Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

Sara Shepard

First published 2006Original language ENYoung adult

7.37.3 / 10
Score out of 10269 ratingsConfidence 65%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
304
Pages
about 6 h
Reading time

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Our view

Four girls with secrets and somebody who has learned every one of them: “Pretty Little Liars” runs on a simple hook, and the hook works. Some readers are annoyed by it now and then, yet rate it above other novels of its kind and keep reading to the last volume. It goes down quickly and easily, is set in Rosewood, Pennsylvania, and opens a series.

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About the book

Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret. Set in ultra-trendy Rosewood, Pennsylvania, Pretty Little Liars centers around four beautiful girls who are hiding some very ugly secrets, and the one person who knows them all…and is not afraid to spill. Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying, The Cousins, and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, this first book in Sara Shepard’s #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series will introduce new readers to the thrilling and magnetically compelling world of Pretty Little Liars, where everyone’s got something to hide, and no secret stays buried for long.

Reading order · Pretty Little Liars

Full order & progress →
Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2006 to 2008 · Best-rated volume: Unbelievable
  1. Pretty Little Liars
    Pretty Little Liars2006 · 269 ratingsThis book
    7.37.3 / 10
  2. Flawless
    Flawless2007 · 130 ratings
    7.37.3 / 10
  3. Perfect
    Perfect2007 · 98 ratings
    7.57.5 / 10
  4. Unbelievable
    Unbelievable2008 · 91 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.1 across 269 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 65% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.3 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.433 12%
Google Books7.05 2%
Hardcover6.9231 86%

Frequently asked

What age is Pretty Little Liars for?

Pretty Little Liars sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 304 pages — shorter than 88% of the ranked books in Young adult.

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