If you’ve ever binged a romance series and wished there were more pages left to turn, you get the pull of Annabel Monaghan’s writing. Her novels, which are warm, witty, and emotionally grounded, don’t just tell stories; they feel like late-night heart-to-hearts with a friend who gets you.
That signature voice has made her one of today’s most cherished romance authors. And if you haven’t yet read her books, you need to start reading all Annabel Monaghan books in order, starting today!
She’s a bestselling author with most of her novels, like Nora Goes Off Script, Same Time Next Summer, and Summer Romance, lighting up bestseller lists and book clubs alike. Add to that her popular Digit series, which is a YA series, and her essay collection, and you’ve got a writer with range, heart, and unexpected humor.
Annabel Monaghan is also an academic storyteller. She holds a BA in English from Duke and an MBA from the Wharton School, and previously taught novel writing at Sarah Lawrence College’s Writing Institute.
Looking ahead, she’s keeping us all on our toes. Her latest book, It’s A Love Story, came out this year, and the eagerly awaited Dolly All the Time is coming out in May 2026!
In this piece, we’ll guide you through Annabel Monaghan’s books in the perfect reading order, so you can follow the story, find your favorites, and explore what comes next. Ready to start? Let’s dive in.
All Annabel Monaghan Books in Order:
Digit Series:
Standalone Novels:
Annabel Monaghan’s Digit Series in Order:
1. A Girl Named Digit (2012)
Farrah “Digit” Higgins may be going to MIT in the fall, but this L.A. high school genius has left her geek self behind in another school district so she can blend in with the popular crowd at Santa Monica High and actually enjoy her senior year.
But when Farrah, the daughter of a UCLA math professor, unknowingly cracks a terrorist group’s number sequence, her laid-back senior year gets a lot more interesting.
Soon she is personally investigating the case, on the run from terrorists, and faking her own kidnapping—all while trying to convince a young, hot FBI agent to take her seriously!
2. Double Digit (2014)
To say eighteen-year-old Farrah Higgins—or Digit—is good at math is a laughable understatement. She’s been cracking codes since childhood, and is finally at home with “her people” at MIT in Cambridge.
Her talents are so off the charts that her laptop is under surveillance by both the CIA and an ecoterrorist named Jonas Furnis. So when she thoughtlessly hacks into the Department of Defense’s database, she lands in serious hot water inside and outside the law.
Annabel Monaghan’s Standalone Novels:
1. Nora Goes Off Script (2022)
Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it’s her job. But when her too-good-to-work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage’s collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life.
No one is more surprised than she when it’s picked up for the big screen and set to film on location at her 100-year-old home. When former Sexiest Man Alive, Leo Vance, is cast as her ne’er-do-well husband, Nora’s life will never be the same.
The morning after shooting wraps and the crew leaves, Nora finds Leo on her porch with a half-empty bottle of tequila and a proposition. He’ll pay a thousand dollars a day to stay for a week. The extra seven grand would give Nora breathing room, but it’s the need in his eyes that makes her say yes.
Seven days: it’s the blink of an eye or an eternity, depending on how you look at it. Enough time to fall in love. Enough time to break your heart.
2. Same Time Next Summer (2023)
Sam’s life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack, a great job in Manhattan, and is about to tour a wedding venue near her family’s Long Island beach house. Everything should go to plan, yet the minute she arrives, Sam senses something is off.
Wyatt is here—her Wyatt. But there’s no reason for a thirty-year-old engaged woman to feel panicked around the guy who broke her heart when she was seventeen. Right?
Yet being back at this beach, hearing notes from Wyatt’s guitar float across the night air from next door as if no time has passed—Sam’s memories come flooding back: the feel of Wyatt’s skin on hers, their nights in the treehouse, and the truth behind their split.
Sam remembers who she used to be, and as Wyatt reenters her life, their connection is as undeniable as it always was. She will have to make a choice.
3. Summer Romance (2024)
There aren’t enough labeled glass containers to contain the mess that is Ali Morris’s life. Her mom died two years ago, then her husband left, and she hasn’t worn pants with a zipper in longer than she cares to remember. She’s a professional organizer whose pantry is a disgrace.
No one is more surprised than Ali when, for the first time, she takes off her wedding ring and puts on pants with hardware, and she meets someone. Or rather, her dog claims a man for her in the same way he claimed his favorite of her three children: by peeing on him.
Ethan smiles at Ali like her pants are just right—like he likes what he sees. The last thing Ali needs is to make her life messier, but there’s no harm in a little Summer Romance. Is there?
4. It’s A Love Story (2025)
Jane Jackson knows that true love is a lie. Laughter is the only truth—you can’t fake a belly laugh. Jane should know; she spent her adolescence as “Poor Janey Jakes,” the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punchline on America’s fifth-favorite sitcom. Now she’s a Creative Executive at Clearwater Studios, and she’s living by a new mantra: Fake it till you make it.
Except that she might have faked it too far. Desperate to get her first project greenlit and riled up by pompous cinematographer and one-time crush Dan Finnegan, she opened her mouth and a big fat fib fell out.
She claimed that Jack Quinlan, the hottest popstar of the moment, has promised to write an original song for the soundtrack. Jack may have been her first kiss, but she hasn’t spoken to him in twenty years.
Now, Jane must turn to the last man she’d ever want to owe: Dan Finnegan. Because Jack is playing a festival in Dan’s hometown on Long Island, and Dan has an in. A week in close quarters with Dan while facing down her past is Jane’s idea of hell, but Dan might surprise her. While covering up her lie, can they find something true?
5. Dolly All The Time (Expected in May 2026)
Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn’t solve. Not when her mom left when she was twelve, and not at thirty-nine when she moved with her son back to Whitfield, Rhode Island, for the summer to keep her dad and brother from losing the family home.
So when she comes across Stewart Whitfield—annoyingly handsome scion of the Whitfield family—with a flat tire and at the wrong end of a very public, very humiliating breakup, it’s in her nature to help.
But Stewart’s proposed arrangement ends up being more than either of them bargained for, because as public dinners and high-society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and swinging on the porch, Dolly starts to feel something more than just helpful. She’s never relied on anyone besides herself; can she really start now?
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