Karen M. McManus Books in Order
Karen M. McManus has written 8 books, published between 2017 and 2024. The first book is One of Us Is Lying (2017) and the newest is Such Charming Liars (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2017–2024
- Confirmed
- 8 of 8 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,775 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 30–44 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,775 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Karen M. McManus writes young adult thrillers about murder, missing persons and the pressure inside schools. One of Us Is Lying (2017) opens the One of Us series, continued in One of Us Is Next and One of Us Is Back, and the standalones include The Cousins, You'll Be the Death of Me and Nothing More to Tell. Eight books reach Such Charming Liars in 2024.
One of Us Is Lying centers on five students at Bayview High caught up in a mystery over who is lying. The book was adapted into a television series.
How many Karen M. McManus books are there?
Karen M. McManus has 8 books, released between 2017 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the One of Us series.
Karen M. McManus Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Karen M. McManus 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.
- 120173604/4
- 220193274/4
- 320203844/4
- 42020–4/4
- 520213364/4
- 620223684/4
- 72023–4/4
- 82024–4/4
Karen M. McManus 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.
Karen M. McManus Standalone Novels
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
One of Us in order
3 booksDo you have to read Karen M. McManus books in order?
You only need to read Karen M. McManus books in order within the One of Us series, which holds 3 of the 8 Karen M. McManus books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
What order should you read Karen M. McManus books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with One of Us Is Lying (2017), the earliest published title. After it come Two Can Keep a Secret (2019), One of Us Is Next (2020), The Cousins (2020), You'll Be the Death of Me (2021), Nothing More to Tell (2022), One of Us Is Back (2023) and Such Charming Liars (2024).
What is the newest Karen M. McManus book?
Such Charming Liars (2024) is the newest Karen M. McManus book released so far.
Is there a new Karen M. McManus book coming?
No next Karen M. McManus book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Karen M. McManus at a glance
- Still publishing
- Karen M. McManus published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Karen M. McManus books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,775 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Karen M. McManus books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2020s.
- Corroboration
- 8 of the 8 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Karen M. McManus books are about
7 of the 8 Karen M. McManus 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 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 5 of 7 books
- Murder 2 of 7 books