We Were Liars: Volume 1

· We Were Liars Book 1 · Delacorte Press
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NOW AVAILABLE AS THE ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES WE WERE LIARS—AND LOOK FOR E. LOCKHART’S NEW NOVEL IN THE WE WERE LIARS UNIVERSE, WE FELL APART, COMING NOVEMBER 4, 2025

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY • The modern, sophisticated suspense novel that became a runaway smash hit on TikTok and introduced the world to a family hiding a jaw-dropping secret.

"Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable." —John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars

A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

Don’t miss any of the We Were Liars novels
WE WERE LIARS • FAMILY OF LIARS • WE FELL APART (Coming in November!)

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4.3
904 reviews
Kenz McLaughlin
21 July 2025
im confused how did she get shot?! and just be okay by her mom saying SIT Up BREATH her heart rolled on the ground erm like gir are you a vampire or just a ghost or phantom or a witch what the Frick but other than that over all 5 im gonna watch the TV show and see it but how is she alive and okay?! BTW she looks like Sabrina Carpenter. anyways i loved it It was amazing the liars group though I need to join 🤣 definitely recommend alos dose anyone know if there's a book 2 I wanna spend my money 💰 🤑 💸 also for thoes of you if you wnat to keep the precious 6.99 keep it dont waste it 💗 💖 💓 💕 ☺️ ♥️
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Tea Kid 0-0
7 October 2023
Ok, so this book is confusing. In my opinion, I'm either very stuck up or rational, but like how do you get shot and just be ok like GURL 🤨 not how that works. Overall, it's too slow and boring. Nothing interesting comes until like the 6 or 5 chapter💀
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natanael bortea
26 August 2023
I don't know why people hate this book!!! A good book for me is a book that made me feel things or it has good characters or a big plottwist. And this book had all of them I love it
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About the author

E. Lockhart is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the LIARS novels: We Were Liars, Family of Liars, and We Fell Apart. We Were Liars is also an original series on Prime Video. Her other books include Again Again, Genuine Fraud, and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. She has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Book Award and an honoree for the Printz Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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