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Reading order

Me Before You series reading order

Jojo Moyes

  1. Me Before You2012
  2. After You2015
  3. Still Me2018
7.97.9 / 10
1,394 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2012–2018
Published
about 25 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Romance#11
Genre

Quick answer

Me Before You
Start withMe Before You2012 · Volume 1 of 3
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Publication order

3 volumes2012–2018Completed

  • Me Before You works as a complete novel and is by far the best-rated; many readers stop there.
  • After You picks up Lou’s life after the ending and rates lowest; Still Me, set in New York, recovers some ground.
  • The 2016 film adapts the first book only.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 1,480 pages, about 25 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.

12%

Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: low

  • From volume 2 on, the number of ratings falls most before volume 3, “Still Me” (by 52%). Plan your break after volume 2, before the series plans it for you.
  • Readers scored volume 2, “After You”, below its predecessor (7.3 after 8.0). If you slow down there, that is on the book, not on you.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 13, 2026, 9 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 21, 2026
  2. BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.05 h, by November 30, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 210 h13 daysby December 13, 2026
  4. The end of the series
    December 13, 2026
In one goDecember 4, 2026about 5 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 13, 2026about 6 weeks · +5 h of other books

We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.

Does the series hold up

7.07.88.5
8.08.0 / 10
7.37.3 / 10
7.77.7 / 10
201220152018
7.07.88.5
201220152018
8.08.0 / 10
7.37.3 / 10
7.77.7 / 10
Score per volume3 volumes on a timeline, 2012 to 2018 · Best-rated volume: Me Before You

Shape of the series: best at the start. Readers scored the first volumes (8.0) above the last ones (7.7).

Best volume: Me Before You (8.0, 1,014 ratings). Weakest: After You (7.3). From volume 2 on, the biggest drop in the number of ratings is between volume 2 and 3: 52%. The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.7) scores close to the series average or above it.

How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

Read: 0 of 3
  1. Me Before You
    Me Before You2012 · 1,014 ratingsStart here
    8.08.0 / 10
  2. After You
    After You2015 · 257 ratings
    7.37.3 / 10
  3. Still Me
    Still Me2018 · 123 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Me Before You books ranked, best to worst

  1. 1.Me Before YouBook 1 · 20128.0
  2. 2.Still MeBook 3 · 20187.7
  3. 3.After YouBook 2 · 20157.3
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Frequently asked questions

Which Me Before You book is the best?

By reader score, Me Before You (8.0/10). The lowest-rated is After You (7.3/10).

Which Me Before You series book is the longest?

“Still Me” is the longest at 528 pages; the shortest is “After You” with 456 pages.