Best Selling Books by Sara Shepard

Sara Shepard is the author of Penny Draws a First Crush (2026), Penny Draws a Class Trip (2024), Pretty Little Liars #6: Killer (2009), Meet Cute (2018), Penny Draws a Secret Adventure (2025).

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Penny Draws a First Crush

release date: May 05, 2026
Penny Draws a First Crush
The sixth book in the humorous, heartfelt, highly illustrated series about a girl who doodles to cope with her anxiety, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard. When fifth grader Penny Lowry and her friends learn they will be attending an after-school etiquette class, it brings up a whole new wave of worries for Penny: who knew there were so many ways to make a bed improperly? Or to pass the bread the wrong way at dinner? Yikes! Even worse, in a lesson on how to write thank-you cards, Penny receives an anonymous note from someone who clearly has a crush on her! Penny isn’t ready to have a crush on anyone AT ALL. But should she be? And what about everyone else in her grade? The purpose of etiquette class is to teach kids how to behave like grown-ups. But what if Penny isn''t ready to grow up yet? It''s all a lot to handle, but luckily Penny has her dog Cosmo, her friends, and her love of drawings to get her through!

Penny Draws a Class Trip

release date: Jul 16, 2024
Penny Draws a Class Trip
The fourth book in the humorous, heartfelt, highly illustrated series about a girl who doodles to cope with her anxiety, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard. When fifth grader Penny Lowry and her classmates get invited to go to New York City for a weekend hosted by Billy J. Plumberry, the famous author her school is named for, Penny finds a lot to worry about. After all, isn''t the city full of aggressive bike messengers ready to run kids over? And what if she gets stuck in an elevator for life? Not to mention all the pianos falling out of windows everywhere! On the other hand, what if it might actually be fun to explore an exciting new place with some of her best friends? When it soon becomes clear Billy J. Plumberry has a few surprises in store, can Penny find a way to face her fears—and her worries—in the biggest, bustling-est place she''s ever been?

Pretty Little Liars #6: Killer

release date: Jun 30, 2009
Pretty Little Liars #6: Killer
#1 New York Times bestselling series The sixth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars. Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily have been lying ever since they became friends with beautiful Alison DiLaurentis. And their bad-girl ways didn''t die with her. Hanna''s on a mission to corrupt Rosewood''s youth, starting with a very attractive sophomore. Aria''s snooping into her boyfriend''s past. Spencer''s stealing—from her family. And pure little Emily''s abstaining from abstinence. The girls should be careful, though. There''s a new A in town turning up the heat. And this time Rosewood is going to burn. Full of unexpected twists and shocking revelations, Killer is the sixth book in New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard’s compelling Pretty Little Liars series.

Meet Cute

release date: Jan 01, 2018
Meet Cute
A celebration of "meet-cute" moments, this short-story collection features when-they-first-met-stories from such beloved YA authors as Armentrout, Nicola Yoon, Sara Shepard, and Katie Cotugno.

Penny Draws a Secret Adventure

release date: May 06, 2025
Penny Draws a Secret Adventure
The third book in the humorous, heartfelt, highly illustrated series about a girl who doodles to cope with her anxiety, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard. Little by little, Penny Lowry is making it through the fifth grade—with a bit of help from her friends Maria, Kristian, and Rocco, as well as her lovable dog Cosmo. And there''s a lot of change to deal with this year! Penny''s newborn twin brother and sister have everyone in her family on their last nerve with their crying. Her friends Maria and Chloe are spending a lot of time together without inviting Penny along, making her worry they might be getting tired of her. And on top of everything, Penny and her friends discover a very old map in her attic that sends them on a wild scavenger hunt all over town in search of treasure! Can Penny get her worries about her friends and family under control, and lead her group of friends to find the hidden treasure?

Pretty Little Liars #15: Toxic

release date: Jun 03, 2014
Pretty Little Liars #15: Toxic
#1 New York Times bestselling series The fifteenth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars. High school seniors Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna barely survived their most recent encounter with A. And it''s not over yet . . . The police don''t believe that the real A is still out there, but the girls know what—and who—they saw. If they don''t track down this final tormentor soon, A will silence them forever. Full of unexpected twists and shocking revelations, Toxic is the penultimate book in New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard’s compelling Pretty Little Liars series.

The Elizas

release date: Apr 17, 2018
The Elizas
Harper’s Bazaar | 10 New Books to Add to Your Reading List in 2018 Cosmopolitan | Best April Ever Roundup Bustle | 35 Most Anticipated Fiction Books of 2018 PopSugar | 10 of the Most Anticipated Books in 2018 BuzzFeed | 5 Best Thrillers of Spring BookBub | 17 Great New Books Coming in 2018 She Reads | Most Anticipated Books of April 2018 Bookish | April 2018 Book Club Picks Real Simple | The Best Books of 2018 (So Far) Town & Country | The Best Books to Read This April From the New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series comes a thriller “blending Hitchcock, S.J. Watson, and Ruth Ware” (Entertainment Weekly) filled with half-truths, suppressed memories, and ingenious twists. When Eliza Fontaine is rescued from the bottom of a hotel pool just a few weeks before her first novel is going to be published, her family assumes that it’s another failed suicide attempt. But Eliza swears she was pushed. The problem is she remembers little of that night, a result of the large quantity of alcohol she consumed and a worsening struggle with memory loss due to a brain tumor. Feeling ignored and vulnerable, she decides she must find the truth of what actually happened. As she searches for answers, something very peculiar begins to happen: The people closest to her start to confuse the events in her novel with those in her real life. The dividing line between fact and fiction seems to be dissolving, and even Eliza is becoming uncertain about where her protagonist’s story ends and hers begins. She glimpses a shadowy presence hovering nearby, a mirror image of herself…but is it all in her head or is there really someone following her, studying her, wishing to do her harm? Perhaps the answers to all her questions already exist in the pages of her novel, if only she could put the pieces together in the right way. The Elizas is a heart-pounding, Hitchcockian double narrative composed of secrets, lies, false memories, and an unreliable narrator you’ll never forget.

Pretty Little Liars #16: Vicious

release date: Dec 02, 2014
Pretty Little Liars #16: Vicious
In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, reporters are lined up outside the historic courthouse, typing furiously at their iPhones with freshly manicured nails. Because the trial of the century is happening right here in Rosewood: the four pretty little liars have been accused of killing Alison DiLaurentis. Only Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily know that they’ve been framed. Ali is still out there, laughing as she watches the girls go down for her murder. But when your nickname includes the word “liar,” no one believes you’re telling the truth. . . . Aria tries to run away from it all but finds that life on the lam is even harder than life as a liar. Spencer gets in touch with someone who can help her disappear—but when a guy from her past reemerges, Spencer no longer knows what she wants. Hanna decides that she’ll hear wedding bells chime before she serves time. And in the face of prison, Emily does something truly drastic—something that will change her friends’ lives forever. As the trial goes on and the outcome looks grim, the girls are in their darkest hour yet. But maybe they can finally figure out how to beat Ali at her own game. Because once upon a time, she was just a pretty little liar too.

The Lying Game #3: Two Truths and a Lie

release date: Feb 07, 2012
The Lying Game #3: Two Truths and a Lie
From Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, comes another riveting addition to her twisted Lying Games series, about secrets, lies, and killer consequences. Foster child Emma Paxton is finally starting to get the hang of walking in her dead twin sister’s fabulous shoes, even as she tries to track down Sutton’s murderer. But Sutton was no angel, and the pranks she and her friends pulled leave Emma with a long list of suspects. The most mysterious of them is Thayer Vega, who’s currently missing—a fact which many of Sutton’s friends blame on her. Emma has no idea what Sutton did that could have driven Thayer away. Until Thayer himself shows up on her doorstep. Is he here to get revenge? Or is it possible he already has?

The Lying Game #5: Cross My Heart, Hope to Die

release date: Feb 04, 2014
The Lying Game #5: Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die is the fifth title in the suspenseful and twisted Lying Game series by Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series Pretty Little Liars. Ever since Sutton Mercer''s murderer tricked her long-lost twin, Emma, into coming to Tucson, Emma has been trying to solve the mystery of Sutton''s death. And now someone else is back in town—Becky, Sutton and Emma''s birth mother. As Emma gets closer to discovering what exactly happened the night Sutton was killed, she learns that Becky isn''t all that she seems. Turns out Sutton wasn''t the only Mercer girl with dark secrets. . . .

Pretty Little Liars: Pretty Little Secrets

release date: Jan 03, 2012
Pretty Little Liars: Pretty Little Secrets
#1 New York Times bestselling series A companion novel to the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars. Taking place between books four and five in the Pretty Little Liars series, Unbelievable and Wicked, Pretty Little Secrets is a very special Pretty Little Liars tale revealing the liars'' never-before-seen misadventures over their junior-year winter break. With brand-new stories and ever-juicy secrets, this is the perfect addition to any fan’s Pretty Little Liars collection.

Pretty Little Liars #7: Heartless

release date: Jan 19, 2010
Pretty Little Liars #7: Heartless
#1 New York Times bestselling series The seventh book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars. Rosewood’s four prettiest little liars are back, but this time they swear they’re telling the truth. Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily found a body in the woods, but when they take the cops back it’s vanished without a trace. And after those same woods go up in flames, the girls all see someone who looks exactly like Ali emerge—but that’s just not possible. With everyone convinced these four are simply out for attention, will anyone believe it when the real killer comes after them? Full of unexpected twists and shocking revelations, Heartless is the seventh book in New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard’s compelling Pretty Little Liars series.

Penny Draws a Team Sport

release date: Mar 04, 2025
Penny Draws a Team Sport
The fifth book in the humorous, heartfelt, highly illustrated series about a girl who doodles to cope with her anxiety, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard. When fifth grader Penny Lowry''s school announces an upcoming charity pickleball tournament, she doesn''t know what to think. On the one hand, all her friends are joining the team and she doesn''t want to feel left out. But on the other hand, Penny''s never been particularly athletic. What if it turns out she''s terrible at pickleball? What if she lets her teammates down? Things get even more stressful when a local news channel announces they''ll be covering the tournament, giving Penny something new to worry about: what if she embarrasses herself on live TV? It''s all a lot to handle, but luckily Penny has her right hand dog Cosmo, her best friends, and her love of drawing to get her through!

Pretty Little Liars: Ali's Pretty Little Lies

release date: Jan 02, 2013
Pretty Little Liars: Ali's Pretty Little Lies
#1 New York Times bestselling series Perfect for fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling series and the hit ABC Family TV show, this Pretty Little Liars prequel novel reveals Ali''s secrets from before she was murdered. Rewind a few years to seventh grade: Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the It girls of Rosewood Day. Boys want to date them. Girls want to be them. But even though they seem to have it all, these girls are hiding some major secrets—especially Ali. She knows better than anyone that if the truth gets out, it will ruin everything. Set in the weeks before Ali''s murder, Ali''s Pretty Little Lies is the first Pretty Little Liars novel told entirely from Ali''s point of view. After all, who better to tell her story than Ali herself, the prettiest little liar of all?

Influence

release date: Jan 05, 2021
Influence
If you loved We Were Liars, be the first to read this twisty new mystery that dives into the world of teen influencers from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars Sara Shepard and seventeen-year-old actress and social media personality Lilia Buckingham. After a video she makes goes viral, everyone knows Delilah Rollins. And now that she''s in LA, Delilah''s standing on the edge of something incredible. Everything is going to change. She has no idea how much. Jasmine Walters-Diaz grew up in the spotlight. A child star turned media darling, the posts of her in her classic Lulu C. rainbow skirt practically break the Internet. But if the world knew who Jasmine really was, her perfect life? Canceled. Fiona Jacobs is so funny--the kind of girl for whom a crowd parts--no wonder she''s always smiling! But on the inside? The girl''s a hot mess. And when someone comes out of the shadows with a secret from her past, it''s one that won''t just embarrass Fiona: it will ruin her. Who wouldn''t want to be Scarlet Leigh? Just look at her Instagram. Scarlet isn''t just styled to perfection: she is perfection. Scarlet has a gorgeous, famous boyfriend named Jack and there''s a whole fanbase about their ship. To everyone watching online, their lives seem perfect . . . but are they really? The sun is hot in California . . . and someone''s going to get burned.

True Lies

release date: Jun 04, 2013
True Lies
Set just months before Sutton Mercer''s untimely death, this stand-alone 100-page digital original novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard is an exciting, must-read companion to the Lying Game series. It''s the summer after junior year and Sutton Mercer''s world is turned upside down when her secret boyfriend, Thayer Vega, disappears without a trace. When he finally calls, he says he needs "space." Furious, Sutton does what any jilted girl would do—she gets over her last boyfriend by finding a new one. And luckily Garrett Austin is happy to step up and be her new leading man. The only catch: Garrett used to date Sutton''s best friend Charlotte. Now an annoyed Charlotte is insisting that Sutton''s younger sister, Laurel, be admitted to the Lying Game clique. If Sutton wants to keep Laurel out, she''ll need to outdo her in a series of prank challenges. Defeating Laurel should be a no-brainer, but little sis has some tricks up her sleeve. . . . Will Sutton prove she''s the only Mercer fit for the club? Or is the Lying Game queen about to get overthrown by her not-so-loyal subjects?

Last Seen: The Amateurs 3

release date: Oct 04, 2018
Last Seen: The Amateurs 3
''A classic whodunit with a contemporary edge'' Cecily Von Ziegesar, praise for The Amateurs The stakes are higher than ever in this third instalment of THE AMATEURS, as Aerin finds herself kidnapped by the killer she knows all too well, and her friends must work to solve a puzzle laid out by the villain in order to save her. At first, the mystery they''re tasked with seems to have nothing to do with Aerin or her kidnapper. But as Seneca, Maddox and Madison hit the Jersey Shore to gather clues, they begin to uncover the true background of the killer and the horrors that shaped him into who he is. The scavenger hunt leads them to the family of a recently kidnapped boy and dark secrets they could never have seen coming. As Aerin struggles to play nice with the person who killed her sister in order to buy herself time, her friends work feverishly against the ticking clock that could mean her life, and every clue they uncover leads Seneca to suspect she''s more connected to the killer''s history than she ever realised ... With nail-biting suspense, twisted secrets and non-stop action, this final installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard''s THE AMATEURS series will shock and delight even the savviest of readers with its big reveal.

13 Little Love Stories

release date: Jul 09, 2026
13 Little Love Stories
From bestselling YA authors comes thirteen dazzling contemporary romances inspired by the songs of Taylor Swift! If you could live inside one Taylor Swift song for a day, which would you pick? In this shimmering anthology, thirteen best-selling and acclaimed authors do just that, reimagining some of Taylor''s most iconic songs as love stories. Whether you''re in an era of fairy lights and folktales or diss tracks and dance floors, here''s a playlist that features all the hits: The soaring high note of first love. The minor key of heartbreak. And the steady rhythm of true friendship and self-discovery. As clever and unforgettable as the songs that inspired them, these stories are sure to play on repeat in your head and your heart.

The Lying Game #4: Hide and Seek

release date: Jul 30, 2013
The Lying Game #4: Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek, from Sara Shepard’s YA Lying Game series, delivers dark family secrets, devious pranks, and nail-biting suspense. Like Sara Shepard’s Pretty Little Liars series, The Lying Game is now also an ABC Family original TV show. Separated at birth, twin sisters Emma Paxton and Sutton Mercer never had a chance to meet. And now they never will. Someone murdered Sutton and forced Emma into taking her place. Sutton can only watch from beyond the grave as Emma tries to figure out who killed her—and why. But as Emma digs deeper, the girls discover that the truth may be far more terrible than they’d ever imagined—and the killer may be a lot closer to home….
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