Sajni Patel’s books fall into a few clearly separated lanes: a completed contemporary romance pair, several standalone rom-coms, and a YA fantasy duology. You can move between lanes freely, but within a connected set, reading in order keeps character arcs and reveals intact.
A clean starting point
- For contemporary romance: start with The Trouble with Hating You.
- For YA fantasy: start with A Drop of Venom.
- For YA rom-com: start with My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding.
The Venom novels (YA fantasy)
Read these in order. Book 2 assumes you know the stakes and mythology set up in book 1.
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- A Drop of Venom (2024): A girl pushed into becoming “the monster” turns that power into a fight for her own fate.
- A Touch of Blood (2025): A sister’s bargain drags her into a nightmare realm where escape means rewriting prophecy itself.
The Trouble with Hating You books (contemporary romance)
A connected pair. The second book is more satisfying after you’ve met the friend circle in book 1.
- The Trouble with Hating You (2020): A pressure-cooker wedding season forces two people with clashing temperaments into chemistry they can’t out-argue.
- First Love, Take Two (2021): A past relationship returns with new context, turning “we’re over it” into a very shaky claim.
YA rom-coms (standalone stories)
These are separate from the romance pair and the fantasy books, so you can read them in any order.
- Together, Apart (2020): Two teens navigating long-distance life learn that closeness can be rebuilt, not assumed.
- The Knockout (2021): A girl determined to protect her heart finds her defenses failing under the spotlight of new attention.
- My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding (2022): Wedding chaos throws old crushes and family expectations into the same room, repeatedly.
- Sleepless in Dubai (2023): A trip abroad becomes a romantic reset when attraction won’t stay on “vacation rules.”
Adult standalones (women’s fiction / rom-com)
These are independent of the titles above.
- Isha, Unscripted (2023): A woman stuck in other people’s plans starts choosing herself, even when it upends everything.
- The Design of Us (2024): A high-pressure creative world turns personal when collaboration forces honesty instead of polish.
Recommended reading order that keeps everything tidy
If you want one sensible route without jumping genres midstream:
- The Trouble with Hating You → First Love, Take Two
- Isha, Unscripted → The Design of Us
- My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding (then the other YA rom-coms in any order)
- A Drop of Venom → A Touch of Blood
FAQs
Do I have to read all of Sajni Patel’s books in one big order?
No. Treat each lane as its own experience. Only the two connected sets really benefit from strict order.
Which books are the most spoiler-sensitive?
The YA fantasy pair (A Drop of Venom / A Touch of Blood) and the contemporary romance pair (The Trouble with Hating You / First Love, Take Two).
What if I only want one book to test her style?
Pick The Trouble with Hating You for contemporary romance, or A Drop of Venom for YA fantasy.
Bottom line
Start with The Trouble with Hating You (romance) or A Drop of Venom (YA fantasy), then read the matching follow-up. Everything else is designed to be welcoming as a standalone, so you can choose by mood after that.
Frank is the editor of BookSeries.blog, focusing on publication order, chronological timelines, and spoiler-free reading guides for book series and fictional universes.