Jessica Darling

The Jessica Darling books are a The New York Times bestselling series of five young adult novels by Megan McCafferty, published between 2001 and 2009. Told from the diary-style perspective of character Jessica Darling, the series chronicles her misadventures through high school, college, and beyond. McCafferty also published a Jessica Darling short story called "Fifteen Going On ..." in a 2004 anthology she edited called Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday.

In 2006, Harvard student Kaavya Viswanathan was accused of plagiarizing the first two Jessica Darling novels, as well as the works of other writers, in her highly publicized debut novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life.

Novels

Sloppy Firsts (August 28, 2001)
Second Helpings (April 22, 2003)
Charmed Thirds (April 11, 2006)
Fourth Comings (August 7, 2007)
Perfect Fifths (April 14, 2009)

The first two novels in the series, Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings, were first published in paperback by Three Rivers Press. The subsequent three novels were first published in hardcover by Crown, with later paperback editions by Three Rivers Press.

Short story

McCafferty published a Jessica Darling short story called "Fifteen Going On ..." in a 2004 anthology called Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday, which she also edited.

The following tropes are common to many or all entries in the Jessica Darling franchise.
For tropes specific to individual installments, visit their respective work pages.