17 Books To Read During Wedding Season

Jen Doll charts the course of her own perennial wedding guesthood, from the ceremony of distant family members when she was eight to the recent nuptials of a new boyfriend’s friends.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and After You, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures.

A bride to be who is completely incapable of staying faithful, and yet she’s about to marry her fiancé in Key West. It’s really fun and turns some expectations on their head.

Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane’s fortieth birthday fast approaches.

A few years after losing her beloved husband, Alison is getting married again. Revelations, intrigue, and resentments culminate as the Big Day approaches, but will the promise of bliss be a bust?

Committed tells the story of what happens when the couple is faced with an ultimatum from the U.S. government: get married, or Felipe will never enter America again.

Actress Lizzie Pepper was America’s Girl Next Door and her marriage to Hollywood mega-star Rob Mars was tabloid gold—a whirlwind romance and an elaborate celebrity-studded wedding landed them on the cover of every celebrity weekly.

Isabella, Mary, and Lauren feel like everyone they know is getting married. On Sunday after Sunday, at bridal shower after bridal shower, they coo over toasters, collect ribbons and wrapping paper, eat minuscule sandwiches and cakes.

When Tina Das finds herself at a crossroads both professionally and personally, she wonders if a weeklong trip to Delhi for her cousin’s lavish wedding might be just the right kind of escape. But although the accommodations are swanky, the alcohol is top-shelf, this family wedding may be more drama than Tina can bear and could finally force her to make the choices she’s spent much of her life avoiding.

An exhilarating novel about Frances Gerety, the real pioneering ad woman who coined the famous slogan “A Diamond is Forever,” and four unique marriages that will test how true—or not—those words might be.

Champagne, salt air, and what should be the perfect wedding of Daphne Van Meter and Greyson Duff, but when old resentments stir in Mr. Van Meter and a beached whale and an escaped lobster and added to the mix, the wedding that should have gone off with military precision threatens to become a spectacle of misbehavior.

Maddie and Theo have two things in common: Alexa is their best friend, and they hate each other. With Alexa’s wedding rapidly approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities, and underneath the sharp barbs they toss at each other is a simmering attraction that won’t fade…

In Martha’s Vineyard in the 1950s, the Coles family gather for the wedding of the loveliest daughter, Shelby, who could have chosen from “a whole area of eligible men of the right colors and the right professions.” Instead, she has fallen in love with and is about to be married to Meade Wyler, a white jazz musician from New York. A shock wave breaks over the Oval as its longtime members grapple with the changing face of its community. With elegant, luminous prose, Dorothy West crowns her literary career by illustrating one family’s struggle to break the shackles of race and class.

As preparations begin for a September ceremony, surprise announcements and ever-increasing anxiety bring out the best and worst in everyone.

In the seemingly idyllic town of Rundle Junction, Bennie and Walter are preparing to host the wedding of their eldest daughter Clem. A marriage ceremony at their beloved, rambling home should be the happiest of occasions, but Walter and Bennie have a secret. A new community has moved to Rundle Junction, threatening the social order and forcing Bennie and Walter to confront uncomfortable truths about the lengths they would go to to maintain harmony.

Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose, but then his big question involves a trip abroad—not a trip down the aisle. Completely crushed, Lottie reconnects with an old flame, and they decide to take drastic action.