Ashley Elston Books in Order

Ashley Elston has written 8 books, published between 2013 and 2026. The first book is The Rules for Disappearing (2013) and the newest is Anatomy of an Alibi (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2013–2026
Pages on record
2,267 in 7 of 8 books
Reading time
38–57 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,267 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Ashley Elston has 8 catalogued books, published from The Rules for Disappearing (2013) to Anatomy of an Alibi (2026). Between those sit The Rules for Breaking, This Is Our Story, The Lying Woods, 10 Blind Dates, 10 Truths and a Dare and First Lie Wins. Subjects on the books include witnesses, protection, high schools, dysfunctional families and children's fiction. No series is recorded for Elston, whose publishing is ongoing.

How many Ashley Elston books are there?

Ashley Elston has 8 books, released between 2013 and 2026.

Ashley Elston Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Ashley Elston books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    The Rules for DisappearingRules #12013 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013320
  2. 2
    The Rules for BreakingRules #22014 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014309
  3. 3
    This Is Our Story2016 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016312
  4. 4
    The Lying Woods2018 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018327
  5. 5
    10 Blind Dates2019 · 327 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019327
  6. 6
    10 Truths and a Dare2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021304
  7. 7
    First Lie Wins2024 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2024368
  8. 8
    Anatomy of an Alibi2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026

Ashley Elston books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Rules in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Rules for Disappearing
  2. 2. The Rules for Breaking

Standalone books

6 books

6 Ashley Elston titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ashley Elston books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Ashley Elston books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ashley Elston

Start with The Rules for Disappearing (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ashley Elston book?

Anatomy of an Alibi (2026) is the newest Ashley Elston book released so far.

Is there a new Ashley Elston book coming?

No next Ashley Elston book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ashley Elston at a glance

Still publishing
Ashley Elston published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Ashley Elston books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,267 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ashley Elston books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ashley Elston books are about

5 of the 8 Ashley Elston books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.