Mure Books in Order

Jenny Colgan has written 8 Mure books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is The Cafe by the Sea / The Summer Seaside Kitchen (2017) and the newest is Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2017–2025
Confirmed
8 of 8 titles
Pages on record
681 in 2 of 8 books

Mure is a Scottish island and the setting for a run of romantic comedies by Jenny Colgan. Eight books are catalogued between 2017 and 2025, opening with The Cafe by the Sea, also issued as The Summer Seaside Kitchen (2017), and reaching Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages (2025). Christmas on the Island (2018), The Endless Beach (2018), An Island Wedding (2022) and Close Knit (2024) fill out the run. Women cooks, island life and whale watching recur as subjects.

How many Mure books are there?

Mure has 8 books, released between 2017 and 2025.

Mure Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Mure 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.

  1. 1
    The Cafe by the Sea / The Summer Seaside KitchenScottish Island of Mure #12017 · confirmed 4/4
    2017
  2. 2
    A Very Distant ShoreScottish Island of Mure #22017 · confirmed 4/4
    2017
  3. 3
    The Endless BeachScottish Island of Mure #32018 · 393 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018393
  4. 4
    Christmas on the Island / An Island ChristmasScottish Island of Mure #42018 · confirmed 4/4
    2018
  5. 5
    Christmas at the Island HotelScottish Island of Mure #52020 · 288 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2020288
  6. 6
    An Island WeddingScottish Island of Mure #62022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022
  7. 7
    Close KnitScottish Island of Mure #72024 · confirmed 4/4
    2024
  8. 8
    Meet Me at the Seaside CottagesScottish Island of Mure #82025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025

Do you have to read Mure books in order?

You should read the Mure books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Mure book also stands alone.

Where to start with Mure

Start with The Cafe by the Sea / The Summer Seaside Kitchen (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mure book?

Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages (2025) is the newest Mure book released so far.

Is there a new Mure book coming?

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

Mure at a glance

Still running
Mure is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Mure books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
681 pages across the 2 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mure books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
7 of the 8 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Mure books are about

3 of the 8 Mure books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • English literature 1 of 3 books
  • Holidays 1 of 3 books
  • Humor 1 of 3 books
  • Islands 1 of 3 books
  • Man-woman relationships 1 of 3 books
  • Omens 1 of 3 books
  • Romance, romantic comedy 1 of 3 books
  • Scotland 1 of 3 books
  • Whale watching 1 of 3 books
  • Women 1 of 3 books
  • Women cooks 1 of 3 books

More books by Jenny Colgan

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.