Author · updated September 2026
Emily Giffin Books in Order
Every Emily Giffin book in publication order — 11 in total, spanning 2004–2020.
Emily Giffin practically defined the smart, modern relationship novel — the kind that looks breezy on the beach but sneaks in real questions about loyalty, ambition, and the messy gap between the life you planned and the one you're actually living. She broke out in 2004 with Something Borrowed, whose love-triangle premise (falling for your best friend's fiancé) was juicy enough to become a Hollywood movie, and she's followed it with a string of bestsellers that treat their heroines as grown, complicated women. Most of her books stand alone, so you can start almost anywhere — but there's one true pair worth reading in sequence.
Publication Order of Adventures of Darcy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Something Borrowed | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Something Blue | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Baby Proof | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Love the One You're With | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Heart of the Matter | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Where We Belong | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The One & Only | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  First Comes Love | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  All We Ever Wanted | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The Lies That Bind | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Girls' Night Out | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 11, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something Borrowed | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Something Blue | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Baby Proof | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Girls' Night Out | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Love the One You're With | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Heart of the Matter | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Where We Belong | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The One & Only | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | First Comes Love | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | All We Ever Wanted | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Lies That Bind | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Frequently asked
What order should I read Emily Giffin books in?
Most are standalones you can read in any order. The one true pair is Something Borrowed (2004) followed by Something Blue (2005), which revisits the same events from Darcy's perspective — read those two in that order. Everything else stands on its own.
Are Something Borrowed and Something Blue connected?
Yes — they're companion novels. Something Borrowed follows Rachel; Something Blue picks up the story from Darcy's point of view. Reading them back to back is the intended experience.
Was Something Borrowed made into a movie?
It was — the 2011 film Something Borrowed starred Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, and John Krasinski, adapting Giffin's debut novel.
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