NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS • This paperback collection includes four of the biggest hits on Booktok: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna, House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig, and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson. Book lovers and TikTok fans can't stop talking about these riveting, must-read books now available in one epic boxed set! This boxed set includes: WE WERE LIARS • “Irresistible premise for this ticking time bomb of a novel.” —The New York Times Book Review A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive… Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE. THE GILDED ONES • “Namina Forna could be the Toni Morrison of YA fantasy.” —Refinery 29 In this bold and immersive fantasy, a young heroine fights to save a world that would dare to tame her and discovers that she is her own fiercest weapon. HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS • "A fairy tale, a young-adult romance (though gothic enough for adult readers) and a whodunit too." —The Wall Street Journal On an isolated island family estate, one by one, twelve beautiful sisters begin to mysteriously die. Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family, before it claims her next. A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER • "A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller." —The Guardian Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.
Authors
E. Lockhart is the author of Again Again, Genuine Fraud, We Were Liars and Family of Liars, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, and several other books. Whistle: A New Gotham CIty Hero is a graphic novel. website: www.emilylockhart.com Instagram: elockhartbooks Twitter: elockhart
1 New York Times bestselling author Erin A. Craig has always loved telling stories.
After getting her B.F.A. from the University of Michigan, in Theatre Design and Production, she stage managed tragic operas with hunchbacks, séances, and murderous clowns, then decided she wanted to write books that were just as spooky. An avid reader, decent quilter, rabid basketball fan, and collector of typewriters, brass figurines, and sparkly shoes, Erin makes her home in West Michigan with her husband and daughter. To find out more about Erin and the worlds she creates, follow @penchant4words on Instagram and Threads. She is represented by Sarah Landis at Sterling Lord Literistic.
Namina Forna is a young adult novelist currently based in London, and the author of the New York Times bestselling fantasy YA series The Gilded Ones. Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, she moved to the US when she was nine and has been traveling back and forth ever since. Namina's books have been translated into 25+ languages, nominated for several awards, and optioned for film and TV. Namina herself is an accomplished public speaker, especially on the topics of feminism, storytelling and challenging dominant narratives.
Holly Jackson was born in 1992. She grew up in Buckinghamshire and started writing stories from a young age, completing her first (poor) attempt at a book aged fifteen. 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' is a YA Mystery Thriller and her debut novel. She lives in London and aside from reading and writing, she enjoys binge-playing video games and pointing out grammatical errors in street signs.
