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We Were Liars Books in Order

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart contains 3 books, published between 2014 and 2025. The first book is We Were Liars (2014) and the newest is We Fell Apart (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
2014–2025
Pages on record
640 in 2 of 3 books
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We Were Liars is E. Lockhart's young adult suspense series, set among a wealthy family on their private island off the coast of Massachusetts. In the first book, We Were Liars (2014), Cadence spends her summers there with her cousins and a boy named Gat, the four of them calling themselves the Liars, and cannot recall what happened in her fifteenth summer. Love, money, friendship and the lies holding them together drive the story. Three books are catalogued: We Were Liars (2014), Family of Liars (2022) and We Fell Apart (2025).

How many We Were Liars books are there?

We Were Liars has 3 books, released between 2014 and 2025.

We Were Liars Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 We Were Liars 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 We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, book 1 of the We Were Liars series (2014)
  2. Cover of Family of Liars by E. Lockhart, book 2 of the We Were Liars series (2022)
  3. Cover of We Fell Apart by E. Lockhart, book 3 of the We Were Liars series (2025)
  1. 1
    We Were Liars2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  2. 2
    Family of Liars2022 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022320
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  3. 3
    We Fell Apart2025 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025320
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Is there a chronological order for We Were Liars?

No separate chronological order is on record for We Were Liars, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read We Were Liars books in order?

You should read the We Were Liars books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each We Were Liars book also stands alone.

What order should you read We Were Liars books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with We Were Liars (2014), the earliest published title. After it come Family of Liars (2022) and We Fell Apart (2025).

What is the newest We Were Liars book?

We Fell Apart (2025) is the newest We Were Liars book released so far.

Is there a new We Were Liars book coming?

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

We Were Liars at a glance

Still running
We Were Liars is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
We Were Liars books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
Length
640 pages across the 2 of 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most We Were Liars books, 2 of 3, were published in the 2020s.

What the We Were Liars books are about

2 of the 3 We Were Liars books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by E. Lockhart

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.