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Suanne Laqueur Books in Order

Browse Suanne Laqueur books in order, with quick summaries, series guides for Fish Tales, Venery, and Small Hotel, plus help choosing where to start.

Last updated: July 13, 2026

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The Man I Love

by Suanne Laqueur

2014

When a gunman storms a college theater, Erik "Fish" Fiskare runs toward danger to save Daisy Bianco. Over the next fifteen years, that moment keeps shaping their love, their friendships, and the fallout they cannot outrun.

Give Me Your Answer True

by Suanne Laqueur

2015

Three years after losing Erik, dancer Daisy Bianco is trying to live with guilt, grief, and trauma that still will not let go. As an old friend offers steady support, she must decide what accountability, healing, and love look like now.

An Exaltation of Larks

by Suanne Laqueur

2016

Alex Penda, a Chilean refugee turned family man, and Javier Landes, a former runaway who survived through sex work, are drawn into the same orbit. Their bond with Valerie Lark becomes a sweeping story of desire, exile, loyalty, and damage.

Here to Stay

by Suanne Laqueur

2016

After twelve years apart, Erik and Daisy try to build a life together again. Love is still there, but so are distance, broken trust, old pain, and family history that could reopen everything they thought they had repaired.

The Ones That Got Away

by Suanne Laqueur

2016

This Fish Tales companion collects early chapters, deleted scenes, character material, and reflections on how The Man I Love took shape. It is a behind-the-scenes return to Erik and Daisy's world, with extra pieces longtime readers will appreciate.

A Charm of Finches

by Suanne Laqueur

2017

Javier Landes finds an unexpected chance at love with Manhattan art therapist Steffen Finch. But Steffen's troubled client, Geno Caan, brings secrets, trauma, and blurred boundaries that turn their relationship into something far more complicated.

Tales From Cushman Row: A Compendium of Love

by Suanne Laqueur

2017

A companion for Venery readers, this collection gathers love scenes, unpublished chapters, character sketches, and reflections centered on Javier Landes and Steffen Finch. It is less a new plot than an intimate chance to linger in their world.

A Scarcity of Condors

by Suanne Laqueur

2019

After a hate crime and a shocking DNA test, Jude Tholet learns his family's past holds deeper wounds than he knew. The search for truth pulls everyone back to Chile's dictatorship, stolen histories, and questions of who truly belongs.

The Voyages of Trueblood Cay

by Suanne Laqueur

2019

Young mariner Pelippé Trueblood is chosen for a prophecy-driven voyage to restore the lost Tree of Life. His uneasy partnership with Fen il-Kheir, a man who can shift into a horse, turns the quest into romance, danger, and self-discovery.

A Plump of Woodcocks

by Suanne Laqueur

2020

This brief Venery extra drops in on Javier and Steffen for a quiet, steamy interlude built on trust, teasing, and hard-earned tenderness. It is a small, intimate piece for readers who want more time with the couple.

An Evening at the Hotel

by Suanne Laqueur

2020

After years of banter, distance, and unanswered curiosity, two coworkers finally act on their attraction during a hotel stay. This short novella keeps the focus tight, turning one night into a sharp study of desire and connection.

Love and Bravery

by Suanne Laqueur

2020

This collection of sixteen short stories moves through flirtation, longing, erotic risk, and fleeting connection in places around the world. Each piece captures a charged moment, asking what people will chance for desire, intimacy, or love.

A Small Hotel

by Suanne Laqueur

2021

In the Thousand Islands in 1941, Kennet Fiskare falls hard for guest Astrid Virtanen just as war closes in. Their interrupted romance grows into a larger story about combat, comradeship, family duty, and the cost of coming home changed.

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The Great Dane

by Suanne Laqueur

2026

Grieving father Liko Greenman follows a clue hidden in his late son's favorite video game to a farm in rural New York. There he meets Danelaw Strong, and a mystery about art, love, loss, and identity begins to open.

Where to start with Suanne Laqueur

If you want the core contemporary love story: The Man I LoveGive Me Your Answer TrueHere to Stay
If you want the big family saga: An Exaltation of LarksA Charm of FinchesA Scarcity of Condors
If you want a standalone historical novel: A Small Hotel
If you want a newer standalone about grief and mystery: The Great Dane
If you want fantasy with adventure and romance: The Voyages of Trueblood Cay

Fish Tales books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Man I Love"

    The Man I Love

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2014Fish Tales, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Give Me Your Answer True"

    Give Me Your Answer True

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2015Fish Tales, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Here to Stay"

    Here to Stay

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2016Fish Tales, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "The Ones That Got Away"

    The Ones That Got Away

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2016Fish Tales, Book 4

Fish Tales books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Man I Love"

    The Man I Love

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2014Fish Tales, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Give Me Your Answer True"

    Give Me Your Answer True

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2015Fish Tales, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Here to Stay"

    Here to Stay

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2016Fish Tales, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "The Ones That Got Away"

    The Ones That Got Away

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2016Fish Tales, Book 4

Small Hotel books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "A Small Hotel"

    A Small Hotel

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2021Small Hotel, Book 1

Small Hotel books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "A Small Hotel"

    A Small Hotel

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2021Small Hotel, Book 1

Venery books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "An Exaltation of Larks"

    An Exaltation of Larks

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2016Venery, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "A Charm of Finches"

    A Charm of Finches

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2017Venery, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Tales From Cushman Row: A Compendium of Love"

    Tales From Cushman Row: A Compendium of Love

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2017Venery, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "A Scarcity of Condors"

    A Scarcity of Condors

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2019Venery, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "A Plump of Woodcocks"

    A Plump of Woodcocks

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2020Venery, Book 5

Venery books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "An Exaltation of Larks"

    An Exaltation of Larks

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2016Venery, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "A Charm of Finches"

    A Charm of Finches

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2017Venery, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Tales From Cushman Row: A Compendium of Love"

    Tales From Cushman Row: A Compendium of Love

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2017Venery, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "A Scarcity of Condors"

    A Scarcity of Condors

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2019Venery, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "A Plump of Woodcocks"

    A Plump of Woodcocks

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2020Venery, Book 5

Suanne Laqueur collections, short stories, and related book types

Fish Tales Collections

  1. Book cover for "Tales From Cushman Row: A Compendium of Love"

    Tales From Cushman Row: A Compendium of Love

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2017Venery, Book 3

Short Story Collections

  1. Book cover for "An Evening at the Hotel"

    An Evening at the Hotel

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2020
  2. Book cover for "Love and Bravery"

    Love and Bravery

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2020

Standalone Suanne Laqueur books

  1. Book cover for "The Voyages of Trueblood Cay"

    The Voyages of Trueblood Cay

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2019
  2. Book cover for "The Great Dane"

    The Great Dane

    by Suanne Laqueur

    2026

Author bio

Suanne Laqueur was born in Queens, New York, and grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, a village north of New York City. Her father worked as a translator in Manhattan, and her mother ran a dance studio in town. That meant music, movement, rehearsals, and backstage energy were part of everyday life from the start.

She later studied dance and theater at Alfred University, and that training never really left her. Before she became known as a novelist, she worked as a dancer and teacher, including years teaching at the Carol Bierman School of Ballet Arts in Croton-on-Hudson. The discipline of performance, memorization, and improvising through small disasters shows up all through her fiction.

She writes like someone who knows what rehearsal rooms feel like.

That background helps explain why so many of her characters are artists, performers, and people who live close to big feeling. Laqueur has said her first real novel took shape in college, a story about a football player and a dance major. She finished the manuscript, tucked it away in manila envelopes, and let it sit for about twenty years.

The turn toward publishing came later, and it came out of a rough patch. In her forties, a painful reconciliation from her past stirred up emotions she had pushed down for years. She went back to that old manuscript in 2013, finished the book, and self-published The Man I Love in 2014. What began as one deeply personal project turned into a full writing career.

She did not set out to build a brand. She set out to finish the thing.

Readers who find Laqueur usually stay for the emotional depth and the way her characters keep changing under pressure. The Man I Love, Give Me Your Answer True, and Here to Stay follow Erik Fiskare and Daisy Bianco through love, trauma, guilt, and second chances. The Man I Love won a gold medal in the 2015 Readers' Favorite Book Awards, and Give Me Your Answer True followed with another gold medal the next year.

An Exaltation of Larks opened the wider Venery saga and went on to win the grand prize in the 2017 Writer's Digest Book Awards and first place in the 2019 North Street Book Prize. She has also written the wartime family novel A Small Hotel, the fantasy adventure The Voyages of Trueblood Cay, and the grief-and-mystery-driven The Great Dane. Her range is wider than one label, but the heart of the work stays recognizably hers.

Her books are often shelved as contemporary romance, but they reach beyond that shelf. The Fish Tales novels are anchored in the aftermath of a campus shooting. The Venery books pull in exile, sexuality, sex work, and family history shaped by Chile's dictatorship. Even when Laqueur shifts genre, she keeps her focus on longing, identity, loyalty, and the people we choose to come home to.

Across all of it, some patterns keep returning: chosen family, mental health, PTSD, generational trauma, and the stubborn hope that love can survive terrible timing and real damage. Laqueur has described her work as thoughtful love stories about devoted people facing extraordinary circumstances, and that feels right. She is also a longtime reader, cook, and gardener, and she has written online about food and books. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

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