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Laura Dave Books in Order

Laura Dave has written 8 books, published between 2006 and 2026. The first book is London is the Best City in America (2006) and the newest is The First Time I Saw Him (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2006–2026
Confirmed
4 of 8 titles
Pages on record
1,320 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
22–33 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,320 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

See all 8 books in order Printable Laura Dave checklist

American novelist Laura Dave was born on July 18, 1977. Dave's novel The Last Thing He Told Me reached the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted for television. The catalogue holds 8 books, from London is the Best City in America (2006) to The First Time I Saw Him (2026), and lists one series, Hannah Hall. Subjects tagged on the books include marriage, family life, missing persons, journalists and Rhode Island. The author's publishing remains ongoing.

The Last Thing He Told Me is among Laura Dave's novels, built around choices that define characters' lives and secrets that unravel a marriage, with attention to personal identity.

How many Laura Dave books are there?

Laura Dave has 8 books, released between 2006 and 2026. 2 of them belong to the Hannah Hall series.

Laura Dave Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Laura Dave books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of London is the Best City in America by Laura Dave (2006)
  2. Cover of The Divorce Party by Laura Dave (2007)
  3. Cover of The First Husband by Laura Dave (2011)
  4. Cover of Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave (2015)
  5. Cover of The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave, book 1 of the Hannah Hall series (2021)
  6. Cover of The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave (2024)
  1. 1
    London is the Best City in America2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006256
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  2. 2
    The Divorce Party2007 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The First Husband2011 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011246
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Eight Hundred Grapes2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Hello, Sunshine2017 · 242 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017242
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Last Thing He Told MeHannah Hall #12021 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Night We Lost Him2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The First Time I Saw HimHannah Hall #22026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Laura Dave books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Hannah Hall in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Last Thing He Told Me
  2. 2. The First Time I Saw Him

Standalone books

6 books

6 Laura Dave titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Laura Dave Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Laura Dave books run from London is the Best City in America (2006) to The First Time I Saw Him (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Laura Dave in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Laura Dave books in order?

You only need to read Laura Dave books in order within the Hannah Hall series, which holds 2 of the 8 Laura Dave books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

What order should you read Laura Dave books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with London is the Best City in America (2006), the earliest published title. After it come The Divorce Party (2007), The First Husband (2011), Eight Hundred Grapes (2015), Hello, Sunshine (2017), The Last Thing He Told Me (2021), The Night We Lost Him (2024) and The First Time I Saw Him (2026).

What is the newest Laura Dave book?

The First Time I Saw Him (2026) is the newest Laura Dave book released so far.

Is there a new Laura Dave book coming?

No next Laura Dave book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Laura Dave at a glance

Still publishing
Laura Dave published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Laura Dave books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,320 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Laura Dave books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2020s.

What the Laura Dave books are about

6 of the 8 Laura Dave books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: divorced people is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.