# Is "Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (Amy Einhorn Books / G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2014) is identified by: US true first is the Amy Einhorn Books / G. Moriarty is Australian, and the Pan Macmillan Australia edition also appeared in late July 2014, essentially simultaneous with the US Amy Einhorn/Putnam edition (sources give the US hardcover as July 29, 2014, and the AU release as late July, with minor date discrepancies by format).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US true first is the Amy Einhorn Books / G. P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin) hardcover, New York, 2014, 458 pp, ISBN 978-0-399-16706-5; the first American printing shows a complete number line ending in 1 together with the 'Amy Einhorn Books / Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons' imprint statement
- Standard hardcover in a priced dust jacket (price present at the front flap); a 'Signed Copy' sticker sometimes appears on the jacket but is not a printing point
- Publisher imprint reads Amy Einhorn Books / G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Liane Moriarty |
| Publisher | Amy Einhorn Books / G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Year | 2014 |
| True first | Australian edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US true first is the Amy Einhorn Books / G. P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin) hardcover, New York, 2014, 458 pp, ISBN 978-0-399-16706-5; the first… |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
US true first is the Amy Einhorn Books / G. P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin) hardcover, New York, 2014, 458 pp, ISBN 978-0-399-16706-5; the first American printing shows a complete number line ending in 1 together with the 'Amy Einhorn Books / Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons' imprint statement. Standard hardcover in a priced dust jacket (price present at the front flap); a 'Signed Copy' sticker sometimes appears on the jacket but is not a printing point.

## Is this the true first?
Moriarty is Australian, and the Pan Macmillan Australia edition also appeared in late July 2014, essentially simultaneous with the US Amy Einhorn/Putnam edition (sources give the US hardcover as July 29, 2014, and the AU release as late July, with minor date discrepancies by format). Neither can be cleanly ranked to the day; treat US Amy Einhorn and AU Pan Macmillan as near-simultaneous 2014 co-firsts, with the US Einhorn edition the market-standard collected first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later Berkley trade-paperback printings (2015 onward) are reprints, not firsts. Verify any claimed 'first' against the full number line and the Amy Einhorn imprint line rather than the 2014 year alone.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Big Little Lies* by Liane Moriarty a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/big-little-lies
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.