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Seven Deadly Sins

by Robin Wasserman

The Seven Deadly Sins series by Robin Wasserman has 7 known books (7 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Lust (2005).

Books
7 known books (7 novels)
Published
7
First published
2005
Status
completed
Shelved under
Young Adult
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Start here: Lust (2005) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Lust

Lust (2005)

Reading order

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

  1. Lust

    Novel

    Lust opens Seven Deadly Sins in 2005, setting the series' premise in the wealthy town of Grace, California, where a group of teenagers built their identities on money and status until a night none of them will admit to caused a fatal car accident. Each of the seven books, all 256 pages, is named for the deadly sin it foregrounds in a different character.

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  2. Envy

    Novel

    Envy followed the same year, 2005, digging further into the fallout among Harper Grace, Kane Geary, and the rest of the Grace, California group as the truth about the accident that nearly killed Kaia Sellers stays buried. It's the second of Robin Wasserman's seven titles, each named for the sin it centers.

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  3. Pride

    Novel

    Pride opened a run of three books Robin Wasserman released in 2006, continuing the soapy, shifting-viewpoint fallout among the Grace, California teens as Harper Grace watches her social empire collapse. Like the rest of the series, it treats its title conceit literally, foregrounding a different character's defining vice.

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  4. Wrath

    Novel

    Wrath followed Pride in 2006 as the fourth entry, keeping the group's unraveling secrets and Kane Geary's manipulations at the center of the story as the mystery of the accident inches toward the truth. Like its companions, it runs 256 pages.

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  5. Sloth

    Novel

    Sloth closed out 2006's releases as the fifth book and the third Seven Deadly Sins title published that year, continuing the tightly serialized story of Beth Manning and the Grace, California group's secrets. The series' mystery unspools gradually, so later revelations depend on everything established here.

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  6. Gluttony

    Novel

    Gluttony arrived in 2007, a year after Sloth, as the sixth entry in Robin Wasserman's soapy teen-melodrama series -- part of the same commercially successful, morally messy YA tradition as Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars. It keeps the mystery of what happened to Kaia Sellers moving toward its resolution.

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  7. Greed

    Novel

    Greed closes the series in 2007, the same year as Gluttony, finally resolving the truth about the accident that shattered the Grace, California friend group. It rounds out all seven titles at the series' uniform 256-page length, and the story was later adapted into the 2010 Lifetime miniseries The Deadly Seven.

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About the Seven Deadly Sins series

In the wealthy, gossip-fueled town of Grace, California, a group of teenagers built their identities on money, status, and each other -- until a night none of them will admit to caused a fatal car accident and shattered the group for good. Robin Wasserman's seven-book series, each volume named for one of the seven deadly sins, digs into the fallout: Harper Grace, once the group's queen bee, watching her social empire collapse; Kane Geary, the charming manipulator everyone still can't quite quit; Beth Manning, the new girl pulled into a friend group built on secrets she doesn't yet understand. Told across shifting points of view, the series is soapy, sharp-edged teen melodrama that treats its title conceit literally -- each entry foregrounds a different character's defining vice as the group spirals toward the truth about what actually happened the night Kaia Sellers nearly died.

Published by Simon Pulse between 2005 and 2007, the series belongs to the same commercially successful, morally messy YA soap tradition as Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars, trading werewolves and vampires for old-fashioned wealth, betrayal, and guilt. It was later adapted into the Lifetime television miniseries The Deadly Seven in 2010.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Seven Deadly Sins series?

Seven, one named for each of the seven deadly sins: Lust (2005), Envy (2005), Pride (2006), Wrath (2006), Sloth (2006), Gluttony (2007), and Greed (2007).

What order should I read Seven Deadly Sins in?

Publication order, matching the sequence above. It's one continuous, serialized story rather than standalone mysteries.

Is Seven Deadly Sins connected to Robin Wasserman's other YA series like Cold Awakening?

No -- it's an entirely separate series with its own cast and setting, a contemporary teen-soap thriller rather than the science-fiction premise of Cold Awakening.

Was Seven Deadly Sins adapted for television?

Yes -- it was adapted into the Lifetime miniseries The Deadly Seven, which aired in 2010.

Is Seven Deadly Sins complete?

Yes, the story concludes across the seven published volumes with no further entries announced.

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