Emily Jenkins books

Emily Jenkins is an American author who writes children's picture books and middle-grade fiction under her own name, and young adult novels under the pen name E. Lockhart, including the bestseller We Were Liars.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Not Like I’m Jealous or Anything 2006 Buy

Bea and HaHa Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Hug, Hug, Hug! 2006 Buy
Num, Num, Num! 2006 Buy
Plonk, Plonk, Plonk! 2006 Buy
Up, Up, Up! 2006 Buy

E. Lockhart Graphic Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Whistle 2021 Buy

Invisible Inkling Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Invisible Inkling 2011 Buy
Dangerous Pumpkins 2012 Buy
Invisible Inkling: The Whoopie Pie War 2013 N/A
The Whoopie Pie War 2013 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Tongue First 1998 Buy

Picture Reading Order

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Five Creatures 2001 Buy
Daffodil 2004 Buy
My Favorite Thing 2004 Buy
That New Animal 2005 Buy
Love You When You Whine 2006 Buy
Daffodil, Crocodile 2007 Buy
What Happens on Wednesdays 2007 Buy
Skunkdog 2008 Buy
The Little Bit Scary People 2008 Buy
Sugar Would Not Eat It 2009 Buy
Small, Medium, Large 2011 Buy
Lemonade in Winter 2012 Buy
Water in the Park 2013 Buy
A Fine Dessert 2015 Buy
The Fun Book of Scary Stuff 2015 Buy
Tiger and Badger 2016 Buy
A Greyhound, a Groundhog 2017 Buy
Princessland 2017 Buy
All-Of-A-Kind Family Hanukkah 2018 Buy

Ruby Oliver Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Boyfriend List 2005 Buy
The Boy Book 2006 Buy
The Treasure Map of Boys 2009 Buy
Real Live Boyfriends 2010 Buy

Short Story Collections

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Brave Red, Smart Frog 2017 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Mister Posterior and the Genius Child 2002 Buy
Fly on the Wall 2006 Buy
Dramarama 2007 Buy
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks 2008 Buy
How to Be Bad 2008 Buy
Genuine Fraud 2017 Buy
Again Again 2020 Buy
Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School 2021 Buy
All the Best Dogs 2024 Buy

Toys Trilogy Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Toys Go Out 2006 Buy
Toy Dance Party 2008 Buy
Toys Come Home 2011 Buy
Toys Meet Snow 2015 Buy

Upside-Down Magic Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Upside-Down Magic 2015 Buy
Sticks & Stones 2016 Buy
בעד או נגד 2016 N/A
Showing Off 2017 Buy
Dragon Overnight 2018 Buy
Upside-Down Magic: Dragon Overnight 2018 N/A
Weather or Not 2018 Buy
The Big Shrink 2019 Buy
Hide and Seek 2020 Buy
Night Owl 2021 Buy

We Were Liars Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
We Were Liars 2014 Buy
Family of Liars 2022 Buy
We Fell Apart 2025 Buy

Emily Jenkins grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Seattle, Washington. Her father was a playwright and her mother a preschool teacher, and both fostered her love of stories from an early age. She studied English at Vassar College and later earned a doctorate in English literature from Columbia University.

Jenkins publishes under two names. Her children’s picture books and middle-grade fiction, including the Toys Trilogy and Invisible Inkling series, appear under Emily Jenkins. Her young adult novels come out under E. Lockhart, a shortened form of her full name Emily Lockhart Jenkins. The E. Lockhart name produced her biggest hit, We Were Liars (2014), a thriller that reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted into a television series. She co-wrote the Upside-Down Magic middle-grade series with Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Emily Jenkins written?

Emily Jenkins has written 61 books across twelve series.

What was Emily Jenkins's first book?

Emily Jenkins’s first book is Tongue First, published in 1998.

What is the connection between Emily Jenkins and E. Lockhart?

Emily Jenkins and E. Lockhart are the same person. Her full name is Emily Lockhart Jenkins. She publishes children’s picture books and middle-grade fiction as Emily Jenkins, and young adult novels as E. Lockhart. Her most famous book, We Were Liars, was published under the E. Lockhart name.

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