Meg Cabot (Photo Credit: Ali Smith)
Meg Cabot is an American author who writes romance, paranormal romance, mystery and chick lit for adults, young adults and children. Meg has also written under the pen names Patricia Cabot (for romance novels) and Jenny Carroll (for YA novels) Meg is best known for her Princess Diaries series, but has several other series, including The Mediator, 1-800-WHERE-R-U, Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls and the Heather Wells Mysteries series. Her novel The Princess Diaries was adapted to film by Walt Disney Pictures in 2001, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews.

Meg Cabot started out writing romance novels as Patricia Cabot, which started with Where the Roses Grow Wild in 1998. She abandoned this pseudonym in 2002, following Kiss the Bride. Her first novel under her real name was The Princess Diaries, published in 2000. It is her best known novel thus far in her career and is a New York Times bestseller. As mentioned above, the novel was adapted for the big screen, and also spawned a sequel (which wasn’t based on any of the novels). Below is a list of Meg Cabot’s books in order of when they were first published:

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Publication Order of Princess Diaries Books

The Princess Diaries (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess in the Spotlight / Take Two / A Royal Disaster (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess in Love / Princess in the Middle (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess in Waiting / Royally Obsessed (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Project Princess (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess in Pink / Prom Princess (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess in Training / Sixsational (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Princess Present (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Party Princess / Royal Rebel (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sweet Sixteen Princess (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess on the Brink / After Eight / Royal Scandal (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess Mia / To the Nines / Bad Heir Day (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Forever Princess / Ten Out of Ten / Crowning Glory (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Royal Wedding (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Quarantine Princess Diaries (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Princess Diaries Companion Books

The Secret Princess Diaries (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Princess Diaries Guide to Life (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess Lessons (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mia's Christmas (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Perfect Princess (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Princess Files (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Princess Diaries Guide to Christmas (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Holiday Princess (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Valentine Princess (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Mediator Books

Shadowland / Love You To Death (As: Jenny Carroll) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ninth Key / High Stakes (As: Jenny Carroll) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reunion / Mean Spirits (As: Jenny Carroll) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Darkest Hour / Young Blood (As: Jenny Carroll) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Haunted / Grave Doubts (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Twilight / Heaven Sent (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Young Blood (As: Jenny Carroll) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Proposal (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Remembrance (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of 1-800-Where-R-You Books

(as Jenny Carroll)

When Lightning Strikes (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Code Name Cassandra (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Safe House (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sanctuary (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Missing You (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Boy Books

The Boy Next Door / The Guy Next Door (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Boy Meets Girl (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Boy's Got One (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Boy is Back (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of All-American Girl Books

All-American Girl (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ready or Not (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Heather Wells Books

Size 12 Is Not Fat (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Big Boned / Size Doesn't Matter (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Size 12 and Ready to Rock (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bride Wore Size 12 / Size 12 is the New Black (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Queen Of Babble Books

Queen of Babble (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen of Babble in the Big City (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Avalon High: Coronation Books

Publication Order of Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls Books

Moving Day (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The New Girl (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Best Friends and Drama Queens (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stage Fright (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Glitter Girls and the Great Fake-Out / Glitter Girls (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blast from the Past (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Airhead Books

Publication Order of Insatiable Books

Publication Order of Abandon Trilogy Books

Publication Order of From The Notebooks Of A Middle School Princess Books

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Royal Day Out (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bridesmaid-in-Training / Royal Wedding Disaster (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Royal Crush (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Royal Crown (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Little Bridge Island Books

Publication Order of Witches of West Harbor Books

Enchanted to Meet You (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Where Roses Grow Wild (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Improper Proposal (As: Patricia Cabot) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Portrait of My Heart (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Little Scandal (As: Patricia Cabot) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Educating Caroline (As: Patricia Cabot) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lady of Skye (As: Patricia Cabot) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
She Went All the Way (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nicola and the Viscount (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kiss the Bride (As: Patricia Cabot) (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Victoria and the Rogue (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Teen Idol (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
How to Be Popular (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pants on Fire / Tommy Sullivan is a Freak (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jinx (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ransom My Heart (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fashionably Undead (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of DC Zoom Books

Dear Justice League (By: Michael Northrop) (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Black Canary: Ignite (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diana: Princess of the Amazons (By: Shannon Hale,Dean Hale) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dear DC Super-Villains (By: Michael Northrop) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

A Season in the Highlands(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Girls' Night In(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Friends(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prom Nights From Hell(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shining On(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Midnight Feast(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen of Teen(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cosmo's Sexiest Stories Ever(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Princess in the Spotlight was also published as Take Two. Princess in Love is also known as Third Time Lucky. Princess in Waiting is also titled Mia Goes Fourth. Princess in Pink was also published as Give Me Five. Princess in Training is also known as Sixsational. Party Princess is also known as Seventh Heaven. Princess on the Brink is also known as After Eight. Princess Mia was also published as To the Nines. Forever Princess is also titled Ten Out of Ten.

The first four Mediator novels (up to Darkest Hour) were originally written as Jenny Carroll. Shadowland is also known as Love You to Death. Ninth Key was also published as High Stakes. Reunion is also titled Mean Spirits. Darkest Hour was also published as Young Blood. Haunted is also known as Grave Doubts. Twilight is also titled Heaven Sent.

All standalone novels up to Lady of Skye, plus Kiss the Bride were written using the pseudonym of Patricia Cabot. All 1-800-Where-R-You novels, except for Missing You, were originally written using the pen name Jenny Carroll. The Boy Next Door was also published as The Guy Next Door. Big Boned is also known as Size Doesn’t Matter. Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out was also known as Glitter Girls. Pants on Fire is also known as Tommy Sullivan is a Freak.

Shining On also contains stories by Malorie Blackman, Melvin Burgess, Anne Fine, Cathy Hopkins, Sue Limb, Celia Rees, Meg Rosoff, Rosie Rushton and Jacqueline Wilson. Prom Nights from Hell also includes stories by Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer and Lauren Myracle. Midnight Feast: Warchild also includes stories by Eoin Colfer, Anthony Horowitz, Garth Nix, Louise Rennison and Darren Shan. Cosmo’s Sexiest Stories Ever also contains stories by Jane Green and Jennifer Weiner. Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume also contains contributions by Beth Kendrick, Julie Kenner, Cara Lockwood and Jennifer O’Connell.

If You Like Meg Cabot Books, You’ll Love…

Meg Cabot Synopses: Prom Nights from Hell is a collection of paranormal stories that, besides Meg Cabot, also contains stories by Stephenie Meyer, Kim Harrison, Lauren Myracle and Michele Jeffe. These authors take prom mishaps to the next level. It doesn’t matter how you look when your date is the Grim Reaper.

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