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Candy Apple Books in Order

Candy Apple contains 24 books, published between 2006 and 2011. The first book is The Boy Next Door (2006) and the newest is Miss Popularity and the Best Friend Disaster (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
2006–2011
Pages on record
2,898 in 18 of 24 books
Reading time
48–72 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,898 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Candy Apple checklist

Friendship, best friends, popularity and school life head the subjects recorded for Candy Apple, along with middle school students and girls. 23 of the 24 books carry no credit to a single series author. Lara Bergen is named on 4 of them, and Mimi McCoy, Robin Wasserman, Jane B. Mason, Sarah Hines Stephens and Francesco Sedita on 3 each, with Lisa Papademetriou on 2 and Laura Dower on one. The Boy Next Door (2006) opens the listing and Miss Popularity and the Best Friend Disaster (2011) closes it.

How many Candy Apple books are there?

Candy Apple has 24 books, released between 2006 and 2011.

Candy Apple Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Candy Apple 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. Cover of The Boy Next Door by Laura Dower, book 1 of the Candy Apple series (2006)
  2. Cover of Drama Queen by Lara Bergen, book 3 of the Candy Apple series (2007)
  3. Cover of The Babysitting Wars by Mimi McCoy, book 4 of the Candy Apple series (2007)
  4. Cover of Totally Crushed by Eliza Willard, book 5 of the Candy Apple series (2007)
  5. Cover of Callie For President by Robin Wasserman, book 7 of the Candy Apple series (2008)
  6. Cover of I've Got a Secret by Lara Bergen, book 8 of the Candy Apple series (2008)
  7. Cover of Making Waves, book 10 of the Candy Apple series (2008)
  8. Cover of The Sister Switch, book 11 of the Candy Apple series (2008)
  9. Cover of Star-Crossed by Mimi McCoy, book 13 of the Candy Apple series (2009)
  10. Cover of Juicy Gossip by Erin Soderberg Downing, book 14 of the Candy Apple series (2009)
  11. Cover of Life, Starring Me! by Robin Wasserman, book 16 of the Candy Apple series (2009)
  12. Cover of The Accidental Cheerleader by Mimi McCoy, book 17 of the Candy Apple series (2009)
  13. Cover of Snowfall Surprise, book 18 of the Candy Apple series (2009)
  14. Cover of Wish You Were Here, Liza by Robin Wasserman, book 19 of the Candy Apple series (2010)
  15. Cover of Super Sweet 13 by Helen Perelman, book 20 of the Candy Apple series (2010)
  16. Cover of Rumor Has It, book 22 of the Candy Apple series (2010)
  17. Cover of Ice Dreams by Lisa Papademetriou, book 23 of the Candy Apple series (2011)
  18. Cover of Miss Popularity and the Best Friend Disaster by Francesco Sedita, book 24 of the Candy Apple series (2011)
  1. 1
    The Boy Next Door2006 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006158
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  2. 2
    How to Be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days2007 · 163 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007163
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Drama Queen2007 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007164
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Babysitting Wars2007 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007164
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Totally Crushed2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Confessions of a Bitter Secret Santa2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Callie For President2008 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008176
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    I've Got a Secret2008 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008176
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Candy Apple Boxed Set2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Making Waves2008 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008192
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Sister Switch2008 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008160
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Miss Popularity2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Star-Crossed2009 · 161 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009161
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Juicy Gossip2009 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009157
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Miss Popularity Goes Camping2009 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009142
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Life, Starring Me!2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    The Accidental Cheerleader2009 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009160
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Snowfall Surprise2009 · 123 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009123
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Wish You Were Here, Liza2010 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010176
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    Super Sweet 132010 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010149
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    See You Soon, Samantha2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Rumor Has It2010 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010142
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    Ice Dreams2011 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011192
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  24. 24
    Miss Popularity and the Best Friend Disaster2011 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011143
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Where to start with Candy Apple

Start with The Boy Next Door (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Candy Apple book?

Miss Popularity and the Best Friend Disaster (2011) is the newest Candy Apple book released so far.

Is there a new Candy Apple book coming?

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

Candy Apple at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Candy Apple title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Candy Apple books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,898 pages across the 18 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Candy Apple books, 18 of 24, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 24 titles, 4 are credited to Lara Bergen, 3 to Mimi McCoy, 3 to Robin Wasserman and 3 to Jane B. Mason. A further 9 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.

What the Candy Apple books are about

18 of the 24 Candy Apple 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 17 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.