Liane Moriarty Books in Order

Liane Moriarty is the Australian former advertising copywriter who turned domestic life into thriller fuel: her novels start with a school gate, a family barbecue, a birthday party - and detonate them, usually via a letter or a secret that arrives in chapter one and is not opened until the end. She is also the novelist most transformed by television: Big Little Lies became the Emmy-winning HBO series with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, Nine Perfect Strangers and Apples Never Fall followed with Nicole Kidman and Annette Bening, and each adaptation sends a decade-old paperback back up the charts. In March 2026 came the news fans had waited a decade for: Big Little Truths, the genuine sequel to Big Little Lies, published September 2026. This page sequences all eleven novels (2004–present).

Where to start

Big Little Lies (2014) - the masterpiece of the structure she is famous for, and now the first half of a two-book story. What Alice Forgot (2009) is the other common door: warmer, funnier, still her most beloved pure read.

Does the reading order matter?

Publication order throughout - every novel is a standalone with a new cast. One reading instruction: Big Little Lies (2014) before Big Little Truths (September 2026), the sequel, which picks up the Monterey women years on. The Husband's Secret (2013) is the book that broke her internationally - the letter-to-be-opened-on-death premise; Truly Madly Guilty (2016) is the barbecue one; Here One Moment (2024) is the plane-prophecy high concept. Her sister Jaclyn Moriarty is also a novelist - separate shelf entirely.

Which one is the best?

Big Little Lies (2014), the modern classic and HBO anchor; What Alice Forgot (2009), the warm high-concept favorite; and The Husband's Secret (2013), the international breakout.

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Make it a project

Pick a session size and let the days accumulate — at the pace our reading speed test measures, most shelves above clear in a few weeks of half-hours. Every guide on the books in order shelf follows this same format, and when a book lands, its 8-question quiz is waiting on the original book quiz.