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Laura Zigman

2 Series • 8 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Animal Husbandry (1997)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Get Over Yourself!: How to Get Real, Get Serious, and Get Ready to Find True Love (2008)

ⓘ About Laura Zigman

Laura Zigman is an American journalist and chick lit author from Boston, Massachusetts. She was brought up in Newton, MA, took “The Radcliffe Publishing Procedures Course” and went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She spent a decade working as a publicist for a book publisher in New York before burnout set in and she moved to Washington DC. In DC she got a job at “Share Our Strength” and the “Smithsonian Institute” even as she wrote her debut novel “Animal Husbandry.” Zigman’s debut novel is some type of autobiographical novel that went on to become a bestseller and was made into a film titled “Someone Like You.” She would later write several titles that were thinly veiled and autobiographical including “Dating Big Bird” and “Her.

All Book Series by Laura Zigman

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Animal Husbandry

Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 1997

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1997
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Dating Big Bird

Book 2 of 7 · published 1999

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1999
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Her

Book 3 of 7 · published 2002

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2002
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Piece of Work

Book 4 of 7 · published 2006

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2006
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Separation Anxiety

Book 5 of 7 · published 2020

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2020
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Small World

Book 6 of 7 · published 2023

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2023
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The Author Weekend

Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2026

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2026
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Get Over Yourself!: How to Get Real, Get Serious, and Get Ready to Find True Love

Single-title series · published 2008 Co-authored · Patti Novak

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2008

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Laura Zigman?

Laura Zigman is an American journalist and chick lit author from Boston, Massachusetts. She was brought up in Newton, MA, took “The Radcliffe Publishing Procedures Course” and went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She spent a decade working as a publicist for a book publisher in New York before burnout set in and she moved to Washington DC.

Which Laura Zigman series should I start with?

Laura Zigman's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Animal Husbandry (1997).

How many books has Laura Zigman written?

Laura Zigman has 8 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1997 and 2026. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Non-Fiction.

In what order should Laura Zigman's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 8 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Laura Zigman's books organised into series?

This guide splits Laura Zigman's 8 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (7 books); Non-Fiction (1 book).