The Lying Game (book series)

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The Lying Game
  • The Lying Game (2010)
  • Never Have I Ever (2011)
  • Two Truths and a Lie (2012)
  • Hide and Seek (2012)
  • Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (2013)
  • Seven Minutes in Heaven (2013)

Author Sara Shepard
CountryUnited States
Genre Young adult
Mystery
Publisher HarperCollins
PublishedDecember 7, 2010 – July 30, 2013
No. of books6

The Lying Game is a series of books by Sara Shepard published by HarperTeen. [1] The first book in the series, The Lying Game, was released in hardcover on December 7, 2010. [2] A television series adaptation was loosely based on the books debuted on ABC Family in 2011.

Contents

Publication history

Original series

  1. The Lying Game (published December 7, 2010)
  2. Never Have I Ever (published August 2, 2011)
  3. Two Truths and a Lie (published February 7, 2012)
  4. Hide and Seek (published July 31, 2012)
  5. Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (published February 5, 2013)
  6. Seven Minutes in Heaven (published July 30, 2013)

Prequel series

  1. The First Lie (published December 18, 2012)
  2. True Lies (published June 4, 2013)

Characters

While the book and the television series share most of the same characters, there are differences in regards to the characters between the two (with the biggest difference being that Sutton is deceased in the books, but alive in the television series): [3]

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References

  1. "The Lying Game series". Alloy Entertainment. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  2. The Lying Game Hardcover. ISBN   0061869708.
  3. Ross, Robyn (August 14, 2011). "The Lying Game: Who's Who and How Is It Different From the Books". TV Guide . Retrieved May 19, 2016.