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ⓘ About Sara Shepard
Identical twins that have never met, a stoic foster kid and a mean-girl community that loves money more than morals will propel you to a roller coaster ride of the emotional challenges in this first book in the Lying game series. Foster kid Emma, two weeks before her eighteenth birthday finds out that she has a twin named Sutton. She gets away from Las Vegas to meet her in Tucson. Sutton unfortunately appears to have been killed in the processing of making a snuff film. Sutton narrates from her afterlife adding an interesting unique touch to the story. Sutton hardly remembers whoever killed her, and worse she cannot remember about her life. She painfully watches her living twin try to solve this mystery. Shepard did a fast and thorough job with this first book.
All Book Series by Sara Shepard
The Visibles / All The Things We Didn't Say
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2009
The Lies Between Us
Book 11 of 12 · published 2026 Co-authored · Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Sara Shepard?
Identical twins that have never met, a stoic foster kid and a mean-girl community that loves money more than morals will propel you to a roller coaster ride of the emotional challenges in this first book in the Lying game series. Foster kid Emma, two weeks before her eighteenth birthday finds out that she has a twin named Sutton. She gets away from Las Vegas to meet her in Tucson.
Which Sara Shepard series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Pretty Little Liars series, the earliest of Sara Shepard's multi-book series: it opens with Pretty Little Liars (2006) and runs to 19 books across 2006–2022, ending with The Liars (2022). Sara Shepard's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Sara Shepard written?
Sara Shepard has 59 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2006 and 2027. 40 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Pretty Little Liars series with 19 books — and 19 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Sara Shepard's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sara Shepard's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Pretty Little Liars (2006–2022, 19 books), The Lying Game (2010–2013, 8 books) and The Perfectionists (2014–2015, 2 books), plus 4 more.
How are Sara Shepard's books organised into series?
This guide splits Sara Shepard's 59 books into 7 named series and 19 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Pretty Little Liars (19 books, 2006–2022); The Lying Game (8 books, 2010–2013); Penny Draws (6 books, 2023–2025); The Amateurs (3 books, 2016–2018); The Perfectionists (2 books, 2014–2015), plus 2 further series.