Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars Series

Author: Sara Shepard

Book 1 in the Pretty Little Liars series

Pages: 286

Published: 2006

Age: 14+

Aria, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Alison have been best friends since the third grade. They go everywhere together, thinking no-one can come between them. If anyone is the ringleader of the group it is Alison, and the other girls cannot help but confide all their secrets to her.

One night, during a sleepover, Alison goes missing. Her body is never found. The girls mourn her death but move apart after time, assuming their secrets have disappeared with Alison too.

Three years later and Aria is having an affair with her teacher; Emily is questioning her sexuality; Hanna is a thief; and Spencer is flirting with her sister's fiance. They all think their secrets are safe, until they starting receiving messages from the mysterious A – who knows exactly what they are all up to, and is threatening to spill the beans . . .

About the Pretty Little Liars Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Pretty Little Liars(2006)
  2. 2.Flawless(2007)
  3. 3.Perfect(2007)
  4. 4.Unbelievable(2008)
  5. 5.Wicked(2008)
  6. 6.Killer(2009)
  7. 7.Heartless(2010)
  8. 8.Wanted(2010)
  9. 9.Twisted(2011)
  10. 10.Ruthless(2011)
  11. 11.Stunning(2012)
  12. 12.Burned(2012)
  13. 13.Crushed(2013)
  14. 14.Deadly(2013)
  15. 15.Toxic(2014)
  16. 16.Vicious(2014)
  17. +Ali's Pretty Little Lies(2013)
  18. +Pretty Little Secrets(2012)

Reading age: 14+ years

This series should be read in order.

Alison, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer were best friends, until Alison disappeared. Three years later, the remaining girls, now juniors at Rosewood Day, are leading separate, but charmed lives. After living in Iceland, Aria returns home sophisticated and worldly. Emily is a champion swimmer, Hanna is the most popular girl in school, and Spencer's accomplishments make the average type-A valedictorian look like a slacker.

But in Rosewood, appearances are deceiving, and when the girls start receiving mysterious texts signed by someone named A, the past threatens to ruin their perfect present. A claims to know all of their secrets – but who is A? How much does A really know? And what can four pretty little liars do to protect themselves from the truth?