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Gossip Girl Books in Order

by Cecily von ZiegesarLiterature & Fiction

13 books from IT HAD TO BE YOU (2007) to I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (2009). Rated 4.0 across 366 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. IT HAD TO BE YOU

    Book 0 2007 3.6 (62)

    This salacious prequel chronicles the risqué lives of the Gossip Girl characters a year before the #1 New York Times bestselling series began.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. GOSSIP GIRL

    Book 1 2002 4.2 (219)

    Serena van der Woodsen is back from boarding school—but is she still the Upper East Side's It Girl? The wickedly funny first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the original hit CW show and the HBO Max series.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. You Know You Love Me

    Book 2 2002 3.9 (10)

    It's time to fill out our college applications. Not applying to the Ivy Leagues is not an option....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. All I Want Is Everything

    Book 3 2003 3.6 (36)

    It's Chrismastime, and Blair and Serena are best friends again and up to their old tricks: partying hard and breaking hearts from Park Avenue to the Caribbean....

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  5. Because I'm Worth It

    Book 4 2003 3.8 (12)

    It's February and most cities are a cold, grey wasteland. But not New York. At least, not my New York....

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  6. I Like it Like That

    Book 5 2004

    It's the spring break and love is in the air. Or is that a blend of Chanel No 9 and Gucci Rush....

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  7. You're the One That I Want

    Book 6 2004 4.5 (2)

    Everyone's back from a week of après-ski hot tub fun in Sun Valley, and cream-coloured envelopes from the Ivy League are beginning to drop all over Fifth Avenue doorsteps....

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  8. Nobody Does It Better

    Book 7 2005

    The uptown girls are headed downtown as Serena and Jenny take on their new fabulous roles as rock-star model girlfriends of New York's hottest band, The Raves....

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  9. Nothing Can Keep Us Together

    Book 8 1970

    Welcome back to New York City's glamorous Upper East Side, where the uptown girls get everything and everyone they want....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  10. Only in Your Dreams

    Book 9 2006

    Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where Gossip Girl and her friends are the biggest stars... whether or not the cameras are rolling....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  11. Would I Lie to You

    Book 10 2006

    Enter the world of Gossip Girl - a world where espadrille sandals are flown in from Spain and jealousy and betrayal are the ultimate summer accessories....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  12. Don't You Forget About Me

    Book 11 2007 4.0 (1)

    Forget the tearful goodbyes, people, let's get on with the fabulous farewell parties!....

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  13. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

    Book 12 2009 3.7 (24)

    Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan, and Vanessa went off to live their lives, but now they're coming home for the holidays—a lot can change in a few months ... but some things never do. It finally happened: we went to college. We started over.

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Adapted for screen

  • Gossip Girl TV series · The CW · 2007–2012 · 6 seasons

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Gossip Girl is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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