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ⓘ About Meg Cabot
Author Meg Cabot is a famous novelist from Bloomington, Indiana, United States. She has written several successful series in her career, in the Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, and Romance genres. Many of the novels of her series have featured in the New York Times Bestselling lists, which has increased her popularity as an established author. Meg was born on February 1, 1967, in Bloomington as Meggin Patricia Cabot and was raised in the same city. As she was born in the astrological year of the Chinese Fire Horse, she was considered unlucky by some. However, no one was aware of her stigma until she became a teenager. The bad luck of the fire horse seemed to show its colors when Meg flunked twice in freshman Algebra.
All Book Series by Meg Cabot
Glitter Girls and the Great Fake-Out / Glitter Girls
Book 5 of 6 · published 2010
The Boy Next Door / The Guy Next Door
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2002
From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2015
The Bride Wore Size 12 / Size 12 is the New Black
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2013
Shadowland / Love You To Death
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2000 Pen name · Jenny Carroll
Darkest Hour / Young Blood
Book 4 of 10 · published 2001 Pen name · Jenny Carroll
Princess in the Spotlight / Take Two / A Royal Disaster
Book 2 of 17 · published 2001
Princess on the Brink / After Eight / Royal Scandal
Book 11 of 17 · published 2006
Forever Princess / Ten Out of Ten / Crowning Glory
Book 14 of 17 · published 2008
The Quarantine Princess Diaries
Latest in the series · book 17 of 17 · published 2023
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2008
An Improper Proposal
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 1999 Pen name · Patricia Cabot
Dear Justice League
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2019 Anthology · Michael Northrop
Diana: Princess of the Amazons
Book 3 of 4 · published 2020 Anthology · Shannon Hale,Dean Hale
Dear DC Super-Villains
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2021 Anthology · Michael Northrop
Prom Nights From Hell
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2007 Co-authored · Kim Harrison,Stephenie Meyer,Lauren Myracle,Michele Jaffe
Early to Death, Early to Rise
Book 3 of 4 · published 2009 Anthology · Kim Harrison
Something Deadly This Way Comes
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2011 Anthology · Kim Harrison
Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume
Book 5 of 14 · published 2007
Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading
Book 7 of 14 · published 2009
Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2018
From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2020
From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2023
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Meg Cabot?
Author Meg Cabot is a famous novelist from Bloomington, Indiana, United States. She has written several successful series in her career, in the Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, and Romance genres. Many of the novels of her series have featured in the New York Times Bestselling lists, which has increased her popularity as an established author.
Which Meg Cabot series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Princess Diaries series, the earliest of Meg Cabot's multi-book series: it opens with The Princess Diaries (2000) and runs to 17 books across 2000–2023, ending with The Quarantine Princess Diaries (2023). Meg Cabot's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Meg Cabot written?
Meg Cabot has 126 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1998 and 2026. 95 of them belong to 20 named series — the largest being the Princess Diaries series with 17 books — and 31 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Meg Cabot's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Meg Cabot's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Rawlings (1998–1999, 2 books), Princess Diaries (2000–2023, 17 books) and Mediator (2000–2016, 10 books), plus 17 more.
How are Meg Cabot's books organised into series?
This guide splits Meg Cabot's 126 books into 20 named series and 31 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Princess Diaries (17 books, 2000–2023); Mediator (10 books, 2000–2016); Princess Diaries Companion (9 books, 2003–2006); Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls (6 books, 2008–2010); 1-800-Where-R-You (5 books, 2001–2006), plus 15 further series.