Author

E. Lockhart

Q: What should I read first by E. Lockhart?

Start with the Ruby Oliver Quartet series, since it is the first on file, then read it in publication order.

E. Lockhart has 15 known credited books (15 published) across 2 series. Start with Ruby Oliver Quartet.

E. Lockhart is the pen name of Emily Jenkins (born 1967), an American author best known for young adult fiction, including the bestselling We Were Liars series. Lockhart's breakout early work, the Ruby Oliver Quartet (2005-2010) and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (2008), established her voice for wry, socially sharp contemporary YA before We Were Liars (2014) shifted her into psychological suspense and became a word-of-mouth bestseller. She followed it with a prequel, Family of Liars (2022), and a same-world companion novel, We Fell Apart (2025), released alongside an Amazon Prime Video television adaptation of We Were Liars that she produced. Her pen name comes from her maternal grandmother's family name. Under her given name, Emily Jenkins, she has separately written picture books and adult fiction; as E. Lockhart she has stayed focused on YA and young-readers work, including the 2021 DC graphic novel Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero and a 2008 co-written road-trip novel, How to Be Bad, with fellow YA authors Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle. Lockhart's honors include a National Book Award finalist nod and a Printz Honor for Frankie Landau-Banks. She continues to publish new work, with the standalone novel The Pools scheduled for October 2026.

Series: 2
Credited books: 15
Published: 15
Latest published book: The Pools 6 October 2026
Active: 2005–present
Best known for: Ruby Oliver Quartet

Key facts about E. Lockhart

E. Lockhart has 15 books on our list. 7 of them belong to a series, while 8 stand alone. Since all 15 are out now, every book here is ready to read. Their series sit on our young adult shelf.

E. Lockhart has 2 series on file. Ruby Oliver Quartet has 4 books, while We Were Liars has 3 books. In particular, Ruby Oliver Quartet is the longest series on file. Ruby Oliver Quartet starts with The Boyfriend List, while We Were Liars starts with We Were Liars.

Since Ruby Oliver Quartet is the first series on file, it is the place to start. Their first published book on file came out in 2005. Meanwhile, The Pools is the latest published book, out on 6 October 2026.

There are also 8 standalone books. You can read them in any order, since each one stands alone. The newest one that is out is The Pools, from 2026. The oldest on file is Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything, from 2006.