Sweet Valley High Books In Order
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Publication Order of Sweet Valley Confidential E-Serial Books
Ten Years Later | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Sweet Life | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lies and Omissions | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Too Many Doubts | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Secrets and Seductions | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cutting The Ties | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Bittersweet | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley High : Super Editions Books
Special Christmas | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Perfect Summer | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Winter Carnival | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Spring Break | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Spring Fever | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Malibu Summer | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Falling for Lucas | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica Takes Manhattan | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Earthquake | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Aftershock | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley High : Super Thrillers Books
A Stranger in the House | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Double Jeopardy | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
No Place to Hide | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
On the Run | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Deadly Summer | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Murder on the Line | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Murder in Paradise | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Killer on Board | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
R for Revenge | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley High Omnibus Books
Sweet Valley High | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Romance Collection | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Winners and Losers Collection | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Flair Collection | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Loving Ambitions Collection | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chateau d'Amour Collection | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Double Love Collection | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Horror in London Collection | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley High TV Novelizations Books
California Love | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Twin Hearts | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley High: Magna Editions Books
The Wakefields of Sweet Valley | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Wakefield Legacy | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Night to Remember | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Secret Diary | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Secret Diary | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Return of the Evil Twin | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Return Evil Twin | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Secret Diary, Volume 2 | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Fowlers of Sweet Valley | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Patmans of Sweet Valley | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Secret Diary, Volume 3 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley High: Senior Year Books
Publication Order of Sweet Valley High: Super Romance Books
Mystery Date | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley High: Super Stars Books
Lila's Story | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Bruce's Story | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Enid's Story | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Olivia's Story | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Todd's Story | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Junior High Books
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Twins Books
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Twins Diaries Books
Elizabeth | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Twins: The Unicorn Club Books
Lila’s Little Sister | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Save the Unicorns | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Maria’s Movie Comeback | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Best Friend Game | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unicorns In Love | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ellen’s Family Secret | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Unicorns at War | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Too Close For Comfort | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Kimberly Rides Again | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Who Will Be Miss Unicorn? | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Mandy In The Middle | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Angels Keep Out | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Five Girls and a Baby | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lila On The Loose | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Too Cool for the Unicorns | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Bon Voyage, Unicorns! | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Boyfriends for Everyone | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Rachel's in, Lila's Out | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
In Love with Mandy | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Snow Bunnies | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Dream Date | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Trapped in the Mall | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Twins : Magna Editions Books
The Magic Christmas | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Christmas Without Elizabeth | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
BIG for Christmas | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Twins: Super Editions Books
Holiday Mischief | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Class Trip | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Big Camp Secret | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Unicorns Go Hawaiian | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lila's Secret Valentine | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Animal Instincts | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Twins Take Paris | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's First Kiss | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Twins Go to College | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's No Angel | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Good-Bye, Middle School! | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Twins: Super Chillers Books
The Christmas Ghost | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Carnival Ghost | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Ghost in the Graveyard | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Ghost in the Bell Tower | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Curse of the Ruby Necklace | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Haunted Burial Ground | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Curse of the Golden Heart | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Secret of the Magic Pen | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Evil Elizabeth | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley University Books
Publication Order of Sweet Valley University: Thriller Editions Books
Wanted for Murder | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
He's Watching You | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Kiss of the Vampire | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The House of Death | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Running for Her Life | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Roommate | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
What Winston Saw | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dead Before Dawn | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Killer at Sea | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Channel X | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cyber Stalker | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Deadly Terror | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Loving the Enemy | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Very Bad Things | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley University: Super Thriller Books
Killer Party | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Junior High Books
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Kids Books
Surprise! Surprise! | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Runaway Hamster | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Twins' Mystery Teacher | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lila's Secret | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Valentine | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Cat Trick | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Big Mistake | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Zoo Adventure | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Super-Selling Lemonade | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Twins and the Wild West | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Crybaby Lois | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sweet Valley Trick or Treat | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Starring Winston Egbert | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica the Baby-Sitter | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Fearless Elizabeth | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica the TV Star | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Caroline's Mystery Dolls | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Bossy Steven | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica and the Jumbo Fish | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Twins Go to the Hospital | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica and the Spelling-Bee Surprise | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sweet Valley Slumber Party | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lila's Haunted House Party | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cousin Kelly's Family Secret | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Snobby Club | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Left-Out Elizabeth | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Sweet Valley Cleanup Team | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth Meets Her Hero | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Andy and the Alien | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Unburied Treasure | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth and Jessica Run Away | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Left Back! | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Caroline's Halloween Spell | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Best Thanksgiving Ever | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Broken Arm | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Monster Nightmare | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica Gets Spooked | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Video Fever | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Good-Bye, Eva? | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ellen Is Home Alone | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Robin in the Middle | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Missing Tea Set | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Twins' Big Pow-Wow | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Piano Lessons | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Jessica and Elizabeth Show | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Get the Teacher! | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth the Tattletale | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lila's April Fool | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Mermaid | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Steven's Twin | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lois and the Sleepover | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Julie the Karate Kid | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Magic Puppets | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Star of the Parade | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Big Race | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica Plays Cupid | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
No Girls Allowed | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lila's Birthday Bash | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica + Jessica = Trouble | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Amazing Jessica | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Scaredy-Cat Elizabeth | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Halloween War | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Lila's Christmas Angel | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth's Horseback Adventure | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Steven's Big Crush | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
And the Winner Is... Jessica Wakefield! | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Roller Coaster for the Twins! | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Jessica's Secret Friend | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sweet Valley Blizzard! | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Good-Bye, Mrs. Otis | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Class Picture Day! | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Macaroni Mess | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Witch in the Pumpkin Patch | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Little Drummer Girls | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Danger | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth the Telltale | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Kids: Hair Raiser Super Special Books
A Curse on Elizabeth | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Kids: Super Snooper Books
The Case of the Secret Santa | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Case of the Magic Christmas Bell | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Case of the Haunted Camp | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Case of the Christmas Thief | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Case of the Million Dollar Diamonds | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Case of the Hidden Treasure | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Case of the Alien Princess | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Kids: Super Special Books
Trapped in Toyland | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Easter Bunny Battle | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Save the Turkey! | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elizabeth Hatches an Egg | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sweet Valley Twins Team Books
Jessica Goes for Gold | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Win One for Sandra | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sweet Valley High is a series of novels for children and young adults from Francine Pascal. The books follow the exploits of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, two beautiful twins that live in Sweet Valley in California.
+The Story
When they were first published in 1983, the Sweet Valley High books were a must-read for young girls. The series looks at the lives Jessica and Elizabeth, identical twins with vastly different personalities.
Elizabeth is a good girl with good grades who generally walks the straight and narrow path. Jessica, on the other hand, is pretty naughty and is almost always in trouble. The girls attended Sweet Valley High where they experience love, loss, heartache and the occasional adventure.
The books have been described as soap operas for young readers. With plots such as Jessica stealing her sister’s crush and Elizabeth surviving a motorcycle accident only to recover with a personality similar to that of her sisters, the books are essentially literary junk food.
There are no real stakes to speak of and the melodramatic episodes of each novel have predictable endings. Because the novels were written in the 1980s and 1990s, they have a couple of dated concepts, which is why Random House tried to update some of them in 2008 by adding elements like email and cell phones.
However, some young readers have admitted to loving the Sweet Valley High series in its original state because it gives them a glimpse into the lives of kids from the 80s and 90s.
The Sweet Valley High books were so wildly popular that they gave birth to a litany of spinoffs in later years.
Francine Pascal has never tried to pass the books off as literary fiction. She agrees that the plots of the series border on the ridiculous. Pascal believes that the draw of the Sweet Valley High series wasn’t its literary quality but the manner in which the books turned contemporary romance on its head by featuring female characters who took proactive roles in the search for romance rather than sitting around and waiting for the hero to claim them.
The books were not Pascal’s first attempt at writing for young adults. The author already had a couple of series under her belt at that point. The Sweet Valley High series was born from a desire to not only appeal to teenagers of the 1980s but to also explore the dark and light sides of the human mind.
That is what Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield represented to Pascal, the good and the bad sides of the same coin. Pascal went on to write over a hundred books in the series; though, it is worth noting that the author did not actually pen each of the books herself.
Rather, after writing a couple of outlines for the first few books and getting them sold, Francine Pascal allowed the responsibility of actually producing each of the Sweet Valley High books to fall on the shoulders of a ghostwriter.
Pascal didn’t think the books would sell if she wrote them. The author had more of a sophisticated writing voice that she doubted would appeal to teenagers. With ghostwriters, Pascal was sure she would attract universal appeal, and she was right.
Though, it would be wrong to presume that the author was somehow distant from the creative process. Pascal was responsible for creating the plots of each of the books. She did all the outlines and, more importantly, every character in the Sweet Valley High series was her creation.
She also worked closely with the ghostwriters to ensure that each book met her strict specifications. When Pascal did finally sit down to do her own writing, it was years later when the Sweet Valley High series had ended and fans were hounding her for more stories because they wanted to know what happened to the twins.
Even though the author initially struggled with the idea of going back to that world, once she got down to the business of writing, she found that she was more compatible with what was essentially the Sweet Valley epilogue because all the protagonists where now adults and she could relate to them.
Pascal knows that the Sweet Valley High series was largely derided by reviewers and critics. But it has never bothered her. She was satisfied knowing that her books were making many teenage girls around the world happy. After all, they were always the target of her books.
+Adaptations
The Sweet Valley High books were adapted into a television show that aired in 1994. The show lasted four years during which 88 episodes were produced. Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield were portrayed by Brittany and Cynthia Daniel.
While the television show shared a lot of aspects with the books, the two mediums were also quite different. Not only where certain book characters absent but the TV show was also much simpler, only ever lightly touching upon the romance and the fantasy or even the adventure.
Francine Pascal wasn’t especially amused by the adaptation. In fact, she eventually came out and disowned it. She didn’t appreciate that it deviated from her books in so many places. She also didn’t like the fact that all of her suggestions were largely ignored.
+Double Love
Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are twins. And physically, they are identical, equally gorgeous and, thus, equally popular. However, their personalities couldn’t be further apart.
Unlike her snobbish and evil-intentioned twin, Elizabeth is warm and friendly.
Their differences come to a head when they both set their sights on Todd Wilkins. Todd is the only boy at Sweet Valley High that Elizabeth really likes. But Jessica always gets what she wants and she doesn’t care if her sister suffers as a result.
The first book in the Sweet Valley High series introduces the Wakefield twins to readers, two physically identical girls that are determined to lay a claim on a handsome basketball star.
+Secrets
Jessica Wakefield knows she will be crowned Queen of the Sweet Valley High Fall Dance. Nothing will stop her from taking the top spot, not when it means securing her grasp over Bruce Patman.
When Elizabeth learns that Enid Rollins is the only person standing between her sister and the crown and that Jessica has uncovered a secret that could destroy Enid’s life, she makes it her goal to stop her twin.
The Second Sweet Valley High book finds Elizabeth Wakefield fighting to protect her best friend from her conniving twin sister.
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