Pretty Little Liars Books in Order
Part ofSara Shepard Books in OrderFind the Pretty Little Liars books by Sara Shepard in order, with story summaries, series background, and guidance on the best way to read about Aria, Hanna, Spencer and Emily.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
33 books
Pretty Little Liars
by Sara Shepard
2006
Pretty Little Liars
by Sara Shepard
2006
Three years after queen bee Alison vanishes, her four ex best friends are shoved back together when her body is found and someone calling themselves A starts texting secrets only Alison was supposed to know.
Flawless
by Sara Shepard
2007
Flawless
by Sara Shepard
2007
As the anonymous messages intensify, suspicion falls on loner Toby Cavanaugh and the girls are forced to revisit the cruel prank that blinded his stepsister Jenna, even while their own romances and lies spin out of control.
Perfect
by Sara Shepard
2007
Perfect
by Sara Shepard
2007
Spencer risks everything for a stolen essay, Hanna starves herself back into popularity, Emily struggles with her first real girlfriend and Aria juggles older men, all while A tightens the screws on their supposedly perfect lives.
Unbelievable
by Sara Shepard
2008
Unbelievable
by Sara Shepard
2008
In this climactic early installment, the girls’ secrets explode in courtrooms, rehab and hospital rooms as they finally come face to face with the first person behind A and learn how far betrayal can go in Rosewood.
Wicked
by Sara Shepard
2008
Wicked
by Sara Shepard
2008
The liars think A is gone, but a new round of threats tied to Alison’s tangled family tree proves the game is far from over and that someone even more wicked may be watching them.
Killer
by Sara Shepard
2009
Killer
by Sara Shepard
2009
A new body, a mysterious girl in Alison’s old house and shocking accusations from the police push the four friends to the breaking point as they start to wonder if Ali might be alive and out for revenge.
Heartless
by Sara Shepard
2010
Heartless
by Sara Shepard
2010
Sent in wildly different directions by parents and police, the liars are determined to prove they are not crazy or cruel, but each new vision, clinic stay and family revelation only seems to make them look more heartless.
Wanted
by Sara Shepard
2010
Wanted
by Sara Shepard
2010
The revelation that Alison had a secret twin sister blows open the case that has defined Rosewood, forcing Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer to question everything they thought they knew about that long ago summer.
Ruthless
by Sara Shepard
2011
Ruthless
by Sara Shepard
2011
Haunted by what happened in Jamaica, the liars each try to clean up their lives, only to find themselves stalked in rehab clinics, church groups and modeling gigs by an A who seems more ruthless than ever.
Twisted
by Sara Shepard
2011
Twisted
by Sara Shepard
2011
A spring break trip to Jamaica ends in a terrible accident the girls swear never to discuss, but back in Rosewood a fresh wave of texts makes it clear someone else knows what really happened on that rooftop.
Burned
by Sara Shepard
2012
Burned
by Sara Shepard
2012
A luxury cruise is supposed to give the liars a break from Rosewood, yet as the ship sails into open water, threatening messages and near fatal accidents prove that A has followed them onto the ocean.
Pretty Little Secrets
by Sara Shepard
2012
Set over the Liars' winter break, this companion novel follows Spencer, Emily, Aria and Hanna through secret vacations, crushes and disasters while a new watcher studies their every move and prepares to take over the A game.
Stunning
by Sara Shepard
2012
Stunning
by Sara Shepard
2012
Emily hides a life changing secret while Aria, Spencer and Hanna juggle new romances and leads on Alison, but every attempt to move on only gives A more ammunition in another round of stunning betrayals.
Ali's Pretty Little Lies
by Sara Shepard
2013
This prequel steps inside Alison DiLaurentis's head before her disappearance, revealing how she chose her friends, built her queen bee image and hid the dangerous secrets that will later shatter Rosewood and the Pretty Little Liars.
Crushed
by Sara Shepard
2013
Crushed
by Sara Shepard
2013
With prom approaching and A more ruthless than ever, the liars decide to hunt their tormentor, chasing sketchy bloggers, hospital clues and dangerous boyfriends in a high stakes game that could crush them before they reach the truth.
Deadly
by Sara Shepard
2013
As Rosewood turns on them, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer are dragged into police interrogations, cut off by family and pushed toward trial while A orchestrates a plan that could finally put the Pretty Little Liars behind bars.
Toxic
by Sara Shepard
2014
Toxic
by Sara Shepard
2014
Cleared in court but branded killers online, the four liars try to rebuild their lives while a new round of toxic messages and public shaming suggests Alison or another enemy is still out there pulling the strings.
Vicious
by Sara Shepard
2014
Vicious
by Sara Shepard
2014
The Pretty Little Liars face a final, high profile trial that could send them to prison for life, even as one last A plot forces each girl to decide how far she is willing to go to protect the others.
Series background & context
Set in the affluent fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, Pretty Little Liars follows four former best friends whose world fractures when their queen bee, Alison DiLaurentis, vanishes one summer night. Years later, Alison's body is found and the girls start receiving sinister messages from someone using the initial A.
As the books move from middle school memories into high school drama, Aria, Hanna, Spencer and Emily each bring their own secrets to the story. One hides an illicit relationship, one wrestles with an eating disorder and new popularity, one is desperate to win her family's approval and one is quietly figuring out her sexuality and what it costs to be honest.
A's messages threaten to expose everything they have done, from petty betrayals to crimes that could destroy their families. Each book raises the stakes, uncovering buried scandals in Rosewood's country clubs, cul de sacs and prep schools while the girls chase false leads, hurt one another and sometimes become their own worst enemies.
Over the course of the main sixteen book sequence and companion novels like Pretty Little Secrets and Ali's Pretty Little Lies, the series moves beyond Alison's disappearance into bigger conspiracies. New tormentors appear, old enemies resurface and the girls' actions have real consequences in courts, hospitals and the media as they graduate, face trials and try to leave Rosewood behind.
The tone mixes glossy escapism with genuine unease. There are designer handbags, crushes and school dances, but also stalking, family breakdowns, mental health struggles and the question of how far you would go to keep a lie alive. The books lean into cliffhangers and twists, yet they keep returning to the same core idea: secrets always cost more than the characters expect.
Readers who came to the novels through the television adaptation will find familiar names and set pieces with plenty of differences in who lives, who dies and who wears the mask. Reading the series in order, starting with Pretty Little Liars and moving through the four arcs, gives the full picture of how these girls grow up under surveillance and try, again and again, to reclaim their own stories.
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