The outer relationship dynamics really rang of gossip girl for me, while the inner relationship dynamics were more like 90210, and the relationship between chloe and will was very veronica and logan. Theyre more like a direct answer to louise rennisons georgia nicholson books which are a lot raunchier, but i think theyd appeal to the same audience. Boys, girls and other hazardous materials by rosalind wiseman. Gossip girl is one of the most popular television programs to hit the airor netflixtoday, and it is one that has enthralled viewers of all kinds. Dec 14, 2012 the shows season 2 ratings reflect this abrupt shift. Gossip girls series collection 15 book set i like it like. So, if you arent hooked on the books already, now is the perfect time to start because the. So what i am asking here is any books like the clique that are around my age. But it all flows pretty well and was interesting enough that i read the whole thing in a single night. The series, created by josh schwartz and stephanie savage, ran on the cw network for six seasons from september 19, 2007, to december 17, 2012 narrated by the unknown, omniscient blogger gossip girl voiced by kristen bell, the series revolves. Gossip girl has the effect of gossip itself once you enter its hard to extract yourself.
The secrets of noble highs five most popular teens are uncovered when their. Does claire have what it takes to become a part of the clique. Popular gossip girl character jenny humphrey is leaving constance billard to attend waverly academy. Popular is a debut novel by alissa grosso and now that i had finished the book, i think it was a pretty ambitious debut novel. If you like gossip girl books, youll love the clique.
Farha lynch irish gina cruz dominican or venezuelan chelsea tozour brazilian noelle d venchi italiantrinidadian payton janibowski polish anjali jaminson. These books are all amazing and will captivate fans of gossip girl, whether you love to read or not. With strong but unpredictable female characters and pageturning plots, lisi harrisons clique books are perfect for the gossip girl generation. If you like mean girls for the dark, cliquey side, you need to read some girls are and not just because the main character is named regina. Sep 25, 2017 it hardly seems possible that its been a decade since the cw brought gossip girls blair, serena, jenny, chuck, and dan to the small screen. Gossip girl is one of the most popular television programs to hit the airor. Since those are all tv shows i enjoyed, im not complaining. Gossip girl wrapped nearly four years ago, and we still miss it. Gossip girls series collection 15 book set i like it like that, etc. Claire lyons is the new girl at octavian country day, located in an ultraexclusive suburb near new york. The spellbinding diary of a teenage girl who escapes persecution as a witchonly to face new intolerance in a puritan settlement. Gossip girl is the ultimate in sophistication, scandal and luxury in fact if carrie bradshaw of sex and the city had a younger sister, there is no doubt she would be gossip girl.
Serena models for a hot designer and dan publishes a poem in the new yorker. I really want to read a book like the clique tell the movie comes out. Order of clique books the clique is a series of young adult novels by canadianamerican novelist lisi harrison. The series, created by josh schwartz and stephanie savage, ran on the cw network for six seasons from september 19, 2007, to december 17, 2012. Lisi harrisons clique books are perfect for the gossip girl generation. Beyond fancy vacations and charity events, they get glam in other ways. I read a bunch of gossip girl books in high school in absolutely no order. May 19, 2008 reporting for, fashion designer abigail lorick cornered three new york city upper east side high schoolers at the palace hotel and asked them how real gossip girl is. The real gossip girls of new york city vanity fair. They are quite shallow but great for reading when youre bored and cant be bothered to read anything more challenging. I personally liked gossip girl because it seems more interesting, with better developed characters, but again, it depends on what you like.
The clique by lisi harrison books like gossip girl. Including blair, serena, chuck, nate, dan and jenny. Some of the books in the order in they were published are. I am 2 years younger then the girls in bratfest at tiffanys, and want a book thats is about girls my age. Clique is a more honest look at what uni is like for most people. Set at an exclusive private girls school in westchester county, ny. See the complete gossip girl series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. May 25, 2009 gossip girl has lots of drug references, swearing etc. I read private, but i cant find the next book anywhere.
I would recommend this, however, for middle grade readers and those who like series like the clique, gossip girl and the interns. Though i did enjoy reading the book, it was just one of those books that i would read in passing not necessarily something id search for or put on my own list of books to buy. Calling all stans of the clique, gossip girl, and uglies. We know a book youll love based on your favorite book as. This, however, means that it is time for a new clique to come into ocd and take over. Story of our lives chapter 10 massie, a gossip girl. Im still shellshocked by my uni years the former skins writer on why shes delved into the darkness of university life in her sixpart bbc3 thriller, now set to. Please name some books like the clique books, sweet 16 type books, anything like that. S is back from boarding school, and if we arent careful, shes going to more. Less than two months after gossip girl soared to a september 15, 2008 series high of 3.
The pretty committee has just graduated 8th grade and has moved onto high school. Please find a clique roleplaying wiki or create one. I loved these books when i first read them and would like to collect the entire series to own. Regina used to lead the fearsome fivesome clique, the most popular girls in school. A few book recommendations if youre missing gossip girl. Do you like the clique books, but want to know which girl you are most like. As the clique was winding down, harrison created alphas, in which skye hamilton, the alpha a year above massie, was the protagonist. But theres no such thing as secrets with gossip girl around. I myself love the books as well, however i agree with parents that they are more appropriate for an older age bracket. Gossip girl, along with similar series like the alist and the clique, is mean girl lit, massmarket paperbacks that put sex and the city in a teenage context, with lots of. Looks like bocd is in for a little surprise and maybe a new ruler. The main characters of the series are five girls massie, alicia, dylan and kristen also known as the pretty committee and newcomer to the school, claire. Gossip girl has a blog on the internet where she posts messages to her friends and readers. Theres no show that can replace the insane drama and incredible fashion of gossip girl.
Gossip girl moves from the upper eastside to westchester. The books in the series follow mean girl blair, earthy serena, stoner nate, edgy dan and vanessa, cute jenny and others in their circle. Also included are 2 clique books by lisi harrison and 2 inside girl novels by j. Books similar to the complete gossip girl series gossip.
Like gossip girl, gilt is chock full of sparkly dresses and glamorous. May 12, 2009 i want to read some books like the clique series books or sweet sixteen by kate brian. Young adult fiction for adults meet your next favorite book. Hollywoods henry willson led a much more tragic life than his netflix character. Oct 21, 2008 lisi harrisons bestselling book series the clique is like gossip girl meets 90210 meets mean girls.
The cw drama premiered over 10 years ago and ended back in 2012, and though we can still. Twilight, by stephenie meyer, are rrreeaallyy like the clique and gossip girl. She now lives in laguna beach, ca and is a member or her own dirty book club. I am finding that a lot of 812 year old girls are wanting to read gossip girl but parents wont buy it for them. This book is like gossip girl meets veronica mars meets 90210 meets all the lifetime movies about peer pressure and social media bullying with a revenge twist cherry on top. Even though we can rewatch the series over and over again on netflix, we still find ourselves craving all the drama that comes with the upper east side. In the world of high school, no clique is more feared or glamorized than the mean girls.
Its always been an obsession, and over the course of my many encounters with the diverse gossip girl outlets, i have recognized the many alterations the tv show. Im also not a fan of books like the gossip girl or clique series and i was afraid popular was going to be like those books. If you like gossip girl, the alist, the elite, insider girl, the clique any of that kind of series youll probably like capital girls too. Jun 12, 2009 ive always thought the clique was a lot like gossip girl, and im sure many of you have too. K ditched the pc to tour internationally with the soccer sisters. The gossip girl, alist and clique series the most successful in a. I am 27, but i have a weakness for fun, light ya books like gossip girl and the princess books by cabot. Nov 03, 2008 if you like the clique november 3, 2008 at 10. While theres no release date yet, josh schwartz, the producer behind other hit teen dramas like gossip girl and the o.
Lisi was born in toronto, canada, and lived in nyc for 15 years while she worked at mtv. So, not only do we now have two copies of just about every clique book, heres a few other books you might like if you like the clique. While the 20072012 show brought new popularity to cecily van ziegesars alreadyiconic series, it also ushered in a new era of privileged teens behaving badly, both on tv and in fiction. Theres a book coming out everyone month about the girls summer individually. If you dont, then youll probably want to avoid this one. So why not take advantage of all that worldwide enthusiasm and channel it toward books. My best suggestion would be sue limbs girl series girl, 15. They are quite amussing and will definatley have you thinking omg.
Books like the clique, private, and other girls novels. Okay so in english im writing a story for the whole year we have to and i want something based on gossip girl, clique, alist, and the it girl series. Sep 29, 2016 books like gossip girl books to read if you still miss gossip girl. Whether you read the books, watched the tv show, or both, gossip girl was almost like religion for some of us in the 2000s. While i am collecting the series i am rereading the books for the third time. Good book if you enjoyed books shows like gossip girl the clique series by lisi harrison is a great book series for tweenteen girls.
Throughout the book taylor remains a forceful presence in her surviving friends lives, and each of them muse on the mysterious crash at times. If youre obsessed with mean girls, youll think these 9 ya books. It hardly seems possible that its been a decade since the cw brought gossip girl s blair, serena, jenny, chuck, and dan to the small screen. Books like gossip girl books to read if you still miss gossip girl. Regina used to lead the fearsome fivesome clique, the most popular girls in school, until rumors spread about her.
Serena and vanessa teaming up was kind of comedic, the way the high school nerd and the head cheerleader are paired up for a science project or something. All are softcover except the prequel to the series. Adam sandlers ode to essential workers reminds us theres more. The manga series was adapted to graphic novel format by hyekyung baek. Whether you read the books, watched the tv show, or both, gossip girl was almost like religion for some of us in. Im going to be the first to know all about this, and youll be the second. Ok, maybe not an entirely honest and maybe a slightly dramatised version, but lots of people can identify with university being. Recommendations alternatives to gossip girl and clique novels. Now in manga graphic format, the pageturning series is more popular than ever. This was a playful, dramafilled, purely fun book that kept me entertained from beginning to end. Sep 19, 2007 gossip girl, along with similar series like the alist and the clique, is mean girl lit, massmarket paperbacks that put sex and the city in a teenage context, with lots of. May 16, 2011 the acting seemed forced and unnatural i realize that saying this about a show like gossip girl may seem redundant, but lets just say it was more forced and unnatural than usual. Nothing says mean girl like i almost helped satan win a rebellion in heaven.
So, one suggestion ive gotten a few times is to get more clique books. It had to be you which is only available in hardcover. The carlyles series is written with annabelle vestry. A novel gossip girl series paperback april 1, 2002. Its members are massie block, the alpha, alicia rivera, the beta, dylan marvil, the gamma, kristen gregory, the delta, and later in the books, claire lyons, the omega. The problem, there is more than one clique that wants the job, and no massie to guide them along. Welcome to new york citys upper east side, where my friends and i live, go to school, play, and sleep sometimes with each other. At a new york city jetset private school populated by harddrinking, bulimic, lovestarved poor little rich kids, a clique of horrible people behave badly to one another. Gossip girl is an unidentified member of a circle of wealthy and privileged teenagers who live in manhattan, new york. Mar 12, 2006 the clique novels are all about status. Oct 01, 2016 books like gossip girl books to read if you still miss gossip girl as popsugar editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think youll like too. I picked up the clique with a bit of trepidation, because it just seemed a little too snooty, and maybe too young for me.