Meg Cabot started her career in 1998 with the romance novel, Where Roses Grow Wild, under the pseudonym Patricia Cabot.[1] Cabot began writing for young adults with her 2000 novels, The Princess Diaries and Shadowland. She has wrote under other pen names, including Jenny Carroll for her 1-800 series and Meggin Cabot for The Boy Next Door.
In 2008, Cabot began her first series for middle-grade readers titled Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. She has also wrote From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess, a spin-off of The Princess Diaries, for the same demographic. Aside from novels, Cabot has contributed short stories to various anthologies.
Middle-grade novels[]
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls[]
- Moving Day (March 2008)
- The New Girl (August 2008)
- Best Friends and Drama Queens (March 2009)
- Stage Fright (September 2009)
- Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out (March 2010)
- Blast from the Past (September 2010)
From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess[]
- From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess (June 2015)
- Royal Wedding Disaster (May 2016)
- Royal Day Out (May 2016)
- Royal Crush (August 2017)
- Royal Crown (August 2018)
Young adult novels[]
The Princess Diaries[]
- The Princess Diaries, Volume I (October 2000)
- Princess in the Spotlight, Volume II (June 2001)
- Princess in Love, Volume III (March 2002)
- Princess in Waiting, Volume IV (April 2003)
- Project Princess, Volume IV and 1/2 (August 2003)
- Princess in Pink, Volume V (March 2004)
- Princess in Training, Volume VI (March 2005)
- The Princess Present, Volume VI and 1/2 (October 2004)
- Party Princess, Volume VII (March 2006)
- Sweet Sixteen Princess, Volume VII and 1/2 (May 2006)
- Valentine Princess, Volume VII and 3/4 (December 2006)
- Princess on the Brink, Volume VIII (January 2007)
- Princess Mia, Volume IX (January 2008)
- Forever Princess, Volume X (January 2009)
- Royal Wedding, Volume XI (June 2015)
- The Quarantine Princess Diaries, Volume XII (March 2023)
Companion books[]
- Princess Lessons (March 2003)
- Perfect Princess (March 2004)
- Holiday Princess (November 2005)
- Ransom My Heart (January 2009)
The Mediator[]
- Shadowland (October 2000)
- Ninth Key (February 2001)
- Reunion (July 2001)
- Darkest Hour (December 2001)
- Haunted (February 2003)
- Twilight (January 2005)
- Proposal (February 2016)
- Remembrance (February 2016)
1-800/Vanished[]
- When Lightning Strikes (February 2001)
- Code Name Cassandra (August 2001)
- Safe House (March 2002)
- Sanctuary (September 2002)
- Missing You (December 2006)
All-American Girl series[]
- All-American Girl (September 2002)
- Ready or Not (July 2005)
Airhead trilogy[]
- Airhead (May 2008)
- Being Nikki (May 2009)
- Runaway (March 2010)
Abandon trilogy[]
- Abandon (April 2011)
- Underworld (May 2012)
- Awaken (July 2013)
Stand-alone[]
- Nicola and the Viscount (August 2002)
- Victoria and the Rogue (March 2003)
- Teen Idol (July 2004)
- Avalon High (December 2005)
- How to Be Popular (July 2006)
- Pants on Fire (May 2007)
- Jinx (July 2007)
Adult novels[]
Boy series[]
- The Boy Next Door (October 2002)
- Boy Meets Girl (January 2004)
- Every Boy's Got One (January 2005)
- The Boy Is Back (October 2016)
Heather Wells Mysteries[]
- Size 12 Is Not Fat (December 2005)
- Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (November 2006)
- Big Boned (November 2007)
- Size 12 and Ready to Rock (July 2012)
- The Bride Wore Size 12 (September 2013)
Queen of Babble trilogy[]
- Queen of Babble (May 2006)
- Queen of Babble in the Big City (June 2007)
- Queen of Babble Gets Hitched (June 2008)
Insatiable series[]
- Insatiable (June 2010)
- Overbite (July 2011)
Little Bridge Island[]
- Bridal Boot Camp (May 2019)
- No Judgments (September 2019)
- No Offense (August 2020)
- No Words (September 2021)
A Witches of West Harbor[]
- Enchanted to Meet You (September 2023)
Stand-alone[]
- Where Roses Grow Wild (March 1998)
- Portrait of My Heart (January 1999)
- An Improper Proposal (November 1999)
- A Little Scandal (June 2000)
- Lady of Skye (January 2001)
- Educating Caroline (November 2001)
- Kiss the Bride (May 2002)
- She Went All the Way (December 2002)
Graphic novels[]
Avalon High: Coronation[]
- The Merlin Prophecy (July 2007)
- Homecoming (June 2008)
- Hunter's Moon (September 2009)
Stand-alone[]
- Black Canary: Ignite (October 2019)
Short stories in anthologies[]
- "The Christmas Captive" (as Patricia Cabot) in A Season in the Highlands (December 2000)
- "Girl’s Guide to New York Through the Movies" in Metropolis Found (August 2003)
- "Connie Hunter Williams, Psychic Teacher" in Friends: Stories About New Friends, Old Friends, and Unexpectedly True Friends (August 2005)
- "Party Planner" in Girls' Night In (November 2005)
- "Reunion" in Girls' Night Out (June 2006)
- "Kate the Great" in 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen (September 2006)
- "Ask Annie" in Midnight Feast (2007)
- "The Exterminator's Daughter" in Prom Nights from Hell (April 2007)
- "Allie Finklestein's Rules for Boyfriends" in Shining On (May 2007)
- "Another All-American Girl" in Our White House, Looking In, Looking Out (September 2008)
- "Where's My Belt" in My Little Red Book (February 2009)
- "Cry, Linda, Cry: Judy Blume’s Blubber and the Cruelest Thing in the World" in Everything I Needed to Know About Being A Girl I Learned from Judy Blume (April 2009)
- "Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret" in Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading (July 2009)
- "Legacy" in Queen of Teen (May 2010)
- "The Night Hunter" in Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror (September 2010)
- "Princess Prettypants" in Zombies vs. Unicorns (September 2010)
- "Falling in Lust at the Jersey Shore" in Cosmo’s Sexiest Stories Ever: Three Naughty Tales (August 2011)
- "The Protectionist" in What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur (September 2011)
- "Out of the Blue" in Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction (August 2012)
- "Beru Whitesun Lars" in From a Certain Point of View (October 2017)
Miscellaneous[]
- Ice Princess (early screenplays; 2005)