Author guide
Sarah Dessen Books in Order
Sarah Dessen is an American author of contemporary young-adult fiction. Her novels frequently explore adolescence, friendship, family relationships, grief, identity, and romance, often in the fictional North Carolina town of Colby. Her debut novel, That Summer, was published in 1996. She received the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contribution to young-adult literature.
young adult fictioncontemporary romancecoming-of-age fiction
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The Truth About Forever
A representative, self-contained Sarah Dessen novel and a central entry in the Colby shared world.
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Books by series
shared-world · ongoing
Colby, North Carolina
A shared fictional setting linking several of Dessen's contemporary young-adult novels through recurring locations, characters, and references.
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Bibliography by category
Novels (11)
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That SummerAmazon ↗novel · 1996
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Someone Like YouAmazon ↗novel · 1998
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DreamlandAmazon ↗novel · 2000
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This LullabyAmazon ↗novel · 2002
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Just ListenAmazon ↗novel · 2006
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Lock and KeyAmazon ↗novel · 2008
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InfinityAmazon ↗novella · 2010
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Saint AnythingAmazon ↗novel · 2015
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Once and for AllAmazon ↗novel · 2017
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The Rest of the StoryAmazon ↗novel · 2019
- Change of PlansAmazon ↗
novel · 2026