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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2006
  • Latest Book:
    June 2018
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Full Series List in Order

How to Ruin

1 - How to Ruin a Summer Vacation (Oct-2006)
2 - How to Ruin My Teenage Life (Jun-2007)
3 - How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation (Nov-2009)

Leaving Paradise

1 - Leaving Paradise (Apr-2007)
2 - Return to Paradise (Sep-2010)

A Perfect Chemistry Novel

1 - Perfect Chemistry (Jan-2009)
2 - Rules of Attraction (May-2010)
3 - Chain Reaction (Aug-2011)

Wild Cards

1 - Wild Cards (Oct-2013)
2 - Better Than Perfect (Jun-2014)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • YALSA 2007 Teens’ Top Ten

    "A breezy read." ―Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

    “Fresh, fun and fabulous! Guaranteed NOT to ruin your summer vacation!” ―Mari Mancusi, author of Boys that Bite  

    How To Ruin a...



  • Nothing has been the same since Caleb Becker left a party drunk, got behind the wheel, and hit Maggie Armstrong. Even after months of painful physical therapy, Maggie walks with a limp. Her social life is nil and a scholarship to study abroad-her cha...



  • In this sequel to How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, EVERYTHING in sixteen-year-old Amy Nelson Barak’s life is going wrong! Her mom got married and moved to the suburbs, and now they are going to have a baby. Amy moves in with her dad in Chicago and si...



  • At Fairfield High School, on the outskirts of Chicago, everyone knows that south siders and north siders aren't exactly compatible elements. So when head cheerleader Brittany Ellis and gang member Alex Fuentes are forced to be lab partners in chemist...



  • Guess who's jetting off to the Holy Land this summer! Yes, it's me―Amy Nelson-Barak. I've volunteered for ten days of military training in Israel with my friends. The Sababa brochure said it would be a “fun” summer experience. Ok...



  • When Carlos Fuentes returns to America after living in Mexico for the past year, he doesn't want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him in Colorado. When he meets Kiara Westford, a good girl totally unlike any of the girls...



  • Nothing last forever Caleb Becker left Paradise eight months ago, taking with him the secret he promised to take to his grave. If the truth got out, it would ruin everything. Maggie Armstrong tried to be strong after Caleb broke her heart and d...



  • Luis Fuentes is a good boy who doesn't live with the angst that his big brothers, Alex and Carlos, have always lived with. Luis is smart, funny, and has big dreams of becoming an astronaut. But when he falls for the wrong girl, Luis enters a dark wor...



  • After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her ch...






  • A fresh and fun repackage of Wild Cards, Better Than Perfect launches a romantic new series from New York Times bestselling author Simone Elkeles. After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live wit...



  • When the only girl you want is the one you can't have... Bad boy Vic Salazar breaks all the rules except one: Don't make a move on your best friend's girl. It’s a Guy Code that Vic lives by. It doesn't matter that he's had a crush on her for years....



  • A high-stakes story of star-crossed lovers from Simone Elkeles, the New York Times bestselling author of the Perfect Chemistry series To escape his abusive stepdad, bad boy Ryan Hess runs from his tiny Texas border town to Mexico. But his plans to...


Award-Winning Books by Simone Elkeles

Perfect Chemistry
2010 Rita Award -- Young Adult Romance
2011 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award -- Grades 9-12
2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Young Adult
Return to Paradise
2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Young Adult Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Simone Elkeles has published 12 books.

Simone Elkeles does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Crossing the Line, was published in June 2018.

The first book by Simone Elkeles, How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, was published in October 2006.

Yes. Simone Elkeles has 4 series.