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I love Pretty Little Liars. The show (most of it) and the books. I will read anything Sara Shepard writes thanks to this series and The Lying Game.
One thing I didn’t like about her book/series is that it’s so hard to figure out what order to read them in and find that list without spoilers.
Well, today I’m sharing with you a spoiler-free list of Pretty Little Liars books in order. It includes sixteen novels for the main story and two other books that are sort of like novellas, not crucial to read, but add to the story.
They aren’t novella-length though, they’re actually pretty long. Sometimes longer than the main books.
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- If you’re on more of a budget, try Scribd! You can get your first month free there. You can read books and listen to audiobooks. It is unlimited (especially the reading) but if you listen to tons of new audiobooks you may be restricted after a few. I don’t listen to enough to confirm this, but I do use Scribd myself and like it a lot. Sign up for Scribd here!
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- If you want to read more on your Kindle but don’t want to buy books, Kindle Unlimited is a wonderful option. It’s $9.99 a month but if you read a lot and like to read more than just new releases, it could be worth it. Get Kindle Unlimited here!
- Get $5 off of $25 from BookOutlet! This is a great place to find new books for pretty cheap. They also have sales quite a bit, so keep an eye out for those. I tend to check here for books I want if they’re more expensive other places. They don’t have everything but they do have a lot. Shop BookOutlet here!
- Thrift Books has become my go-to when I’m looking for a book and want it cheap. It’s great if you like buying used books. With this you can get a free book after spending $30!
- Shop my book lists here! You can find every book list I have on Bookshop.org (except my monthly round-ups) and I add everything I can but they occasionally won’t have some. I do occasionally add extras though. If any lists are empty, they’ll be filled in shortly! Shop my bookshop.org book lists here.
What are the Pretty Little Liars books about?
Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hannah are best friends held together by secrets and Ali. But when Ali mysteriously vanishes one night at a sleepover, they drift apart.
As their secrets begin being brought to light by a cyber-stranger, they come back together to get to the bottom of it.
And that’s the easiest way to describe this wild series without giving anything away. So, is it worth reading the Pretty Little Liars books if you’ve seen the show?
Definitely.
It will be two totally different experiences and I’d personally say the books have a better ending than the show.
Are the Pretty Little Liars books and show the same?
The first two seasons are pretty much book one and I actually didn’t read that one but it’s the only one I have, funny enough.
But after that, they are wildly different. There are some small similarities or parallels but overall expect very different things.
- Ali’s Pretty Little Lies – PLL book 0.5 (I would read this at the end)
- Pretty Little Liars – PLL book one
- Flawless – PLL book two
- Perfect – PLL book three
- Unbelievable – PLL book four
- Pretty Little Secrets – PLL book 4.5 (I would also read this at the end, but after 4 is fine, too)
- Wicked – PLL book five
- Killer – PLL book six
- Heartless – PLL book seven
- Wanted – PLL book eight
- Twisted – PLL book nine
- Ruthless – PLL book ten
- Stunning – PLL book eleven
- Burned – PLL book twelve
- Crushed – PLL book thriteen
- Deadly – PLL book fourteen
- Toxic – PLL book fifteen
- Vicious – PLL book sixteen – Final Pretty Little Liars book
I’ve been wanting to re-read these for like, a year now and this post is just making me want to do that even more. Maybe I’ll do that this winter!
Have you read the Pretty Little Liars books? Seen the show? What do you think of them both?
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