Gayle Forman Books in Order

In this travel memoir, Forman traces a year of far-flung reporting and personal reckoning, from Kazakhstan to South Africa. Eight linked stories explore unusual places, vivid characters, and what a shrinking world means up close.

Sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill is sent to Red Rock, a harsh treatment center for supposedly rebellious girls. Cut off from home and surrounded by manipulation, she has to decide whom to trust as she fights to hold on to her sanity.

After a devastating car crash, seventeen-year-old cellist Mia hovers between life and death, watching the people she loves gather around her. Over one impossible day, she must decide whether to let go or stay.

Three years after the accident, Adam is a famous musician and Mia is living a very different life in New York. One unexpected night together forces them to face grief, distance, and what still remains between them.

Careful, well-planned Allyson says yes to one spontaneous day in Paris with Willem, a restless young actor. When he vanishes the next morning, the memory of that day reshapes her year and sends her searching for herself.

Willem wakes up alone after Paris, knowing only that he needs to find the girl he knew as Lulu. His search carries him across countries and through family secrets, missed chances, and the question of whether timing can be changed.

This short final installment reunites Allyson and Willem at last. It picks up after the ending of the earlier books and offers romance, answers, and a little breathing room after all the near misses.

Cody is shattered when her best friend Meg dies by suicide and leaves behind secrets no one saw coming. In Meg's college town, Cody begins to uncover hidden relationships, an encrypted file, and troubling questions about Meg's final days.

After surviving a heart attack and discovering that no one seems able to care for her in return, Maribeth Klein walks away. What begins as escape becomes a hard look at marriage, motherhood, and the life she wants back.

Over the course of one day in New York City, three lost teenagers crash into one another's lives. As Freya, Harun, and Nathaniel trade secrets, they start to see that helping someone else may save them too.

In the summer of 1946, Charlotte and her mother, Mary, are both trapped by old secrets and strict expectations. As friendships, desire, and buried truths surface, one hot season threatens to change their lives for good.

In this darkly funny short story, the so-called villains from Snow White, Cinderella, and Rapunzel join forces to tell their side. Gayle Forman turns fairy-tale wickedness into a sharp, playful tale about blame, revenge, and reputation.

During a summer in 1980s Los Angeles, ten-year-old Bug is stuck with Frankie, the visiting nephew next door. Their uneasy friendship turns into a neighborhood mystery, and the answers they find hit much closer to home.

Aaron is stuck grieving, running a failing bookstore with his father, and looking for any way out. Then new friends, a town full of unexpected helpers, and one fearless musician begin to shake his world back to life.

Twelve-year-old Alex is sent to volunteer at a retirement home after doing something terrible. There he meets 107-year-old Josey, whose wartime memories and quiet honesty challenge Alex to face guilt, loss, and the kind of person he might still become.

Seven years after dying in a bicycle accident, Amber suddenly comes home as if no time has passed. Her impossible return upends her family, old relationships, and her own sense of who she was before she died.