What book is We Were Liars (2025) based on?
We Were Liars, book 1 of the Liars series, by E. Lockhart.
The book behind We Were Liars
We Were Liars
2014 · book 1 of the Liars series · by E. Lockhart
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Should you read it first?
Read the 2014 novel first, since the eight-episode first season builds on it. The show premiered on Prime Video on June 18, 2025, and was developed for TV by Julie Plec and Carina Adly Mackenzie.
Book vs series
- TVLine calls season 1 a faithful adaptation, with elements of Family of Liars throughout all eight episodes.
- Mackenzie told TVLine there were "a lot of difficult changes made" from the book to the screen.
- Prime Video renewed the series on September 17, 2025, and season 2 will flash back to the Sinclair sisters' youthful summers.
Show the big differences (spoilers)
TVLine reports that Taft Sinclair Sheffield, Mirren's youngest sibling, did not make the cut. Julie Plec says there are things in the show that are not in the book.
Which book is each season based on?
| Season | Book |
|---|---|
| Season 1 (2025) | We Were Liars · eight episodes |
| Season 2 | · renewed September 2025 |
What to read next
Family of Liars (2022). Set twenty-seven years before the novel, in the late 1980s, and it follows the Sinclair sisters.
We Were Liars in order
- 1We Were Liars 2014
- 2Family of Liars 2022
- 3We Fell Apart 2025