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Lauren Oliver Books in Order

Explore Lauren Oliver books in order, from Delirium to newer thrillers, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy where-to-start help.

Last updated: July 13, 2026

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Before I Fall

by Lauren Oliver

2010

After a fatal crash, popular high school senior Samantha Kingston wakes up to relive her last day again and again. Each repeat strips away her certainty and forces her to confront the damage she has done to others.

Delirium

by Lauren Oliver

2011

In a future America where love is treated as a disease, Lena Haloway is counting down to the cure that will make her safe. Then she meets Alex, and one forbidden relationship starts to unravel everything she has been taught.

Hana

by Lauren Oliver

2011

Told from Hana's point of view, this companion novella follows Lena's best friend during the last summer before the cure. Parties, an approved match, and growing distance from Lena force Hana to choose between rebellion and obedience.

Liesl & Po

by Lauren Oliver

2011

Locked away in an attic, Liesl finds her first real friend in a ghost named Po. An accident involving an alchemist's apprentice sends them into a tender, wintry adventure about grief, memory, and finding a way home.

Annabel

by Lauren Oliver

2012

Lena's mother steps out of rumor and legend in this prequel novella. Moving between her rebellious youth and her imprisonment, it reveals the love, losses, and hard choices that shaped one of the series' most haunting figures.

Delirium Stories

by Lauren Oliver

2012

This companion collection gathers the Delirium world through four different voices: Hana, Annabel, Raven, and Alex. Together the stories deepen the trilogy's romances, rebellions, and family secrets without repeating the same ground.

Pandemonium

by Lauren Oliver

2012

After escaping into the Wilds, Lena is pulled into the resistance and forced to survive a harsher world than the one she fled. As past and present collide, love, loyalty, and revolution become impossible to separate.

The Spindlers

by Lauren Oliver

2012

When Liza realizes her little brother is not really himself, she knows the spindlers have stolen his soul. To save him, she heads Below into a strange underground world filled with riddles, creatures, and real danger.

Alex

by Lauren Oliver

2013

Believed dead after Delirium, Alex survives capture and brutal imprisonment by clinging to memory and rage. This novella follows his fight back from the Crypts and sheds light on the past he tried to leave behind.

Raven

by Lauren Oliver

2013

This companion story follows fierce resistance leader Raven from her first days in the Wilds to the front lines of rebellion. It fills in her bond with Tack and shows how she became such a steady, dangerous ally.

Requiem

by Lauren Oliver

2013

Lena is deep in the resistance now, while Hana lives inside the polished, cured world they once shared. As rebellion spreads and old loyalties split, their alternating stories bring the trilogy to an emotionally charged finish.

Panic

by Lauren Oliver

2014

In the dead-end town of Carp, graduating seniors risk injury, terror, and worse in a secret summer competition called Panic. Heather and Dodge enter for different reasons, but both find that the game feeds on everything they are hiding.

Rooms

by Lauren Oliver

2014

When Richard Walker dies, his estranged family returns to sort through his house and its wreckage. They are not alone: two ghosts still haunt the rooms, and the living and the dead begin stirring up each other's secrets.

The Shrunken Head

by Lauren Oliver

2015

At Dumfrey's Dime Museum, three gifted orphans and a new knife-throwing arrival set out to recover a stolen shrunken head. Their hunt uncovers murders, hidden enemies, and clues about the pasts that brought them together.

Vanishing Girls

by Lauren Oliver

2015

Nick and her sister Dara have barely spoken since the crash that changed everything between them. When Dara disappears and another girl vanishes too, Nick starts pulling at a mystery that feels far more personal than anyone admits.

Replica

by Lauren Oliver

2016

Lyra has grown up inside Haven, a secret facility that creates and studies human replicas. When disaster strikes, her story collides with Gemma's, and the novel's split structure turns their search for truth into a smart, suspenseful puzzle.

The Book of Shhh

by Lauren Oliver

2016

This short companion piece expands the Delirium universe through its most chilling propaganda text. Framed as the Safety, Health, and Happiness Handbook, it shows the rules and warnings used to turn love into something to fear.

The Screaming Statue

by Lauren Oliver

2016

With their museum in trouble, the Curiosity House children hope for a quiet stretch and get the opposite. A friend's murder, a dead heiress, and long-buried secrets force them into a sharper, sadder mystery than before.

Ringer

by Lauren Oliver

2017

Outside Haven, Lyra and Caelum are trying to build real lives, but Lyra's worsening illness will not let them rest. Meanwhile Gemma discovers her father's plans for the replicas, pushing both girls toward another dangerous collision.

The Fearsome Firebird

by Lauren Oliver

2017

Sam, Philippa, Thomas, and Max are barely recovering when bank robberies and a fresh murder throw Curiosity House into chaos again. Their search for the truth points back to Nicholas Rattigan and a plot bigger than any one crime.

Broken Things

by Lauren Oliver

2018

Five years after their best friend Summer was murdered, Brynn and Mia are still the girls everyone blames. A new clue pulls them back together and into a dark mystery where fantasy and real violence blur.

The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street

by Lauren Oliver

2020

In nineteenth century Boston, Cordelia Clay helps her father care for secret monsters hidden inside their crowded home. When both he and the creatures disappear, Cordelia launches a fast, funny, and heartfelt rescue mission.

What Happened to Lucy Vale

by Lauren Oliver

2025

Rachel Vale and her daughter Lucy move into Faraday House, where an old disappearance still poisons the town. As online gossip fixes on Lucy, two mother-daughter mysteries begin to echo each other in dangerous ways.

New

A Fatal Delivery

by Lauren Oliver

2026

Lenora Sforza likes routines, which is why a regular delivery route feels safe. After one customer is bludgeoned to death, Lenora realizes the killer may have used her as part of the plan, and she may be the key.

New

The Girl in the Lake

by Lauren Oliver

2026

A young girl who claims to remember a past life draws a psychologist into a decades-old mystery by the lake. The case opens old wounds and keeps the line between trauma, memory, and the supernatural unsettlingly thin.

Coming Soon

The Sleepwalker

by Lauren Oliver

2027

This upcoming Dept of Unexplained Phenomenon novel continues Lauren Oliver's eerie suspense series. Full plot details are still scarce, but it promises another mystery where rational explanations and stranger possibilities collide.

Where to start with Lauren Oliver

If you want her breakout YA novel: Before I Fall
If you want dystopian romance: DeliriumPandemoniumRequiem
If you want twisty suspense: PanicVanishing GirlsBroken Things
If you want speculative science fiction: ReplicaRinger
If you're reading with younger readers: Liesl & PoThe SpindlersThe Shrunken Head

Curiosity House books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Shrunken Head"

    The Shrunken Head

    by Lauren Oliver

    2015Curiosity House, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Screaming Statue"

    The Screaming Statue

    by Lauren Oliver

    2016Curiosity House, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Fearsome Firebird"

    The Fearsome Firebird

    by Lauren Oliver

    2017Curiosity House, Book 3

Curiosity House books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Shrunken Head"

    The Shrunken Head

    by Lauren Oliver

    2015Curiosity House, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Screaming Statue"

    The Screaming Statue

    by Lauren Oliver

    2016Curiosity House, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Fearsome Firebird"

    The Fearsome Firebird

    by Lauren Oliver

    2017Curiosity House, Book 3

Delirium books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Delirium"

    Delirium

    by Lauren Oliver

    2011Delirium, Book 2
  2. Book cover for "Hana"

    Hana

    by Lauren Oliver

    2011Delirium, Book 3
  3. Book cover for "Annabel"

    Annabel

    by Lauren Oliver

    2012Delirium, Book 1
  4. Book cover for "Pandemonium"

    Pandemonium

    by Lauren Oliver

    2012Delirium, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Alex"

    Alex

    by Lauren Oliver

    2013Delirium, Book 7
  6. Book cover for "Raven"

    Raven

    by Lauren Oliver

    2013Delirium, Book 5
  7. Book cover for "Requiem"

    Requiem

    by Lauren Oliver

    2013Delirium, Book 6
  8. Book cover for "The Book of Shhh"

    The Book of Shhh

    by Lauren Oliver

    2016Delirium, Book 8

Delirium books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Annabel"

    Annabel

    by Lauren Oliver

    2012Delirium, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Delirium"

    Delirium

    by Lauren Oliver

    2011Delirium, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Hana"

    Hana

    by Lauren Oliver

    2011Delirium, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Pandemonium"

    Pandemonium

    by Lauren Oliver

    2012Delirium, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Raven"

    Raven

    by Lauren Oliver

    2013Delirium, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Alex"

    Alex

    by Lauren Oliver

    2013Delirium, Book 7
  7. Book cover for "The Book of Shhh"

    The Book of Shhh

    by Lauren Oliver

    2016Delirium, Book 8

Dept of Unexplained Phenomenon books in order

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  1. Book cover for "The Girl in the Lake"

    The Girl in the Lake

    by Lauren Oliver

    2026Dept of Unexplained Phenomenon, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Sleepwalker"

    The Sleepwalker

    by Lauren Oliver

    2027Dept of Unexplained Phenomenon, Book 2

Dept of Unexplained Phenomenon books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Girl in the Lake"

    The Girl in the Lake

    by Lauren Oliver

    2026Dept of Unexplained Phenomenon, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Sleepwalker"

    The Sleepwalker

    by Lauren Oliver

    2027Dept of Unexplained Phenomenon, Book 2

Replica books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Replica"

    Replica

    by Lauren Oliver

    2016Replica, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Ringer"

    Ringer

    by Lauren Oliver

    2017Replica, Book 2

Replica books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Replica"

    Replica

    by Lauren Oliver

    2016Replica, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Ringer"

    Ringer

    by Lauren Oliver

    2017Replica, Book 2

Lauren Oliver collections, short stories, and related book types

Delirium Collections

  1. Book cover for "Delirium Stories"

    Delirium Stories

    by Lauren Oliver

    2012

Children's Books

  1. Book cover for "Liesl & Po"

    Liesl & Po

    by Lauren Oliver

    2011

Short Stories/Novellas

  1. Book cover for "A Fatal Delivery"

    A Fatal Delivery

    by Lauren Oliver

    2026

Standalone Lauren Oliver books

  1. Book cover for "Before I Fall"

    Before I Fall

    by Lauren Oliver

    2010
  2. Book cover for "The Spindlers"

    The Spindlers

    by Lauren Oliver

    2012
  3. Book cover for "Panic"

    Panic

    by Lauren Oliver

    2014
  4. Book cover for "Rooms"

    Rooms

    by Lauren Oliver

    2014
  5. Book cover for "Vanishing Girls"

    Vanishing Girls

    by Lauren Oliver

    2015
  6. Book cover for "Broken Things"

    Broken Things

    by Lauren Oliver

    2018
  7. Book cover for "The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street"

    The Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street

    by Lauren Oliver

    2020
  8. Book cover for "What Happened to Lucy Vale"

    What Happened to Lucy Vale

    by Lauren Oliver

    2025

Author bio

Lauren Oliver was born in New York City and raised in Westchester County, New York, in a house where books were everywhere. Both of her parents taught literature, so reading was part of the rhythm of daily life. She has described a childhood full of stories, art, costumes, and imagination, which makes a lot of sense once you look at the worlds she later built on the page.

Stories came early.

As a kid, she didn't just read books she loved, she kept going with them, writing unofficial sequels and inventing extra scenes. That habit eventually turned into a more serious path. She studied literature and philosophy at the University of Chicago, then moved back to New York for an MFA in creative writing at NYU. Before publishing her own fiction, she worked in children's publishing at Razorbill, which gave her a close look at how books are shaped before they ever reach readers.

Her first novel, Before I Fall, arrived in 2010 and made an immediate impression. It follows Samantha Kingston, a popular teenager forced to relive the last day of her life over and over, and it showed one of Oliver's strengths right away: she likes a big premise, but she roots it in messy feelings, moral pressure, and characters who have to face themselves.

She followed that with the Delirium trilogy, Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, a dystopian series built around the idea that love has been classified as a disease. The setup is bold, but the books work because Oliver keeps the emotional stakes close. Readers who click with her writing often like that combination of fast plot and raw interior conflict. The trilogy also found a wide audience and was translated into dozens of languages.

She doesn't stay in one lane.

Panic turns a dead-end summer in a small town into a dangerous competition. Replica plays with form, letting readers move through two linked stories about identity, secrecy, and human experimentation. Vanishing Girls and Broken Things lean harder into suspense, fractured friendships, and the way a single event can distort a whole community. Even when the genre shifts, Oliver returns to some of the same pressure points: fear, love, memory, guilt, and the stories people tell about one another.

She has also written for younger readers, including Liesl & Po, The Spindlers, and the Curiosity House books with H. C. Chester. Those novels are aimed at a different audience, but they still feel connected to the rest of her work. There are misfit characters, eerie settings, hidden worlds, and young people who have to become braver than they expected.

Her books have also moved into film and television. Before I Fall was adapted as a feature film, and Panic became a television series, with Oliver writing every episode and serving as executive producer. Alongside her fiction, she has worked as a screenwriter and built story-focused media companies, which helps explain why her bibliography feels so comfortable moving between page-turning YA, middle grade adventure, and adult suspense.

Now she divides her time between Maryland and Los Angeles. She remains one of those writers whose work is easy to browse by mood: if you want dystopian romance, a thriller, a ghost story, or a strange and clever middle grade adventure, there is probably a Lauren Oliver book that fits.

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