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Me Before You

by Jojo Moyes

The Me Before You series by Jojo Moyes has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Me Before You (2012). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Still Me.

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2012
Status
completed
Shelved under
Literary Fiction
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Start here: Me Before You (2012) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Me Before You

Me Before You (2012)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Me Before You

    Novel

    Me Before You opened the trilogy on January 5, 2012, at 492 pages, following Louisa Clark's job as caregiver to quadriplegic former banker Will Traynor and her effort to change his decision to end his life at a Swiss clinic.

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  2. After You

    Novel

    After You followed on September 29, 2015, the shortest of the three at 400 pages, picking up Lou's life in the aftermath as she rebuilds an identity still shaped by grief and a promise she made to Will.

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  3. Still Me

    Novel

    Still Me closed the trilogy on January 30, 2018, at 483 pages, sending Lou to a new life and job in New York City to test how much of who she's become is genuinely her own.

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About the Me Before You series

Louisa "Lou" Clark is an unambitious young woman from a small English town who takes a job as a caregiver to Will Traynor, a once-adventurous former banker left quadriplegic after a motorcycle accident. Will has quietly decided to end his life at a Swiss assisted-dying clinic in six months' time, and Lou -- initially hired simply to keep him company -- sets out to change his mind by showing him reasons to keep living. Me Before You (2012) became a publishing phenomenon and a 2016 film starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin, as celebrated for its romance as it was debated for its ending and its handling of disability and assisted dying.

After You (2015) picks up Lou's life in the aftermath, following her as she tries to rebuild an identity for herself while still shaped by grief for Will and by a promise he asked her to keep. Still Me (2018) sends her further still, to a new life and job in New York City, testing how much of who she's become she owes to Will and how much is genuinely her own. Across all three books, Jojo Moyes builds Lou from a supporting character defined by someone else's choice into the trilogy's true protagonist, tracing grief, independence and self-invention with the same warm, propulsive voice that made the first book a global bestseller.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Me Before You trilogy?

Three: Me Before You (2012), After You (2015), and Still Me (2018), all following Louisa Clark.

Do I need to read Me Before You before the sequels?

Yes -- After You and Still Me both continue directly from Me Before You's ending and will spoil it if read out of order.

Is there a film of Me Before You?

Yes, a 2016 film adaptation starring Emilia Clarke as Lou and Sam Claflin as Will, with a screenplay by Jojo Moyes herself.

Is Lou in Lockdown part of the trilogy?

It's a short story Moyes wrote in 2020 checking in on Lou during the COVID-19 pandemic, released free via her publisher rather than as a numbered trilogy entry; it isn't required reading to follow the three novels.

Is the trilogy finished?

Yes, Moyes has described Still Me as Lou's final full-length outing and has not announced further novels in the series.

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