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We Were Liars reading order

E. Lockhart

  1. We Were Liars2014
  2. Family of Liars2022
  3. We Fell Apart2025
7.27.2 / 10
928 ratings
Score
3 volumes
Volumes
2014–2025
Published
about 17 h
Reading time
Ongoing
Status
Young adult#75
Genre

Quick answer

We Were Liars
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Publication order

3 volumes2014–2025Ongoing

  • We Were Liars depends on its twist, so read it before anything else and avoid spoilers.
  • Readers are split on it — it rates 7.11 here.
  • Family of Liars (2022) is a prequel about the previous generation of the Sinclair family; We Fell Apart (2025) is a later companion.

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 920 pages, about 17 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.

  • The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2025. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 20, 2026.

  1. Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026
  2. The end of the series
    November 20, 2026

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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. We Were Liars
    We Were Liars2014 · 846 ratingsStart here
    7.17.1 / 10
  2. Family of Liars
    Family of Liars2022 · 82 ratings · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. We Fell Apart
    We Fell Apart2025 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet

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

Frequently asked questions

Which We Were Liars book is the longest?

“Family of Liars” is the longest at 320 pages; the shortest is “We Were Liars” with 280 pages.