The Clique Books in Order
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Publication Order
15 books
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Series background & context
The Clique starts with a social nightmare that turns into the engine for the whole series. Claire Lyons moves from Florida to Westchester County and, while her family looks for a house, ends up living in the guesthouse of Massie Block. That would be awkward enough on its own. It gets worse when Claire has to attend Massie's school, Octavian Country Day, where Massie rules the social scene with Alicia, Dylan, and Kristen.
Massie is the queen bee, and she intends to stay that way.
That setup gives Lisi Harrison a perfect pressure cooker. Claire wants to survive, maybe even belong. Massie wants control. Alicia wants Massie's spot. Dylan wants to stay inside the circle. Kristen wants the kind of status that can make money problems disappear for a while. Nobody is ever just talking about clothes or parties or seating charts. They are talking about power, fear, envy, and the terror of being left out.
The Westchester setting matters a lot. Harrison writes a glossy, heightened version of private-school life where outfits, cell phones, sleepovers, school projects, and party invitations carry the weight of international diplomacy. The books are very funny about all of that, but they also understand why kids can pour so much meaning into tiny social details. A bad haircut can feel life-ruining. One wrong text can redraw the whole map.
Across the series, the group shifts in ways that keep the books moving. Claire is not simply the outsider forever, and Massie is not just a villain in designer flats. They compete, copy, needle, help, and occasionally understand each other. Around them, crushes, family expectations, new girls, older boys, and rival cliques keep upsetting the balance. Every time the Pretty Committee looks settled, something comes along to test how real that friendship actually is.
The tone is sharp, fast, and knowingly over the top. The girls can be selfish, cruel, and ridiculous. That is part of the fun. Harrison is interested in the performance of confidence and the weird way affection and exclusion can sit side by side inside the same friend group. The books exaggerate middle school life just enough to make it sparkle, but the emotional core stays recognizable.
If you keep going beyond the main novels, the world opens out through summer books, a prequel, a companion volume, and a manga adaptation. Still, the central appeal stays the same. The Clique is about girls trying to control the story other people tell about them. If you like social drama, quick dialogue, and books that know middle school can feel both hilarious and brutal, this is the series Harrison is most famous for.
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