Liane Moriarty Books in Order

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Alice Love is 29, madly in love with her husband, and pregnant with her first child—at least, that’s the last thing she remembers. When she wakes up on the gym floor and is whisked off to the hospital, she discovers that it’s actually 2008, not 1998. She now has three kids, and she’s getting divorced.

As Alice tries to reconstruct what she’s forgotten about the past decade, she also hopes to reconstruct the life she remembers. Ultimately, she’ll have to decide whether she really wants her old life back.

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Ellen is a professional hypnotherapist with a tumultuous relationship history. She lives a nice life in the beachfront home she inherited from her grandparents, but she’s still hoping to find love. When she meets Patrick, she thinks she’s finally on the right track.

Patrick checks all the boxes—he is attractive, single, and employed. When he says they need to “have a talk,” Ellen expects a breakup. But instead, he needs her to know that his ex-girlfriend is stalking him. Rather than being frightened off, Ellen finds this intriguing. She’s excited to be dating someone worth stalking.

Ellen is even eager to meet Patrick’s ex to learn her motives… what she doesn’t know is that she already has.

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Cecilia has a beautiful life – a happy marriage and children, a successful business, and a wonderful home in a great community. She likes her life like she likes her home – organized and spotless. But all that is about to change…

Her husband wrote her a letter that he intended to be opened only after his death. It contains his deepest, darkest secrets. Secrets that have the potential to destroy the life that Cecilia built with him, as well as the lives of others. Cecilia, however, has discovered this letter, and her husband is still very much alive.

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This novel tells the intertwined tale of three moms whose children attend the same primary school in suburban Sydney.

Forty-year-old Madeline is funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is beautiful, but the illusion of perfection comes at a price. Single mom Jane is new to town and has a mysterious past. She’s so young that other moms mistake her for a nanny.

The three women at the heart of this story are very different, but a schoolyard scandal threatens to expose each of their lies.

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Erika and Clementine have been best friends forever. When Erika and Oliver’s neighbors, Vid and Tiffany, host a BBQ, Erika convinces Clementine and her husband to come along. Ever since, Clementine and her husband Sam have been asking themselves, what if they had never gone to that BBQ?

Something terrible happened that afternoon. What was it and who did it? This novel slowly weaves together those answers through dual timelines and dual POVs.

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Nine people attend a luxurious and remote health retreat for ten days of meditation and mindfulness. Each has their own reasons for being there – some want to lose weight, and others are looking to reboot their lives, but some can’t even admit their motives.

Frances, a formerly best-selling romance writer, has come to Tranquillum House hoping to heal both a bad back and a broken heart. She is interested in getting to know all her fellow guests, but it’s the owner who intrigues her the most.

Before long, however, Frances is asking whether she should plunge headfirst into everything this retreat has to offer… or whether she should run while she still can?

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The Delaney siblings grew up at their family’s famous tennis academy, but as adults, they’ve moved on from the game and are just as successful off the court. Their parents, Stan and Joy, sold the academy to begin retirement, so life should be good…

When Joy goes missing, two of their children suspect their father is involved, while the other two believe he is innocent. As family secrets are unraveled, which side will you believe?

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On a short flight from Hobart to Sydney, Australia, a passenger (who will come to be known as “The Death Lady”) walks up and down the aisles telling each person the age at which they will die and the cause of death.

Some passengers learn that they have many, many years ahead of them – like one who will live to be 103. But for six passengers, their predicted deaths are less than a year away.

A few months after the flight, one passenger dies exactly as predicted. Then, soon after, two more. Now, even those who originally viewed their encounter with “The Death Lady” as an entertaining story to share at cocktail parties are paying close attention.

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Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata, and Bonnie had five-year-olds in Big Little Lies, but now it’s been ten years, and the women are dealing with teenagers and all the drama that comes with fifteen-year-olds. While most of the parents are currently in an uproar about the high school principal receiving a finger in the mail, these women have more pressing concerns.

Celeste’s mother-in-law, Mary Louise, is behaving oddly—is it old-age forgetfulness and forthrightness, or something more sinister? Madeline is facing perhaps the biggest challenge of her life; Jane is at a dangerous fork in her marriage; Bonnie has realized there’s only so much solace in yoga. And Renata is living her best life… Revenge is sweet.

When a strange man begins lurking around the school and asking questions, the women must finally face the full repercussions of the big little truths they have and haven’t shared with their kids.