Sweet Valley High Books in Order

How many Sweet Valley High books are there?

Sweet Valley High has 615 books, released between 1977 and 2012. 606 of them belong to the 22 main-line series (Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley Kids and others), and 9 related titles sit outside it: collections and other titles.

Sweet Valley High Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 615 Sweet Valley High 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.

There are 615 recorded titles, more than one list usefully holds. The 300 earliest are below; the series linked further down carry the rest, each in its own order.

Do you have to read Sweet Valley High books in order?

You should read the 22 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 9 related titles (collections and other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Sweet Valley High book also stands alone.

Where to start with Sweet Valley High

Start with Hangin' Out with Cici (1977), the earliest published book in the 22 main-line series.

What is the newest Sweet Valley High book?

Bittersweet (2012) is the newest book in the 22 main-line series.

Is there a new Sweet Valley High book coming?

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

Sweet Valley High at a glance

No recent titles

The newest main-line Sweet Valley High title on record is Bittersweet (2012), 14 years ago.

Release pace

Sweet Valley High books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

92,982 pages across the 564 of 615 books with a recorded length, a median of 151 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Sweet Valley High books, 429 of 615, were published in the 1990s.

Attribution

Of the 615 titles, 614 are credited to Francine Pascal. One title carries no credit.

What the Sweet Valley High books are about

388 of the 615 Sweet Valley High books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: twins is tagged on 161 of 388. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Twins 161 of 388 books
• Children's fiction 118 of 388 books
• Friendship 71 of 388 books
• High schools 51 of 388 books
• College students 39 of 388 books
• Schools 37 of 388 books
• Love 34 of 388 books
• Dating (social customs) 28 of 388 books
• Sisters 28 of 388 books
• Elizabeth Wakefield (Fictitious character) 23 of 388 books