It’s been quite a year in lies for YA, and it appears as though it’s going to continue well into 2015. Betsy Bird talked about some of the trends that will continue through this year, and one that she hits on is the idea of truth-stretching and lying, with some focus on the growth of lying in YA fiction as a means of storytelling.

One of the biggest “meets”/”for fans of” pitches I’ve seen in catalog copy for YA this year follows this trend as well. If you’re looking for your next We Were Liars, then it seems like you’ll have plenty of titles to choose from. Whether or not they’re really going to be great read alikes is yet to be seen, but here are four titles off the top of my head with that pitch in their respective catalogs (links go to Goodreads, which may not reflect catalog copy):

• Twisted Fate by Norah Olson — out January 20
• The Cost of All Things by Maggie Lehrman — out May 12
• Modern Monsters by Kelley York — out June 2
• Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud — out July 21

What’s interesting is that none of those books feature “lies,” “liars,” or “lying” in the title, which is where I’ve noticed an emerging trend. How many books in the last year have featured some variation of that word in the title? And how fun would a book display be of books featuring those words in the title be?

Here’s a look at the last year or so in lying liars who lie in YA. Some of these titles aren’t out yet, so I’ve noted publication dates.

Lies I Told by Michelle Zink (April 7): Since Grace was adopted by the Fontaines, she has been carefully taught the art of the scam and has an uncanny ability to create a personality to help her “parents,” but their latest job has her questioning everything she has been taught and the family she has grown to love.

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley: In 1959 Virginia, Sarah, a black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school, forces Linda, a white integration opponent’s daughter, to confront harsh truths when they work together on a school project.

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart: A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends — the Liars — whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. Spending the summers on her family’s private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer. 

Little Blue Lies by Chris Lynch: Oliver, known as “O”, and his suddenly ex-girlfriend Junie are are known for telling little lies, but one of Junie’s lies about not winning the lottery could get her into trouble with a local mob boss.

Little White Lies by Katie Dale: The first time Lou meets mysterious Christian, she knows he is The One. But when Christian’s secret is unveiled in front of the whole world, it seems everything he’s ever told Lou is a lie, and Lou finds herself ensnared in a web of deceit.

There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake: Shelby Cooper, nearly eighteen, has been overprotected by her single mother all her life but after a car accident, Shelby’s mother steals her away from the hospital, revealing that Shelby’s father is not dead, but rather a violent man who promised to hunt them down.

Even When You Lie To Me by Jessica Alcott (June 9): Because she sees herself as ugly and a misfit, tolerated only because of her friendship with pretty and popular Lila, Charlie dreads her senior year but a crush on the new charismatic English teacher, Mr. Drummond, makes school bearable until her eighteenth birthday, when boundaries are crossed.

Lies My Girlfriend Told Me by Julie Anne Peters: When her girlfriend dies suddenly at age seventeen, Colorado teenager Alix struggles with grief as painful secrets are revealed.

Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes (March 24): Seventeen-year-old Max, his girlfriend Parvati, and best friend Pres form Liars, Inc., expecting that forging notes and lying for their peers will lead to easy cash, but when Pres asks Max to cover for him, it may be a fatal mistake.

Trust Me, I’m Lying by Mary Elizabeth Summer: Having learned to be a master con artist from her father, Julep Dupree pays expenses at her exclusive high school by fixing things for fellow students, but she will need their help when her father disappears.

Want more liars? Here’s a round-up of older titles where lying liars who lie have some space to themselves in their titles. I learned that lies come in so many different colors while putting this together.

Liar by Justine Larbalestier: Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered.

Lies by Michael Grant (part of a series): As conditions worsen in the FAYZ, where supernatural forces have trapped children under the age of fifteen and resources are running out, it becomes tempting to heed the words of a prophet who says that only death will set them free.

Perfect Lies by Kiersten White (part of a series): Sisters Anie and Fia have had their abilites manipulated by the Keane Foundation for too long–and now they’re ready to fight back against the twisted organization that has been using them as pawns.

Beautiful Lies by Jessica Warman: Eighteen-year-old identical twins Alice and Rachel have always shared a very special bond, so when one is abducted the other uses their connection to try to locate her.

Kisses and Lies by Lauren Henderson: Orphaned British teenager Scarlett Wakefield postpones her romance with the handsome son of the school groundskeeper in order to travel to Scotland with her American sidekick, Taylor, in search of clues to the murder of a boy who dropped dead after kissing Scarlett. 

Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad (part of a series): Now a reality show celebrity, nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts learns that not all of her new friends are trustworthy.

Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz (part of a series): Camelia, who has recently discovered she shares her crush Ben’s power of psychometry, finds herself in a tortured love triangle when a figure from Ben’s past arrives and Camelia learns that both boys are hiding dangerous secrets.

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch: Vowing to bring down the crime boss running the city, a group of Gentlemen Bastards, led by Locke Lamora, sets out to beat the Capa at his own game, taking on other thieves, murderers, beggars, prostitutes, and thugs in the process.

Little Black Lies by Tish Cohen: Starting her junior year at an ultra-elite Boston school, sixteen-year-old Sara, hoping to join the popular crowd, hides that her father not only is the school janitor, but also has obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Father of Lies by Ann Turner: In 1692 when a plague of accusations descends on Salem Village in Massachusetts and “witch fever” erupts, fourteen-year-old Lidda, who has begun to experience visions and hear voices, tries to expose the lies of the witch trials without being hanged as a witch herself. Includes author’s notes about the Salem Witch Trials and bipolar disease.

Little Red Lies by Julie Johnston: The war is over, but for thirteen-year-old Rachel, the battle has just begun. Putting childhood behind her, she knows what she wants – to prove she has acting talent worthy of the school drama club, and what she doesn’t want – to romantically fall for someone completely inappropriate. Worries about her veteran brother’s failing health and repugnance at her mother’s unexpected and unwanted pregnancy drive her to seek solace from a seemingly sympathetic, but self-serving teacher. The lies she tells herself hoping to reach solutions to the problems complicating her life merely function to make matters worse. Ultimately, she finds a way to come to terms with life as it reaches an end and life as it begins.

Love & Lies by Ellen Wittlinger: When Marisol, a self-confident eighteen-year-old lesbian, moves to Cambridge, Massachusetts to work and try to write a novel, she falls under the spell of her beautiful but deceitful writing teacher, while also befriending a shy, vulnerable girl from Indiana.

Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses by Ron Koertge: Free-verse reveals true stories behind well-known fairy tales, some reset in modern times, as a strung-out match girl sells CDs to drug users, Little Red Riding Hood admits that she wanted to know what it is like to be swallowed whole, and Cinderella’s stepsisters are duped.

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (series): When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.

The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker (series): When Kate receives a mysterious e-mail from her dead friend Grace, she must prove that Grace’s death was not an accident, but finds that her elite private school holds secrets so big people are willing to kill to protect them.

The Secret to Lying by Todd Mitchell: Fifteen-year-old James lies about himself to be considered “cool” when he gets into an exclusive boarding school, but soon unnaturally vivid dreams of being a demon-hunting warrior lead to self-destructive acts while he is awake.

The Lying Game by Sara Shepard (series): Seventeen-year-old Emma Paxton steps into the life of her long-lost twin Sutton to solve her murder, while Sutton looks on from her afterlife.