50 Books like A Line in the Dark

The Cheerleaders

by Kara Thomas

Five cheerleaders died. Five years later, a sister digs up their secrets and awakens a killer.

3.74

57k+

🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 📁 Cold Case 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚠️ Predatory Adult

The Cheerleaders 93%

Five cheerleaders died. Five years later, a sister digs up their secrets and awakens a killer.

by Kara Thomas 2018

3.74

57k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 📁 Cold Case 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚠️ Predatory Adult

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2024

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

3.96

23k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Where Sleeping Girls Lie 96%

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2024

3.96

23k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Tournament

by Rebecca Barrow • 2025

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

3.24

234

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle

The Tournament 96%

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

by Rebecca Barrow 2025

3.24

234 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle

Kill Joy

by Holly Jackson • 2021

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

3.72

177k+

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Kill Joy 93%

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

by Holly Jackson 2021

3.72

177k+ ratings

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

The Thrashers

by Julie Soto • 2025

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

4.01

18k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Thrashers 93%

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

by Julie Soto 2025

4.01

18k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Nothing More to Tell

by Karen M. McManus • 2022

To land a true crime internship, she reopens the murder her oldest friends swore to forget.

3.88

75k+

🎙️ True Crime Journalism 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏫 Private School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🌲 Small Town Secrets

Nothing More to Tell 93%

To land a true crime internship, she reopens the murder her oldest friends swore to forget.

by Karen M. McManus 2022

3.88

75k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Journalism 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏫 Private School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🌲 Small Town Secrets

Lessons in Power

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2016

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

4.31

13k+

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Lessons in Power 93%

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016

4.31

13k+ ratings

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

You'll Be the Death of Me

by Karen M. McManus • 2021

Three ex-friends play hooky, find a classmate's corpse, and become prime suspects in his murder.

3.73

85k+

🕵️ Teen Sleuth Trio 🤝 Estranged Friends Reunion 🚫 Teacher-Student Affair ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💊 School Drug Ring

You'll Be the Death of Me 93%

Three ex-friends play hooky, find a classmate's corpse, and become prime suspects in his murder.

by Karen M. McManus 2021

3.73

85k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Sleuth Trio 🤝 Estranged Friends Reunion 🚫 Teacher-Student Affair ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💊 School Drug Ring

Black Iris

by Leah Raeder • 2015

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

3.71

6k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Black Iris 92%

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

by Leah Raeder 2015

3.71

6k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

I'm the Girl

by Courtney Summers • 2022

Georgia finds a murdered girl near Aspera, where beauty buys protection and silence costs lives.

3.38

5k+

🖤 Dark Ya Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

I'm the Girl 95%

Georgia finds a murdered girl near Aspera, where beauty buys protection and silence costs lives.

by Courtney Summers 2022

3.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Ya Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Kill Creatures

by Rory Power • 2025

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

3.49

5k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Kill Creatures 95%

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

by Rory Power 2025

3.49

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Two Can Keep a Secret

by Karen M. McManus

Ellery moves to Echo Ridge hunting answers about her missing aunt. Then the bodies start dropping.

3.91

174k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Teen Detective Duo 🎧 True Crime Obsession ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔒 Family Secrets

Two Can Keep a Secret 92%

Ellery moves to Echo Ridge hunting answers about her missing aunt. Then the bodies start dropping.

by Karen M. McManus 2019

3.91

174k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Teen Detective Duo 🎧 True Crime Obsession ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔒 Family Secrets

So Happy Together

by Olivia Worley • 2025

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

3.45

11k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

So Happy Together 92%

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

by Olivia Worley 2025

3.45

11k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

All That’s Left to Say

by Emery Lord • 2023

A girl goes undercover at her dead cousin's prep school to find who supplied the pills.

3.67

2k+

🏫 Prep School Mystery 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

All That’s Left to Say 92%

A girl goes undercover at her dead cousin's prep school to find who supplied the pills.

by Emery Lord 2023

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School Mystery 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Influence

by Sara Shepard • 2020

A newbie influencer wakes beside her dead rival with no memory and a million followers watching.

3.39

4k+

📱 Social Media Thriller ✨ Influencer Culture 🔍 Whodunit Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌈 Coming Out Journey

Influence 92%

A newbie influencer wakes beside her dead rival with no memory and a million followers watching.

by Sara Shepard 2020

3.39

4k+ ratings

📱 Social Media Thriller ✨ Influencer Culture 🔍 Whodunit Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌈 Coming Out Journey

Truly, Devious

by Maureen Johnson • 2018

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

3.88

184k+

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

Truly, Devious 92%

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

by Maureen Johnson 2018

3.88

184k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

You're Next

by Kylie Schachte • 2020

Her ex-girlfriend's murder sends a teen sleuth into a secret fight club where power kills.

3.77

2k+

🔍 Teen Sleuth 🔒 Secret Society 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist ❄️ Cold Case

You're Next 92%

Her ex-girlfriend's murder sends a teen sleuth into a secret fight club where power kills.

by Kylie Schachte 2020

3.77

2k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Sleuth 🔒 Secret Society 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist ❄️ Cold Case

The Perfectionists

by Sara Shepard • 2014

At a high-pressure high school, five girls prank a golden boy and become murder suspects.

3.78

15k+

🔪 High School Murder 😈 Deadly Prank 🗂️ Blackmail 🤐 Friend Group Suspicion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Perfectionists 92%

At a high-pressure high school, five girls prank a golden boy and become murder suspects.

by Sara Shepard 2014

3.78

15k+ ratings

🔪 High School Murder 😈 Deadly Prank 🗂️ Blackmail 🤐 Friend Group Suspicion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

by Amy Doak

Meg's sister returned as a stranger. The school erases students. Asking why gets people killed.

3.68

462

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🌑 Dark Boarding School 🤝 Enemies To Allies

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? Summary

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? 92%

Meg's sister returned as a stranger. The school erases students. Asking why gets people killed.

by Amy Doak 2025

3.68

462 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🌑 Dark Boarding School 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

by Lynn Weingarten • 2015

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

3.40

20k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls Summary

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls 94%

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

by Lynn Weingarten 2015

3.40

20k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

A Lesson in Vengeance

by Victoria Lee • 2021

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

3.51

24k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

A Lesson in Vengeance 94%

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

by Victoria Lee 2021

3.51

24k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

The Perfect Roommate

by Minka Kent • 2018

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

The Perfect Roommate 92%

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

by Minka Kent 2018

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

His & Hers

by Alice Feeney • 2020

A reporter and her detective ex investigate a friend's murder in the hometown they once fled.

4.10

368k+

👥 Dual Narration Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friendship Group 🤥 Unreliable Narrators 🎒 School Clique Revenge 🎥 Media And Murder

His & Hers 92%

A reporter and her detective ex investigate a friend's murder in the hometown they once fled.

by Alice Feeney 2020

4.10

368k+ ratings

👥 Dual Narration Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friendship Group 🤥 Unreliable Narrators 🎒 School Clique Revenge 🎥 Media And Murder

Into the Water

by Paula Hawkins • 2017

A death at the Drowning Pool forces Jules back to a town where questioning women vanish.

3.59

422k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👻 Local Legend 🍎 Teacher-Student Affair 🗝️ Family Secrets 👭 Sister Estrangement

Into the Water 92%

A death at the Drowning Pool forces Jules back to a town where questioning women vanish.

by Paula Hawkins 2017

3.59

422k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👻 Local Legend 🍎 Teacher-Student Affair 🗝️ Family Secrets 👭 Sister Estrangement

The Bridesmaid

by Cate Quinn • 2025

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

3.29

8k+

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

The Bridesmaid 92%

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

by Cate Quinn 2025

3.29

8k+ ratings

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

217k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Lying Game 92%

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017

3.52

217k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

Night School

by C.J. Daugherty • 2012

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

4.07

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Night School 92%

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

by C.J. Daugherty 2012

4.07

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron • 2023

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

3.90

13k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

This Book Kills 94%

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

by Ravena Guron 2023

3.90

13k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

The New Girl

by R.L. Stine • 1989

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

3.57

10k+

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

The New Girl 93%

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

by R.L. Stine 1989

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus

When a gossip app creator dies in detention, four classmates with secrets are accused of murder.

3.91

1.1M+

📚 Prep School Mystery 👁️ Multi Pov Mystery 🔪 Framed For Murder 👥 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

One of Us Is Lying 92%

When a gossip app creator dies in detention, four classmates with secrets are accused of murder.

by Karen M. McManus 2017

3.91

1.1M+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 👁️ Multi Pov Mystery 🔪 Framed For Murder 👥 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Only If You're Lucky

by Stacy Willingham • 2024

A grieving student's alluring new roommate is hiding a connection to her best friend's death.

3.56

80k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎓 Campus Thriller 🖤 Toxic Friendship ♟️ Power Games 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Only If You're Lucky 92%

A grieving student's alluring new roommate is hiding a connection to her best friend's death.

by Stacy Willingham 2024

3.56

80k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎓 Campus Thriller 🖤 Toxic Friendship ♟️ Power Games 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Death in the Spires

by K.J. Charles • 2024

An anonymous letter forces Jem Kite to uncover which Oxford friend committed murder ten years ago.

4.17

6k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👥 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story 💔 Toxic Friendship

Death in the Spires 92%

An anonymous letter forces Jem Kite to uncover which Oxford friend committed murder ten years ago.

by K.J. Charles 2024

4.17

6k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👥 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story 💔 Toxic Friendship

Legacy

by Kate Brian • 2008

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

4.04

7k+

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Legacy 92%

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

by Kate Brian 2008

4.04

7k+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

One for Sorrow

by Zoe Sugg • 2020

After their school is accused of murder, a new student and her reluctant roommate hunt a killer.

3.70

11k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🔍 Secret Society 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Boarding School 🎙️ Podcast Framing

One for Sorrow 92%

After their school is accused of murder, a new student and her reluctant roommate hunt a killer.

by Zoe Sugg 2020

3.70

11k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🔍 Secret Society 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Boarding School 🎙️ Podcast Framing

I'll Follow You

by Charlene Wang • 2025

A poor girl's best friend invades her elite campus, dragging their fake Instagram life with her.

3.65

5k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🏛️ Elite College Campus 😶‍🌫️ Morally Gray Narrator 📱 Internet Fame

I'll Follow You 92%

A poor girl's best friend invades her elite campus, dragging their fake Instagram life with her.

by Charlene Wang 2025

3.65

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🏛️ Elite College Campus 😶‍🌫️ Morally Gray Narrator 📱 Internet Fame

Ace of Spades

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2021

An anonymous texter targets the only Black students at an elite academy, uniting unlikely allies.

4.13

102k+

🎭 Dark Academia 🏫 Elite Private School 📲 Anonymous Texter 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚖️ Systemic Racism

Ace of Spades 92%

An anonymous texter targets the only Black students at an elite academy, uniting unlikely allies.

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2021

4.13

102k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Academia 🏫 Elite Private School 📲 Anonymous Texter 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚖️ Systemic Racism

The Dare

by Natasha Preston

Blackmailed into a dare, four seniors bury a body. Then a text arrives: someone knows.

3.79

21k+

💀 Deadly Dares 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪤 Framed By Friends 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔄 Double Cross

The Dare 92%

Blackmailed into a dare, four seniors bury a body. Then a text arrives: someone knows.

by Natasha Preston 2024

3.79

21k+ ratings

💀 Deadly Dares 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪤 Framed By Friends 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔄 Double Cross

She Was the Quiet One

by Michele Campbell • 2018

Her twin sister murdered at boarding school, Rose wakes to find the knife in her hand.

3.72

11k+

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 💔 Student Teacher Affair 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Framed For Murder 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

She Was the Quiet One 93%

Her twin sister murdered at boarding school, Rose wakes to find the knife in her hand.

by Michele Campbell 2018

3.72

11k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 💔 Student Teacher Affair 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Framed For Murder 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Pretty Little Liars

by Sara Shepard • 2006

Four friends bury their secrets alongside a vanished queen bee. Then the stalker's texts begin.

3.84

214k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👑 Queen Bee 👁️ Anonymous Stalker 💔 Forbidden Romance ✨ Glossy Suspense

Pretty Little Liars 93%

Four friends bury their secrets alongside a vanished queen bee. Then the stalker's texts begin.

by Sara Shepard 2006

3.84

214k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👑 Queen Bee 👁️ Anonymous Stalker 💔 Forbidden Romance ✨ Glossy Suspense

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart

by Emma Simmerman • 2026

Her ex-boyfriends are dying, and pages from her private breakup journal appear at every crime scene.

3.78

3k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Campus Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💋 Fake Dating 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart Summary

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart 92%

Her ex-boyfriends are dying, and pages from her private breakup journal appear at every crime scene.

by Emma Simmerman 2026

3.78

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Campus Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💋 Fake Dating 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

One Dark Night

by Hannah Richell • 2025

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

3.85

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

One Dark Night 92%

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

by Hannah Richell 2025

3.85

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

Bad Habits

by Amy Gentry • 2021

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

3.50

2k+

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

Bad Habits 92%

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

by Amy Gentry 2021

3.50

2k+ ratings

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

Seven Lies

by Elizabeth Kay • 2020

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

3.34

11k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Seven Lies 92%

A woman's fierce loyalty to her best friend turns poisonous after she tells a single lie.

by Elizabeth Kay 2020

3.34

11k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🏡 Domestic Noir 💔 Obsessive Friendship 🖤 Possessive Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

How to Find a Missing Girl

by Victoria Wlosok • 2023

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

3.59

6k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets

How to Find a Missing Girl 93%

A missing sister. A vanished ex. A podcast of secrets someone is killing to keep quiet.

by Victoria Wlosok 2023

3.59

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🔍 Missing Sister 📚 High School Secrets

Here Lies Daniel Tate

by Cristin Terrill • 2017

A teenage con artist steals a missing boy's identity and joins a family hiding a crime.

4.05

6k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🏚️ Atmospheric Mystery

Here Lies Daniel Tate 93%

A teenage con artist steals a missing boy's identity and joins a family hiding a crime.

by Cristin Terrill 2017

4.05

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist 🏚️ Atmospheric Mystery

Family of Liars

by E. Lockhart

Summer on a private island: first love, a dead boy, and a family that hides everything.

3.76

160k+

📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💰 Old Money Secrets 🤫 Family Cover-Up 👯 Sister Rivalry

Family of Liars 92%

Summer on a private island: first love, a dead boy, and a family that hides everything.

by E. Lockhart 2022

3.76

160k+ ratings

📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💰 Old Money Secrets 🤫 Family Cover-Up 👯 Sister Rivalry

All We Lost Was Everything

by Sloan Harlow • 2025

After a fatal fire and an anonymous fortune, a teen learns everyone she trusts is lying.

3.78

4k+

🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 😢 Grieving Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Bad Boy With Secrets

All We Lost Was Everything 92%

After a fatal fire and an anonymous fortune, a teen learns everyone she trusts is lying.

by Sloan Harlow 2025

3.78

4k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 😢 Grieving Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Bad Boy With Secrets

We Fell Apart

by E. Lockhart • 2025

Matilda accepts her absent father's invitation to a crumbling island estate. He never appears.

3.55

19k+

🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🔐 Family Secrets 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father 💕 Enemies To Lovers

We Fell Apart 92%

Matilda accepts her absent father's invitation to a crumbling island estate. He never appears.

by E. Lockhart 2025

3.55

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🔐 Family Secrets 🤝 Found Family 💔 Absent Father 💕 Enemies To Lovers

If We Were Villains

by M.L. Rio • 2017

After his classmate drowns, a young actor takes the blame. Ten years later, he reveals why.

4.08

422k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Campus Mystery 🔪 Murder Among Friends 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Tragic Queer Love

If We Were Villains 92%

After his classmate drowns, a young actor takes the blame. Ten years later, he reveals why.

by M.L. Rio 2017

4.08

422k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Campus Mystery 🔪 Murder Among Friends 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Tragic Queer Love

We Were Never Here

by Andrea Bartz • 2021

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

3.49

147k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

We Were Never Here 92%

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

by Andrea Bartz 2021

3.49

147k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

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