Sophie Sullivan Books in Order (Updated March 25, 2026)

With Sophie Sullivan, order only matters in two places: the Jansen Brothers books and the Rock Bottom Love books.

Everything else currently published under this name is best treated as a standalone or side release. Her official books page lists seven main novels through Maybe This Once, while Goodreads groups them into the three-book Jansen Brothers series and the three-book Rock Bottom Love series, with holiday and short-form titles sitting outside those two core lines.

Where a new reader should begin

There are two strong starting points, and they serve different moods. Start with Ten Rules for Faking It if you want the earlier rom-com run and the clearest entry into the Jansen family books. Start with Love, Naturally if you want the newer small-town direction and plan to continue into Rock Bottom Love.

The one reading path that makes the most sense

If you want a single practical order without overthinking it, use this:

1. Ten Rules for Faking It
2. How to Love Your Neighbor
3. A Guide to Being Just Friends
4. Love, Naturally
5. Can’t Help Falling in Love
6. Get Lost with You
7. Maybe This Once

That route keeps the two actual series intact, places the 2024 standalone where it was published, and ends with the most current core novel.

Jansen Brothers

This is the cleanest series in Sophie Sullivan’s catalog and the best place to start if you want a defined trilogy. Read it in order. Goodreads consistently lists these three books under Jansen Brothers, and the official site presents them together as her first run of rom-coms.

1. Ten Rules for Faking It (2020): A radio producer ends up in a public dating spectacle after an ill-timed therapy call goes live, opening the Jansen-connected world with a workplace rom-com that balances anxiety, family, and forced visibility.
2. How to Love Your Neighbor (2022): An enemies-to-lovers, fixer-upper romance that shifts to another Jansen brother while keeping the family continuity moving through neighborhood conflict and renovation chaos.
3. A Guide to Being Just Friends (2023): A friends-to-lovers story that closes the trilogy by widening the emotional side of the family circle and finishing the currently listed Jansen line.

Rock Bottom Love

This is the newer small-town series. Read it in order. Goodreads lists three books in the series, and Macmillan confirms Love, Naturally, Get Lost with You, and Maybe This Once as the sequence currently on sale.

1. Love, Naturally (2024): An opposites-attract romance that launches the Smile setting through a heroine stepping outside her comfort zone and into a more outdoorsy world than she expected.
2. Get Lost with You (2025): A second-chance small-town romance centered on Jillian Keller, single motherhood, routine, and the complications of reopening an old relationship in the same community.
3. Maybe This Once (2026): An opposites-attract summer-fling story that extends the Smile books and is the current end of the officially visible Rock Bottom Love line.

Standalones and side books

These do not currently sit inside the two main series in any consistently confirmed official way, so the safest approach is to treat them separately.

1. Can’t Help Falling in Love (2024): A fake-engagement romance between a struggling waitress and a corporate heir, best handled as a standalone bridge between Sullivan’s earlier rom-coms and her newer small-town work.
2. You Make It Feel Like Christmas (2025): A holiday romance that works as its own seasonal read rather than a required stop in either of the main series.
3. Third Time’s a Charm (2025): A short-form release collected as three short stories, which makes it supplemental rather than part of the main novel reading order.

Publication order

For readers who prefer to follow Sophie Sullivan’s books by release date, this is the cleanest currently visible order under this name:

1. Ten Rules for Faking It (2020): The rom-com debut and first Jansen Brothers book.
2. How to Love Your Neighbor (2022): The second Jansen Brothers novel, built around enemies-to-lovers and home renovation.
3. A Guide to Being Just Friends (2023): The third Jansen Brothers book and the current end of that trilogy.
4. Love, Naturally (2024): The first Rock Bottom Love novel and the start of the Smile setting.
5. Can’t Help Falling in Love (2024): A separate fake-engagement rom-com that stands outside the two main trilogy lines.
6. Get Lost with You (2025): Rock Bottom Love book two, bringing second-chance romance into the Smile books.
7. Third Time’s a Charm (2025): A short-story release rather than a full series installment.
8. You Make It Feel Like Christmas (2025): A holiday standalone.
9. Maybe This Once (2026): Rock Bottom Love book three.

Recommended reading order

For most readers, the best order is not strict publication order. The cleaner recommendation is:

1. Read Jansen Brothers in order.
2. Read Can’t Help Falling in Love whenever you want a standalone.
3. Read Rock Bottom Love in order.
4. Save You Make It Feel Like Christmas and Third Time’s a Charm for later, since neither is needed for continuity.

That keeps the actual series intact and avoids interrupting them with side releases.

Do Sophie Sullivan books need to be read in order?

Not across the whole catalog. The Jansen Brothers books are best read in order because they are openly grouped as a trilogy, and Rock Bottom Love is best read in order because it is a numbered small-town series. The rest can be read whenever the trope appeals to you.

Latest release status

The latest core Sophie Sullivan novel currently listed is Maybe This Once, which Macmillan shows as on sale February 10, 2026. The next clearly listed upcoming novel is Meet Me at Midnight, with Macmillan listing an on-sale date of December 8, 2026.

FAQ

What is the best Sophie Sullivan book to start with?

Ten Rules for Faking It is the best start for readers who want her earlier rom-com lane. Love, Naturally is the best start for readers who want the newer small-town lane.

Is Can’t Help Falling in Love part of a series?

Not in any clearly confirmed series grouping on the official books page or Goodreads series listings, so it is safest to treat as a standalone.

Is Rock Bottom Love finished?

As of March 25, 2026, the currently visible series runs through Maybe This Once, which is listed as book three. I did not find a reliably confirmed fourth Rock Bottom Love title.

Does Sophie Sullivan also write as Jody Holford?

Yes. Multiple author and interview pages identify Sophie Sullivan as the pen name or alter ego of Jody Holford, but those books belong to a separate author-brand lane and should not be folded into a Sophie Sullivan books-in-order page unless you are intentionally covering both names.

Final recommendation

Start with Ten Rules for Faking It if you want Sophie Sullivan’s most established series first. Start with Love, Naturally if you want the newer, more small-town direction. In either case, keep the Jansen Brothers books together, keep Rock Bottom Love together, and treat the holiday and short-story releases as optional extras rather than required reading.