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Lisi Harrison Books in Order

Explore Lisi Harrison books in order, from The Clique to Monster High, with quick summaries, series background, and easy where-to-start tips for every series.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

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Best Friends for Never

by Lisi Harrison

2004

Massie plans the ultimate boy-girl Halloween party, but her parents insist everyone gets invited. As crushes, rivalries, and shifting loyalties heat up, the Pretty Committee starts to crack.

The Clique

by Lisi Harrison

2004

Claire Lyons arrives from Florida and lands in Massie Block's guesthouse, and suddenly Westchester's reigning clique has a problem. At Octavian Country Day, fitting in means surviving schemes, status games, and a queen bee who never shares power.

Invasion of the Boy Snatchers

by Lisi Harrison

2005

Claire moves even deeper into Massie's space just as Alicia's glamorous cousin Nina arrives from Spain. With the Briarwood boys suddenly distracted, Massie fights to protect her crush and her turf.

Monster High

by Lisi Harrison

2005

Frankie Stein is only days old when she heads into the human world hoping for parties, friends, and a normal school life. New girl Melody Carver soon realizes the town's coolest teens are hiding something monstrous.

Revenge of the Wannabes

by Lisi Harrison

2005

When Alicia and Olivia steal the spotlight with a school uniform contest win, Massie is determined to get even. Holiday shopping trips and photo-shoot buzz only make the social war nastier.

Dial L for Loser

by Lisi Harrison

2006

A brush with show business throws the Clique into a bigger spotlight, and fame starts scrambling the usual pecking order. Claire's rising profile brings fresh jealousy, pressure, and plenty of bad decisions.

The Pretty Committee Strikes Back

by Lisi Harrison

2006

Kristen's disastrous haircut sends the group into full crisis mode, while Claire is more worried about finally kissing Cam. Even after Claire joins the Clique, status and insecurity still rule everything.

It's Not Easy Being Mean

by Lisi Harrison

2007

A hunt for Octavian Country Day's legendary secret room turns popularity into a full-contact sport. While Massie chases the prize, Claire's growing fame and the girls' competing agendas put the Pretty Committee under strain.

Sealed with a Diss

by Lisi Harrison

2007

To win access to OCD's most coveted secret room, the Pretty Committee needs perfect dates for Skye Hamilton's famous-couples costume party. Massie can handle fashion emergencies, but boy politics are harder to control.

Alicia

by Lisi Harrison

2008

Alicia heads into summer expecting fun and control, then finds herself navigating competition, secrets, and the pressure to stay one move ahead. Even off campus, social strategy never really stops.

Bratfest at Tiffany's

by Lisi Harrison

2008

Summer is over, but old crushes and social grudges are just getting started again. As the girls head back to school, fresh alliances and Skye Hamilton's influence keep the Pretty Committee off balance.

Claire

by Lisi Harrison

2008

Claire spends the summer balancing romance, friendship, and the weirdness of belonging to a group that once shut her out. Distance from school gives her room to grow, but not much peace.

Dylan

by Lisi Harrison

2008

Dylan's summer looks glamorous on paper, but life away from the full Clique comes with new insecurities and surprises. She has to figure out who she is when the usual role no longer fits.

Kristen

by Lisi Harrison

2008

Kristen's summer is shaped by hard work, pressure, and the constant pull between fitting in and being herself. Away from the school hallway, she still cannot escape the rules of Clique life.

Massie

by Lisi Harrison

2008

After getting kicked out of riding camp, Massie is forced to find a summer job and lands on the perfect plan, selling Be Pretty cosmetics. Running a makeover empire sounds easy until real girls refuse to cooperate.

P.S. I Loathe You

by Lisi Harrison

2008

The Pretty Committee ends its boy fast and jumps into BOCD's first cheerleading squad. New crushes, old jealousy, and shifting loyalties make romance almost as dangerous as popularity.

Alphas

by Lisi Harrison

2009

Skye Hamilton leaves Westchester for Alpha Academy, a brutal boarding school for gifted girls on Alpha Island. There, talent opens doors, but one mistake can send you home.

Boys "R" Us

by Lisi Harrison

2009

After blowing up the Pretty Committee, Massie tries to reinvent the social order with a hotter new crew. But once friendships splinter, rebuilding power is much messier than taking it.

Charmed and Dangerous

by Lisi Harrison

2009

This prequel goes back to the moment before the Pretty Committee existed. A New Year's party, a handful of ambitious betas, and one future alpha show how Massie's world first clicked into place.

Cliquetionary: The Wit And Wisdom Of The Clique

by Lisi Harrison

2009

Part guidebook, part joke manual, this companion collects Clique slang, rules, quizzes, and insider wisdom. It is a fun extra for readers who want more of Massie's worldview without a full novel.

These Boots Are Made for Stalking

by Lisi Harrison

2009

The Clique is still chasing status, style, and the right boys, but life gets harder when every move feels watched and judged. Staying on top is exhausting when someone may be one step ahead.

Belle of the Brawl

by Lisi Harrison

2010

The pressure rises on Alpha Island as rivalries sharpen and nobody wants to be the next girl cut loose. At a school built for winners, even friendships can start to feel like competitions.

Movers & Fakers

by Lisi Harrison

2010

Life at Alpha Academy looks glamorous from the outside, but talent alone does not keep anyone safe. Skye and the other girls learn fast that ambition, romance, and friendship can all get weaponized.

My Little Phony

by Lisi Harrison

2010

Holiday chaos hits the Pretty Committee with boy drama, frienemies, and a fake lice scare. Massie is focused on Landon, but the season keeps proving that image is easier to fake than confidence.

Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way

by Lisi Harrison

2010

Clawdeen wants independence, Melody's own secrets are surfacing, and Frankie's circle feels more fragile than ever. Family pressure and human suspicion make life harder on both sides of the monster divide.

A Tale of Two Pretties

by Lisi Harrison

2011

The long-running Clique saga heads toward goodbye as years of rivalry, crushes, and social games catch up with the girls. Massie and the Pretty Committee have one last chance to figure out who they really are.

The Clique: The Manga

by Lisi Harrison

2011

Massie Block's battle to stay queen of the social scene gets a manga makeover. Claire's arrival still upsets the balance, but the drama hits faster when every glare and outfit lands on the page.

The Ghoul Next Door

by Lisi Harrison

2011

Monster teens and their human allies are still juggling crushes and secret identities, but the pressure to stay hidden is getting worse. One wrong move could expose far more than a social misstep.

Top of the Feud Chain

by Lisi Harrison

2011

At Alpha Academy, every bad week can get a girl sent home. Skye, Allie, and Charlie each face messy love triangles and fierce competition as Shira Brazille narrows the field.

Back and Deader Than Ever

by Lisi Harrison

2012

As the monster world edges further into the open, Frankie, Melody, and Draculaura face romance, family tension, and big questions about identity. Hiding is no longer as simple as it used to be.

Pretenders

by Lisi Harrison

2013

Five of Noble High's most admired freshmen look perfect from a distance, until someone leaks their private journals. Told through those entries, the story turns popularity into a mystery with real emotional fallout.

License to Spill

by Lisi Harrison

2014

The Phoenix Five return to Noble High with their private journals exposed and their secrets out in the open. As more entries spill, the cost of pretending starts to hit every friendship and crush.

The Dirty Book Club

by Lisi Harrison

2017

When magazine editor M.J. Stark moves to California, she stumbles into a strange inheritance, a secretive book club started by older women. The club becomes a lifeline as she rethinks love, loss, and friendship.

Crush Stuff.

by Lisi Harrison

2021

An overnight school trip brings bigger feelings, new crushes, and the kind of friend drama nobody can ignore. Fonda, Drew, and Ruthie are learning that romance never stays in its own lane.

Girl Stuff.

by Lisi Harrison

2021

Fonda, Drew, and Ruthie start seventh grade expecting to do everything together, then get split apart almost instantly. Popular girls, crush confusion, and feeling left out put their friendship to the test.

The Pack

by Lisi Harrison

2021

Sadie arrives at Charm House wanting to stay invisible, then learns she has the fiercest animal light of all. Joining the Pack brings power, popularity, and a crush that could cause real trouble.

1-2-3-4, I Declare a Thumb War

by Lisi Harrison

2022

Five friends in Misery Falls, Oregon are lured to a cemetery just as the town obsesses over killer Silas Hoke's legacy. Their spooky night launches the Graveyard Girls and a deeper mystery.

Awkward Stuff.

by Lisi Harrison

2022

Health class, first kisses, and mixed signals turn seventh grade into a minefield for Fonda, Drew, and Ruthie. The girls want big milestone moments, but growing up refuses to stick to a plan.

Claw and Order

by Lisi Harrison

2022

Sadie is trying to handle cheer practice, animal powers, and her growing feelings for Beak without losing control. One big secret could wreck her bond with Lindsey and the Pack.

Scream for the Camera

by Lisi Harrison

2023

A month after discovering Silas Hoke's empty grave, the Graveyard Girls start receiving eerie messages from beyond. While Sophie drifts from the group, a mortician with secrets may know what is coming.

Where should I start?

If you want the classic social-climbing drama: The CliqueBest Friends for NeverRevenge of the Wannabes
If you want a sharper boarding-school spin-off: AlphasMovers & FakersBelle of the BrawlTop of the Feud Chain
If you want paranormal high school chaos: Monster HighThe Ghoul Next DoorWhere There's a Wolf, There's a Way
If you want newer middle grade friendship stories: Girl Stuff.Crush Stuff.Awkward Stuff.
If you want spooky mystery with a friend group at the center: 1-2-3-4, I Declare a Thumb WarScream for the Camera

Author bio

Lisi Harrison was born in Toronto and grew up there before moving to the United States at twenty. She started college at McGill University in Montreal, then transferred to Emerson College in Boston, where she earned a BFA in creative writing.

She did not come to books through a quiet, straight line.

After school, she spent twelve years in New York City working at MTV Networks, eventually as a senior director of development. She has said that job taught her a lot about storytelling, pace, and what keeps young audiences paying attention. It also gave her a close-up view of image, status, and the pressure to fit in, which would later become central to her fiction.

While still working at MTV, she wrote The Clique and Best Friends for Never. When those early books found readers, she left television and started writing full time. That jump turned into a long career built around school drama, sharp comedy, and the emotional chaos of wanting to belong.

The Clique was the book that changed everything. Massie Block, Claire Lyons, and the Pretty Committee gave Harrison a world big enough for main novels, companion books, a prequel, summer stories, and a film adaptation. Readers came for the fashion, insults, and social scheming, but the books lasted because Harrison understood something simple and true: middle school feelings can be huge, funny, and brutal all at once.

She knows school hallways can feel like battlegrounds.

That same energy runs through Alphas, her competitive boarding-school spin-off, and Monster High, where teen monsters and outsider kids try to hide, connect, and survive. In Pretenders, she used leaked journals and multiple points of view to dig into performance, pressure, and secrets. Later, with Girl Stuff. and The Pack, she kept the drama but wrote in a warmer middle grade mode, with more room for friendship, self-acceptance, and honest growing pains.

Her stories move fast, but the stakes are usually emotional first. Again and again, she returns to girls trying to belong, friendships under strain, crushes that scramble good judgment, and the gap between how someone looks on the outside and what is really going on underneath. Even when the setup is paranormal or exaggerated, the feelings are familiar.

She has also written for adults. Her novel The Dirty Book Club shifts away from lockers and lunch tables, but it still shows her interest in reinvention, loneliness, and the small groups people build to get through hard stretches of life.

Harrison now lives in Laguna Beach, California. Alongside her fiction, she has worked with kids, teens, and parents on healthier, drama-free friendships, which feels like a fitting second act for a writer so interested in social life and the cost of getting it wrong.

Even now, she writes like someone who remembers exactly how intense it feels to want a seat at the right table.

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