January 2005

Booklists · Wedding Books

We have books on almost every aspect of wedding traditions and planning to help make your special day perfect.

Planning and Etiquette Guides

Legendary Brides

Letitia Baldrige

Last Minute Weddings

Donna A. Bankhead and Lynnette Blas

The Best of Martha Stewart Living Weddings

The Best Friend’s Guide to Planning a Wedding: How to Find a Dress, Return the Shoes, Hire a Caterer, Fire the Photographer, Choose a Florist, Book a Band, and Still Wind Up Married at the End of It All

Lara Webb Carrigan

The Wedding Guide for the Grownup Bride

Shelley Christiansen

Wedding Planner: Within These Pages You Will Find Everything You Need to Plan Your Wedding

Edith Gilbert

The Everything Wedding Book: The Ultimate Guide to Planmning the Wedding of Your Dreams

Shelly Hagen

The Sublime Wedding: Finishing Touches for a Perfect Day

Carole Hamilton

The Complete Guide for the Anxious Bride: How to Avoid Everything That Could Go Wrong on Your Big Day

Leah Ingram

Organic Weddings: Balancing Ecology, Style and Tradition

Michelle Kozin

The Bride’s Etiquette Guide: Etiquette Made Easy

Pamela A. Lach

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Wedding

Teddy Lenderman

The Complete Guide for the Anxious Groom: How to Avoid Everything That Could Go Wrong on Her Big Day

Steven M. Lewis

Miss Manners on Weddings

Judith Martin

The Perfect Wedding Reception: Stylish Ideas for Every Season

Maria McBride-Mellinger

The Ultimate Wedding Idea Book: 1,001 Creative Ideas to Make Your Wedding Fun, Romantic, and Memorable

Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick

1,001 Ways to Have a Dazzling Second Wedding

How to Plan an Elegant Wedding in 6 Months or Less: Achieving Your Dream Wedding When Time Is of the Essence

Sharon Naylor

Wedding Details

Mary Norden

Emily Post Wedding Etiquette: Cherished Traditions and Contemporary Ideas for a Joyous Celebration

Peggy Post

The Knot’s Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World: The Ultimate Source of Ideas, Advice, and Relief for the Bride and Groom and Those Who Love Them

Carley Roney

Your Day, Your Way: The Essential Handbook for the 21st-century Bride

Michelle Roth

Vintage Weddings: Resource and Guidebook, 1910s–1950s

Daniela Turudich

Vera Wang on Weddings

Vera Wang

Affordable Weddings

The Budget Wedding Sourcebook

Madeline Barillo

Bridal Bargains: Secrets to Throwing a Fantastic Wedding on a Realistic Budget

Denise and Alan Fields

Priceless Weddings for Under $5000

Kathleen Kennedy

You Can Afford the Wedding of Your Dreams

Kay Marshall Strom and Lisa Ringnalda

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Budgeting for Your Wedding

Sue Winner

Wedding Traditions: Religions and Cultures Around the World

Your Catholic Wedding: A Complete Planbook

Chris Aridas

Jewish Weddings: A Beautiful Guide to Creating the Wedding of Your Dreams

Rita Milos Brownstein

The Everything Jewish Wedding Book: The Complete Guide to Planning the Ceremony and Celebration—from Traditional to Contemporary—for the Most Important Day of Your Life

Helen Latner

Interfaith Wedding Ceremonies: Samples and Sources

Joan C. Hawxhurst

You Are Cordially Invited to Weddings: Dating & Love Customs of Cultures Worldwide, Including Royalty

Carolyn Mordecai

Polish Wedding Customs & Traditions

Sophie Hodorowicz Knab

Going to the Chapel: From Traditional to African-Inspired, and Everything in Between, the Ultimate Wedding Guide for Today’s Black Couple

Vivah: Design a Perfect Hindu Wedding

Meenal Atul Pandya

Wild Geese and Tea: An Asian-American Wedding Planner

Shu Shu Costa

The Nubian Wedding Book: Words and Rituals to Celebrate and Plan an African-American Wedding

Ingrid Sturgis

The Traditional Irish Wedding

Bridget Haggerty

Words for the Wedding: Ceremonies, Vows, Readings, and Toasts

Best Wedding Meditations: An Anthology

Weddings from the Heart: Contemporary and Traditional Ceremonies for an Unforgettable Wedding

Daphne Rose Kingma

Toasts and Vows

Bette Matthews

The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows and Traditions: Readings, Rituals, Music, Dances, Speeches, and Toasts

Carley Roney

Sacred Threshold: Rituals and Readings for a Wedding with Spirit

Gertrud Mueller Nelson and Christopher Witt

Words for the Wedding: Creative Ideas for Choosing and Using Hundreds of Quotations to Personalize Your Vows, Toasts, Invitations & More

Wendy Paris and Andrew Chesler

High Wedlock Then Be Honoured: Wedding Poems from Nineteen Countries and Twenty-Five Centuries

Virginia Tufte, Editor

Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology: Poetry and Prose on Love and Marriage

Robert Hass and Stephen Mitchell, Editors

Wedding Readings: Centuries of Writing and Rituals on Love

Eleanor Munro, Editor

Wedding Toasts & Speeches: Finding the Perfect Words

Jo Packham, Editor

Bridal Showers

The Wedding Shower Book

Janet Anastasio

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bridal Showers

Jennifer Barr

Bridal Showers: Special Touches and Unique Ideas for Throwing a Fabulous Shower

Beverly Clark

Wedding Showers for Couples

Pamela Thomas

Diane Warner’s Complete Book of Wedding Showers

Put Soul in Your Bridal Shower: The African-American Bridal Shower Book

Tonya D. Evans

Wedding Cakes

The Cake Bible

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Chocolate Cakes for Weddings and Celebrations

John Slattery

Colette’s Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating

Colette Peters

Colette’s Wedding Cakes

Colette Peters

Contemporary Wedding Cakes

Nadene Hurst

New Wedding Cake Designs

Linda Pawsey

The Wedding Cake Book

Dede Wilson

Wedding Cakes: From Start to Finish

Elaine MacGregor

The Dress

Bridal Gown Guide

How to Buy Your Perfect Wedding Dress

Ronald Rothstein and Mara Urshel

Flowers

Flowers for Your Wedding Day

Diana Tonks

Romantic Wedding Flowers: The Complete Guide to Selecting Beautiful Flowers for Your Wedding

Need more suggestions? Contact your local library and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.