals, and hidden tensions among the island’s elite.

  30. The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

    After Nikole Paterson publicly turns down a disastrous jumbotron proposal at a Dodgers game, she is rescued from the ensuing media frenzy by the handsome and charming Carlos Ibarra. What starts as a fun rebound quickly deepens into something more, but Nik must decide if she's ready to risk her heart again.

  31. The Romantics by Galt Niederhoffer

    A tight-knit group of college friends reunites for a wedding at a seaside estate in Maine. But the celebration is complicated by the bride and maid of honor's long-standing rivalry over the groom. Over one weekend, old jealousies and unresolved feelings resurface, forcing the friends to confront the ways they have—and haven't—grown up.

  32. The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

    American Rebecca "Bex" Porter goes to Oxford for a year abroad and falls in love with her classmate, who just so happens to be Prince Nicholas, the heir to the British throne.

    The novel follows their epic romance as Bex navigates the treacherous waters of palace protocol, relentless media scrutiny, and the immense pressure of a potential royal wedding.

  33. The Spanish Bride by Georgette Heyer

    Set during the Peninsular War, this historical novel is based on the true story of British officer Harry Smith and the spirited Spanish noblewoman, Juana María de los Dolores de León, who he marries just days after they meet. Their marriage is forged on the battlefield, creating an epic love story of devotion and resilience in the face of war.

  34. The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther

    To honor her late sister’s memory, Meredith Fox joins her extended family for a wedding on Martha's Vineyard. The celebration includes a week-long game of Assassin, which Meredith is determined to win. But her plans are complicated when she finds herself falling for a charming groomsman, forcing her to decide if she’s ready to risk her heart.

  35. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

    After the entire wedding party gets food poisoning, maid of honor Olive Torres and best man Ethan Thomas—sworn enemies—are the only ones left standing. They reluctantly agree to take the newlyweds' all-expenses-paid honeymoon to Maui, forcing them to pretend to be a loving couple in a hilarious story of forced proximity and unexpected romance.

  36. The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks

    Wilson Lewis realizes that after thirty years of marriage, the love between him and his wife, Jane, has faded. Inspired by the upcoming wedding of his daughter, Wilson sets out on a secret mission to win back his wife’s heart and prove that it’s never too late for a second chance at romance.

  37. The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa

    Solange Pereira is roped into helping her wedding planner cousin and inadvertently crashes a wedding, convincing the groom, Dean, not to go through with it. To save face, Dean needs a fake girlfriend to accompany him to a series of work events, and Solange reluctantly agrees, leading to a hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt fake-dating scheme.

  38. The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

    When a power outage traps Alexa Monroe and Drew Nichols in an elevator, Drew impulsively asks Alexa to be his fake date for his ex’s wedding that weekend.

    What starts as a convenient arrangement soon blossoms into a genuine connection, forcing the two to navigate a long-distance relationship and decide if their wedding fling could be the real thing.

  39. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan

    During World War II, a group of women in an English village create a wedding dress sewing circle to mend and remake gowns for local brides. Led by a determined vicar's daughter, the circle becomes a source of friendship, resilience, and hope, helping its members navigate personal loss and find love in the darkest of times.

  40. The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

    Maddie and Theo have two things in common: they both love their best friend, Alexa, and they can’t stand each other. But after a night of passion, they find themselves thrown together constantly as part of Alexa's wedding party.

    They agree to a secret, temporary truce, but their explosive chemistry makes it difficult to keep their hands—and their feelings—to themselves.

  41. Vision in White by Nora Roberts

    Wedding photographer Mackensie “Mac” Elliot is a master at capturing a couple's happiest day, but she’s cynical about her own prospects for love. When she meets a sweet and stable English professor, she's forced to confront her commitment issues and dysfunctional family past as their casual fling develops into something deeper.

  42. We Are Gathered by Jamie Weisman

    At the wedding of Elizabeth Gottlieb, the narrative unfolds through the minds of her various guests. From the mother of the bride to a former lover, each character’s inner monologue reveals a rich tapestry of secrets, regrets, and private histories.

    The novel is a poignant and innovative look at the vast, hidden lives that converge at a single celebration.

  43. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella

    After her long-term boyfriend proposes in a deeply disappointing way, Lottie impulsively accepts a proposal from an old flame from her past and decides to get married immediately. Convinced her sister is making a massive mistake, Fliss embarks on a madcap mission to sabotage the honeymoon and prevent the marriage from being consummated.

  44. Wedding Season by Katie Fforde

    When her own wedding is called off, Sarah is hired to plan two other weddings, forcing her to work with a team that includes a fiercely competitive dressmaker and an attractive hairstylist. Amid the chaos of planning, Sarah navigates new friendships and an unexpected romance in this charming story of starting over.

  45. You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle

    Naomi and Nicholas are the perfect couple—or so everyone thinks. Secretly, they can’t stand each other and are desperate to call off their wedding. But whoever backs out has to foot the bill for the non-refundable deposits.

    What ensues is a hilarious war of pranks and sabotage as each tries to drive the other away, only to rediscover the person they first fell in love with.