#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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.
The #1 New York Times bestseller’s 2025 deluxe edition includes new material — including two quizzes and a Q&A about the making of the We Were Liars TV show.
Don’t miss the prequel, Family of Liars, and the companion novel We Fell Apart.
E. Lockhart is one of our most important novelists, and she has given us her best book yet. Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable. — John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars
“Surprising, thrilling, and beautifully executed in spare, precise, and lyrical prose. . . Lockhart’s latest is unlike anything she’s done before….We Were Liars is poised to be big.”
“So, @elockhart’s new book We Were Liars showed up the other day, and I ended up not going to bed because was reading and oh my god.”
“So freaking good.”