Laura Durham Books in Order
Laura Durham has written 20 books, published between 2005 and 2024. The first book is Better Off Wed (2005) and the newest is Aisle's Well That Ends Well (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2005–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,746 in 9 of 20 books
Weddings supply the setting for Laura Durham's mysteries. Annabelle Archer works in the wedding industry in Washington, D.C., and is the recurring sleuth across the one named series. Twenty books run from Better Off Wed (2005) to Aisle's Well That Ends Well (2024), with the titles built on wedding puns: For Better or Hearse (2006), Death on the Aisle (2017), Night of the Living Wed (2017), Groomed for Murder (2018) and Marry and Bright (2018). Durham is actively publishing.
How many Laura Durham books are there?
Laura Durham has 20 books, released between 2005 and 2024.
Laura Durham Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Laura Durham books in the order they were published, 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.
- 120052321/4
- 220062581/4
- 32017–1/4
- 420171121/4
- 520172821/4
- 620171161/4
- 72018–1/4
- 82018–1/4
- 92018–1/4
- 1020182561/4
- 1120181441/4
- 122019–1/4
- 132019–1/4
- 142019–1/4
- 152020–1/4
- 1620202041/4
- 1720201421/4
- 182021–1/4
- 192023–1/4
- 202024–1/4
Laura Durham 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.
Annabelle Archer in order
20 books- 1. Better Off Wed
- 2. For Better or Hearse
- 3. Review To A Kill
- 4. Dead Ringer
- 5. Death on the Aisle
- 6. Night of the Living Wed
- 7. Eat, Prey, Love
- 8. Groomed for Murder
- 9. Wed or Alive
- 10. To Love and To Perish
- 11. Marry and Bright
- 12. The Truffle with Weddings
- and 8 more in the table above
Do you have to read Laura Durham books in order?
You only need to read Laura Durham books in order within the Annabelle Archer series, which holds 20 of the 20 Laura Durham books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Laura Durham
Start with Better Off Wed (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Laura Durham book?
Aisle's Well That Ends Well (2024) is the newest Laura Durham book released so far.
Is there a new Laura Durham book coming?
No next Laura Durham 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 Durham at a glance
- Still publishing
- Laura Durham published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Laura Durham books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,746 pages across the 9 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 204 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Laura Durham books, 12 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Laura Durham books are about
3 of the 20 Laura Durham books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 3 of 3 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 3 books
- Archer, annabelle (fictitious character) 2 of 3 books
- Washington (D.C.) 2 of 3 books
- Wedding supplies and services industry 2 of 3 books
- Weddings 2 of 3 books
- Annabelle Archer (Fictitious character) 1 of 3 books
- Contemporary romance 1 of 3 books