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- Behind the scenesOptioned before it was out
20th Century Fox optioned the film rights in 2011, before Shatter Me even hit shelves. That movie never got made.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe crossed-out lines
The book is printed with scribbled-out words and lines, so it reads like a diary. The strike-throughs mirror the chaos in Juliette's head: she writes what she thinks, then tries to take it back.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFive books in the drawer
Shatter Me was Tahereh Mafi's first published novel, not the first she wrote. She finished five manuscripts before it just to learn how to write a book.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAn award and a list
The book got an honorable mention in the Children/Young Adult category of the Arab American Book Awards and made BuzzFeed's list of the best YA books of all time.
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- ReferenceThe e-book bridge
Between Shatter Me and Unravel Me came Destroy Me, an e-book-only novella (October 2012) told by Warner. It covers his side of things right after book 1.
source ↗ - ReferenceAdam gets a turn
Fracture Me, another novella, is told by Adam and set between Unravel Me and Ignite Me. Both novellas were later collected in Unite Me.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesWedding year
Unravel Me came out in February 2013. That same year, Tahereh Mafi married Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
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- Behind the scenesTwo novellas, one book
Unite Me pairs Destroy Me (e-book, October 2012) with Fracture Me (e-book, December 2013). The print edition came out on February 4, 2014.
source ↗ - ReferenceJuliette's journal
Besides the novellas, the book includes pages from Juliette's journal, the one she keeps in Shatter Me.
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Destroy Me is set between books 1 and 2, Fracture Me between books 2 and 3. That's why the collection works best after Unravel Me.
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- Behind the scenesTwo books, one day
Ignite Me hit shelves on February 4, 2014, the same day the first two novellas came out in print as Unite Me.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe ending that wasn't
For over three years, Ignite Me was the last book in the series. Only in April 2017 did Mafi announce a new trilogy set in the same world.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBoxed up
Also in 2014, the trilogy got a three-book box set, the Shatter Me Complete Collection.
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- Behind the scenesAnnounced in 2017
Mafi announced Restore Me in April 2017 as the first book of a new trilogy. It came out on March 6, 2018, four years after Ignite Me.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNow with Warner
It's the first novel in the series with two narrators: the chapters switch between Juliette and Warner.
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Readers of Destroy Me already knew Warner's voice. That 2012 novella was the first time Mafi wrote from his point of view.
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- Behind the scenesA busy year
2019 brought three releases: the novella Shadow Me in March, Defy Me soon after, and the novella Reveal Me later that year.
source ↗ - ReferenceKenji before Defy Me
Shadow Me is told by Kenji and set between Restore Me and Defy Me. Readers who picked it up arrive here already inside his head.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesPrint came later
Both 2019 novellas came out as e-books first. They only reached print together in October, in the Find Me collection.
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- Behind the scenesKenji's turn
Shadow Me, from March 2019, is told by Kenji Kishimoto. It was the series' first novella from his point of view.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFirst time in print
Find Me came out on October 8, 2019, the first time both novellas appeared in print.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesIn Brazil, Decifra-me
Brazil's Universo dos Livros published the collection in 2022 as Decifra-me, with the novellas Proteja-me and Revela-me, in 160 pages.
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- Behind the scenesThe last novel
Imagine Me came out on March 31, 2020, and closes the main series, nine years after Shatter Me.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSix in a box
After Imagine Me, all six novels were sold together as the Shatter Me Series 6-Book Box Set.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesRights back in play
In June 2026, Warner Bros. Pictures announced it had acquired the film rights to the series. No movie or date yet.
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- ReferenceWarner closes it out
Believe Me came out on November 16, 2021, and is told by Warner, just like the series' first novella, Destroy Me.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesShort, but its own book
In the US it came out on its own as a Harper paperback, 177 pages long.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe world goes on
In 2025, Mafi launched a spin-off, Shatter Me: The New Republic. Its first book, Watch Me, is set ten years after Believe Me.
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