Pretty Little Liars
by Sara Shepard
★ Top 10 book of 2006 · #9 on Best Books of 2006
Four high school juniors, Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna, each hide personal secrets. A bigger one has bound them since their friend Alison vanished, and a mysterious narrator claims to know every dirty detail.
Best for: Teen readers who enjoy gossipy secrets, friendship drama and a mysterious watcher
Pretty Little Liars is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2006, out of 46 2006 books that cleared our data bar.
What Pretty Little Liars is about
In the Pennsylvania suburb of Rosewood, four girls once belonged to the same clique, ruled by their queen bee, Alison DiLaurentis. Then Alison vanished, and the friends drifted apart. Three years later, Spencer, Hanna, Aria and Emily each begin receiving messages from someone calling themselves "A", who knows secrets they believed only Alison could have known.
Those secrets are small and big, from Spencer's envy of her sister's boyfriend to Aria's crush on her English teacher, Emily's feelings for the new girl and the lengths Hanna goes to in order to stay beautiful. Sara Shepard's first book in the series sets the girls against a stalker who seems always one step ahead, with dread building alongside the glossy, soapy suburban setting. It is a good fit for teenage readers who like their mysteries full of secrets and shifting loyalties.
Pretty Little Liars on the Best Books of 2006
Pretty Little Liars came out in 2006. Of the 46 books first published in 2006 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #9 on our Best Books of 2006 list.
Why it made the list: 524 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (33 ratings); 23 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2006 list
- New Moon Stephenie Meyer, #7
- The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1) Nancy Springer, #8
- Naruto 33 Masashi Kishimoto, #10
- The Road Cormac McCarthy, #11
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More years: Best Books of 2005 Best Books of 2007.
The numbers behind it
- Readers: 457 want to read it, 23 are reading it now and 44 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 33 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 76 | 55% |
| Reader love | 78 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 70 | 20% |
Questions about Pretty Little Liars
When was Pretty Little Liars published?
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard was first published in 2006.
Was Pretty Little Liars one of the best books of 2006?
Pretty Little Liars is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2006, out of 46 2006 books that cleared our data bar. 524 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (33 ratings); 23 are reading it right now.
Why is Pretty Little Liars on the Best Books of 2006 list?
524 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (33 ratings); 23 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2006
- The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan, #1
- The Book Thief Markus Zusak, #2
- Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, #3
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne, #4
- The Secret Rhonda Byrne, #5
- Mindset Carol S. Dweck, #6
See the full Best Books of 2006, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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