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Shatter Me

by Tahereh Mafi

The Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi has 13 known books (13 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Shatter Me (2011). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Release Me. The next announced book, Escape Me, is due 29 September 2026.

Books
13 known books (8 novels + 5 novellas)
Published
13
First published
2011
Status
ongoing
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Start here: Shatter Me (2011) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Shatter Me

Shatter Me (2011)

Reading order

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

  1. Shatter Me

    Novel

    Shatter Me (2011) opens the series in a cell: seventeen-year-old Juliette Ferrars has been locked away because her touch is lethal, in fractured, strikethrough-laced prose that became the series' signature. When the totalitarian Reestablishment decides her curse could be a weapon, she's pulled into a world of soldiers, secret resistances, and two magnetic young men. It runs 357 pages.

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  2. Destroy Me

    Novella

    Destroy Me (2012) is the first Shatter Me novella, one that reframes a central character before Unravel Me -- the kind of perspective shift that becomes the series' signature trick across its later books. It runs 111 pages, slotting in at position 1.5.

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  3. Unravel Me

    Novel

    Unravel Me (2013) continues Juliette's journey from broken prisoner toward the force of nature she becomes across the series, as the claustrophobic dystopian romance of book one grows bigger and stranger. It runs 443 pages, following Destroy Me.

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  4. Fracture Me

    Novella

    Fracture Me (2013) is the second Shatter Me novella, one of four such books that deepen the series' recurring trick of characters looking radically different once seen from another point of view. It runs 68 pages, between Unravel Me and Ignite Me.

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  5. Ignite Me

    Novel

    Ignite Me (2014) is the third Shatter Me novel, continuing the superpowered rebels and global conspiracies the series builds around Juliette as she moves further from the broken prisoner introduced in book one. It runs 416 pages, following Fracture Me.

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  6. Restore Me

    Novel

    Restore Me (2018) is the fourth Shatter Me novel, arriving four years after Ignite Me and continuing Tahereh Mafi's feverish, metaphor-drunk first-person narration. It runs 435 pages.

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  7. Shadow Me

    Novella

    Shadow Me (2019) is one of the four Shatter Me novellas told from other points of view, deepening the series' pattern of characters reversing how readers judge them. It runs 112 pages, between Restore Me and Defy Me.

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  8. Defy Me

    Novel

    Defy Me (2019) is the fifth Shatter Me novel, published the same year as the novella Shadow Me and continuing the series' escalation from claustrophobic dystopian romance into full-scale conspiracy. It runs 376 pages.

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  9. Reveal Me

    Novella

    Reveal Me (2019) is another of the series' point-of-view novellas, sitting between Defy Me and the six-novel arc's finale, Imagine Me. It runs 86 pages.

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  10. Imagine Me

    Novel

    Imagine Me (2020) concludes the original six-novel Shatter Me arc, the culmination of Juliette's journey from the cell she opened the series in to the force of nature she becomes. It runs 464 pages, following Reveal Me.

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  11. Believe Me

    Novella

    Believe Me (2021) is the fifth and final Shatter Me novella, telling the six-book arc's epilogue from Warner's point of view -- the series' most divisive character turned its most beloved. It runs 177 pages, closing out the original series after Imagine Me.

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  12. Watch Me

    Novel

    Watch Me (2025) opens Shatter Me: The New Republic, a spin-off trilogy set ten years after Imagine Me with new narrators, James Anderson and Rosabelle Wolff, introducing a new generation to Juliette's world. It runs 368 pages.

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  13. Release Me

    Novel

    Release Me (2026) is the second book of Shatter Me: The New Republic, continuing the spin-off trilogy's new narrators a decade after the original series' events. It runs 384 pages, following Watch Me, ahead of the trilogy's finale, Escape Me.

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The order the story's events happen in, novellas slotted where they belong.

  1. Shatter Me

    Novel

    Shatter Me (2011) opens the series in a cell: seventeen-year-old Juliette Ferrars has been locked away because her touch is lethal, in fractured, strikethrough-laced prose that became the series' signature. When the totalitarian Reestablishment decides her curse could be a weapon, she's pulled into a world of soldiers, secret resistances, and two magnetic young men. It runs 357 pages.

    View book

  2. Destroy Me

    Novella

    Destroy Me (2012) is the first Shatter Me novella, one that reframes a central character before Unravel Me -- the kind of perspective shift that becomes the series' signature trick across its later books. It runs 111 pages, slotting in at position 1.5.

    View book

  3. Unravel Me

    Novel

    Unravel Me (2013) continues Juliette's journey from broken prisoner toward the force of nature she becomes across the series, as the claustrophobic dystopian romance of book one grows bigger and stranger. It runs 443 pages, following Destroy Me.

    View book

  4. Fracture Me

    Novella

    Fracture Me (2013) is the second Shatter Me novella, one of four such books that deepen the series' recurring trick of characters looking radically different once seen from another point of view. It runs 68 pages, between Unravel Me and Ignite Me.

    View book

  5. Ignite Me

    Novel

    Ignite Me (2014) is the third Shatter Me novel, continuing the superpowered rebels and global conspiracies the series builds around Juliette as she moves further from the broken prisoner introduced in book one. It runs 416 pages, following Fracture Me.

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  6. Restore Me

    Novel

    Restore Me (2018) is the fourth Shatter Me novel, arriving four years after Ignite Me and continuing Tahereh Mafi's feverish, metaphor-drunk first-person narration. It runs 435 pages.

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  7. Shadow Me

    Novella

    Shadow Me (2019) is one of the four Shatter Me novellas told from other points of view, deepening the series' pattern of characters reversing how readers judge them. It runs 112 pages, between Restore Me and Defy Me.

    View book

  8. Defy Me

    Novel

    Defy Me (2019) is the fifth Shatter Me novel, published the same year as the novella Shadow Me and continuing the series' escalation from claustrophobic dystopian romance into full-scale conspiracy. It runs 376 pages.

    View book

  9. Reveal Me

    Novella

    Reveal Me (2019) is another of the series' point-of-view novellas, sitting between Defy Me and the six-novel arc's finale, Imagine Me. It runs 86 pages.

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  10. Imagine Me

    Novel

    Imagine Me (2020) concludes the original six-novel Shatter Me arc, the culmination of Juliette's journey from the cell she opened the series in to the force of nature she becomes. It runs 464 pages, following Reveal Me.

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  11. Believe Me

    Novella

    Believe Me (2021) is the fifth and final Shatter Me novella, telling the six-book arc's epilogue from Warner's point of view -- the series' most divisive character turned its most beloved. It runs 177 pages, closing out the original series after Imagine Me.

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About the Shatter Me series

Shatter Me opens in a cell: seventeen-year-old Juliette Ferrars has been locked away because her touch is lethal, her every thought spilling onto the page in the fractured, strikethrough-laced prose that became the series' signature. When the totalitarian Reestablishment decides her curse could be a weapon, Juliette is pulled into a world of soldiers, secret resistances, and two magnetic young men — one who seems to offer rescue, and one who seems to embody everything she should fear.

What begins as a claustrophobic dystopian romance grows steadily bigger and stranger: superpowered rebels, global conspiracies, and a heroine whose journey from broken prisoner to force of nature drives all six novels. Tahereh Mafi's great trick is perspective — characters you think you've judged correctly in book one look radically different by book five, and the series' most divisive figure becomes its most beloved. Four novellas told from other points of view deepen exactly those reversals.

The style is the make-or-break: feverish, metaphor-drunk first-person narration that readers either devour or bounce off within pages. For fans of character-first YA — where the war matters mostly because of what it does to the people fighting it — Shatter Me remains a defining series, and its recent spin-off has introduced a new generation to Juliette's world.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Shatter Me series?

Eleven entries in the original series: six novels (Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Defy Me, Imagine Me) and five novellas (Destroy Me, Fracture Me, Shadow Me, Reveal Me, Believe Me). A spin-off trilogy set in the same world began with Watch Me in 2025.

What order should I read Shatter Me in?

Publication order: Shatter Me, Destroy Me, Unravel Me, Fracture Me, Ignite Me, Restore Me, Shadow Me, Defy Me, Reveal Me, Imagine Me, Believe Me. The novellas fit between (and, for Believe Me, right after) the novels at their half-numbers (1.5, 2.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5).

Do I need to read the Shatter Me novellas?

The story makes sense without them, but they add point-of-view chapters from key characters and set up major turns — Destroy Me and Shadow Me are the two most often called essential, and Believe Me (2021) gives the six-book arc a romantic epilogue from Warner's point of view. Destroy Me and Fracture Me are collected in print as Unite Me, and Shadow Me and Reveal Me as Find Me.

Is the Shatter Me series finished?

The original six-book series concluded with Imagine Me (2020), followed by the closing novella Believe Me (2021). Tahereh Mafi has since launched a sequel trilogy set about a decade later, starting with Watch Me (April 2025), with further installments following — read those only after finishing the original series.

Is Shatter Me appropriate for teens?

Yes — it is published as young adult. Romance grows steamier in the later books and the spin-off skews older, but the original series sits comfortably in upper-YA territory.

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