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Pretty Little Liars reading order

Sara Shepard

  1. Pretty Little Liars2006
  2. Flawless2007
  3. Perfect2007
  4. Unbelievable2008
7.47.4 / 10
588 ratings
Score
4 volumes
Volumes
2006–2008
Published
about 24 h
Reading time
Completed
Status
Young adult#67
Genre

Quick answer

Pretty Little Liars
Start withPretty Little Liars2006 · Volume 1 of 4
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Publication order

4 volumes2006–2008Completed

  • The four books below are the first arc and they work as one: the mystery Pretty Little Liars opens is answered in Unbelievable, which is why Shepard's publisher originally sold them as a quartet.
  • The series did not stop there — it ran to sixteen novels, in four-book arcs, each with its own answer at the end.
  • So finish these four before deciding whether to go on, and know that our list of this series is not the whole of it.

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 1,299 pages, about 24 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.

34%

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

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 4, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 25, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 26 h8 daysby December 4, 2026
  4. The end of the series
    December 4, 2026
In one goNovember 30, 2026about 5 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 4, 2026about 5 weeks · +2 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

7.07.58.0
7.37.3 / 10
7.37.3 / 10
7.57.5 / 10
7.77.7 / 10
2006200720072008
7.07.58.0
2006200720072008
7.37.3 / 10
7.37.3 / 10
7.57.5 / 10
7.77.7 / 10
Score per volume4 volumes on a timeline, 2006 to 2008 · Best-rated volume: Unbelievable

Shape of the series: it gets better. Readers scored the opening (7.3) below the ending (7.7). After the first volume you do not yet know how good this series is.

Best volume: Unbelievable (7.7, 91 ratings). Weakest: Pretty Little Liars (7.3). 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 4
  1. Pretty Little Liars
    Pretty Little Liars2006 · 269 ratingsStart here
    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

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

Pretty Little Liars books ranked, best to worst

  1. 1.UnbelievableBook 4 · 20087.7
  2. 2.PerfectBook 3 · 20077.5
  3. 3.FlawlessBook 2 · 20077.3
  4. 3.Pretty Little LiarsBook 1 · 20067.3
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Frequently asked questions

Which Pretty Little Liars book is the best?

By reader score, Unbelievable (7.7/10). The lowest-rated is Pretty Little Liars (7.3/10).

Which Pretty Little Liars book is the longest?

“Flawless” is the longest at 352 pages; the shortest is “Pretty Little Liars” with 304 pages.