Author guide
Ally Carter Books in Order
Ally Carter is the pen name of Sarah Leigh Fogleman. She is an American author known for the Gallagher Girls, Heist Society, Embassy Row, and Winterborne Home series, as well as adult action-romance novels. Her nonfiction book Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book? offers writing advice for young readers. Carter also wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film A Castle for Christmas.
adult fictionromanceaction-adventureyoung adult fictionmiddle-grade fictionmysterythrillernonfiction
Ally Carter's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You
Start here for the main Gallagher Girls series.
Heist Society
Start here for the Heist Society series.
All Fall Down
Start here for the main Embassy Row series.
Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor
Start here for the Winterborne Home series.
The Blonde Identity
Start here for the adult Blonde Identity series.
Cheating at Solitaire
Standalone adult novel and Ally Carter's first published novel.
Not If I Save You First
Standalone young adult novel.
Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book?
Standalone nonfiction book.
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Standalone adult holiday mystery-romance novel.
Read in order
Books by series
novel series · complete
Gallagher Girls
A young adult action-adventure series about students at a secret spy academy.
- 10
The Spies That BindAmazon ↗Book 0.5 · novella · 2018 Optional
- 1 I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill YouAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2006
- 2
Cross My Heart and Hope to SpyAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2007
- 3
Don't Judge a Girl by Her CoverAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2009
- 4
Only the Good Spy YoungAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2010
- 5
Classified MaterialAmazon ↗Book 4.5 · novella · 2012 Optional
- 6
Out of Sight, Out of TimeAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2012
- 7
Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves StoryAmazon ↗Book 5.5 · novella · 2013 Optional
- 9
United We SpyAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2013
- 8
A Gallagher WeddingAmazon ↗Book 6.5 · novella · 2013 Optional
novel series · complete
Heist Society
A young adult series about Kat Bishop, a teenage thief from a family of master criminals.
- 1 Heist SocietyAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2010
- 2
Uncommon CriminalsAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2011
- 3 Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves StoryAmazon ↗
Book 2.5 · novella · 2013 Optional
- 4
Perfect ScoundrelsAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2013
- 5
The Grift of the MagiAmazon ↗Book 3.5 · novella · 2016 Optional
novel series · complete
Embassy Row
A young adult mystery and action-adventure series set among the diplomatic missions of a fictional Mediterranean capital.
- 1
Before the Fall: DepartureAmazon ↗Book 0.4 · novella · 2014 Optional
- 2
Before the Fall: ArrivalAmazon ↗Book 0.5 · novella · 2015 Optional
- 3 All Fall DownAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2015
- 4
See How They RunAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2015
- 5
Take the Key and Lock Her UpAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2016
novel series · ongoing
Winterborne Home
A middle-grade action-adventure series about April Dilloway and the mysterious Winterborne family.
novel series · ongoing
The Blonde Identity
An adult action-romance series featuring a woman with amnesia, international intrigue, and a dangerous past.
Outside the series
