50 Books like Panic

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 94%

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

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

Darkly

by Marisha Pessl • 2024

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

3.66

8k+

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

Darkly 93%

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

by Marisha Pessl 2024

3.66

8k+ ratings

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

The Only Survivors

by Megan Miranda • 2023

When a dead survivor's phone surfaces at the annual reunion, Cassidy discovers someone is watching.

3.54

90k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 😔 Survivor Guilt 🤝 Trauma-Bonded Friends 🧠 Unreliable Memories 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

The Only Survivors 92%

When a dead survivor's phone surfaces at the annual reunion, Cassidy discovers someone is watching.

by Megan Miranda 2023

3.54

90k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 😔 Survivor Guilt 🤝 Trauma-Bonded Friends 🧠 Unreliable Memories 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

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 92%

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

The Testing

by Joelle Charbonneau • 2013

The Testing chooses future leaders by killing most candidates. Cia must be the exception.

4.05

84k+

🗡️ Deadly Competition 🏕️ Survival Trials 💕 Friends To Lovers 👀 Hidden Betrayal 📹 Constant Surveillance

The Testing 92%

The Testing chooses future leaders by killing most candidates. Cia must be the exception.

by Joelle Charbonneau 2013

4.05

84k+ ratings

🗡️ Deadly Competition 🏕️ Survival Trials 💕 Friends To Lovers 👀 Hidden Betrayal 📹 Constant Surveillance

All the Little Lights

by Jamie McGuire • 2018

In a decaying B&B, a mother's fractured mind becomes a town's nightmare when a girl disappears.

3.96

20k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🏚️ Creepy Old House 🧠 Dissociative Identity 💞 Friends To Lovers 👥 Mob Mentality

All the Little Lights 92%

In a decaying B&B, a mother's fractured mind becomes a town's nightmare when a girl disappears.

by Jamie McGuire 2018

3.96

20k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🏚️ Creepy Old House 🧠 Dissociative Identity 💞 Friends To Lovers 👥 Mob Mentality

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 93%

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

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

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 93%

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

Five Liars

by D.L. Fisher • 2026

A white-lie party on a remote island strands five friends with a hurricane and a killer.

3.53

8k+

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🌀 Storm-Bound Island 🎭 Deadly Party Game 👥 Childhood Revenge ⌛ Dual Timelines

Five Liars 92%

A white-lie party on a remote island strands five friends with a hurricane and a killer.

by D.L. Fisher 2026

3.53

8k+ ratings

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🌀 Storm-Bound Island 🎭 Deadly Party Game 👥 Childhood Revenge ⌛ Dual Timelines

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 92%

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

Two Sides to Every Murder

by Danielle Valentine • 2024

Twin strangers meet at a reopened camp as a masked killer resumes a long-ago massacre.

3.68

12k+

🔥 Summer Camp Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🎭 Masked Killer 💰 Inheritance Feud 🏡 Small Town Mystery

Two Sides to Every Murder 92%

Twin strangers meet at a reopened camp as a masked killer resumes a long-ago massacre.

by Danielle Valentine 2024

3.68

12k+ ratings

🔥 Summer Camp Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🎭 Masked Killer 💰 Inheritance Feud 🏡 Small Town Mystery

Sadie

by Courtney Summers • 2018

When her thirteen-year-old sister is murdered, a girl with a stutter and a switchblade goes hunting.

4.03

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Fiction 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🛣️ Dark Road Trip 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Sadie 92%

When her thirteen-year-old sister is murdered, a girl with a stutter and a switchblade goes hunting.

by Courtney Summers 2018

4.03

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Fiction 🔪 Vigilante Justice 🛣️ Dark Road Trip 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Five Survive

by Holly Jackson

A road trip strands six friends in sniper crosshairs with one instruction: give up the secret.

4.08

286k+

🚐 Single-Location Thriller 🕵️ Who Is The Mole ⚖️ Corrupt Prosecutor 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 📝 False Witness

Five Survive 93%

A road trip strands six friends in sniper crosshairs with one instruction: give up the secret.

by Holly Jackson 2022

4.08

286k+ ratings

🚐 Single-Location Thriller 🕵️ Who Is The Mole ⚖️ Corrupt Prosecutor 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 📝 False Witness

You Shouldn't Have Come Here

by Jeneva Rose • 2023

A New Yorker's remote ranch retreat turns sinister when she learns the last guest never left.

3.36

307k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Isolated Setting 😈 Charming Predator 🎯 Cat And Mouse 🏕️ Vacation Gone Wrong

You Shouldn't Have Come Here 93%

A New Yorker's remote ranch retreat turns sinister when she learns the last guest never left.

by Jeneva Rose 2023

3.36

307k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Isolated Setting 😈 Charming Predator 🎯 Cat And Mouse 🏕️ Vacation Gone Wrong

Acceleration

by Graham McNamee • 2003

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

3.74

5k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Teen Sleuths 💧 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Acceleration 93%

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

by Graham McNamee 2003

3.74

5k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Teen Sleuths 💧 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

We All Fall Down

by Natalie D. Richards • 2017

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

2.94

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

We All Fall Down 92%

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

by Natalie D. Richards 2017

2.94

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

You Will Be Mine

by Natasha Preston • 2018

A student's housemates are stalked by a killer who removes hearts. The next valentine could be hers.

3.73

30k+

🏫 College Thriller 🔪 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 💔 Brother's Betrayal 💝 Holiday Horror

You Will Be Mine 92%

A student's housemates are stalked by a killer who removes hearts. The next valentine could be hers.

by Natasha Preston 2018

3.73

30k+ ratings

🏫 College Thriller 🔪 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 💔 Brother's Betrayal 💝 Holiday Horror

If You Tell a Lie

by Lucinda Berry • 2024

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

3.49

44k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

If You Tell a Lie 92%

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lucinda Berry 2024

3.49

44k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

Truth or Kill

by A.C. Kramer • 2022

An outsider joins an elite retreat where the game turns deadly and her protector is its creator.

4.23

2k+

🖤 Dark Revenge Romance 👀 Outsider Among Elites 🎭 Hidden Identity Lover 💔 Trauma Bonding 🏚️ Secluded Lodge

Truth or Kill 92%

An outsider joins an elite retreat where the game turns deadly and her protector is its creator.

by A.C. Kramer 2022

4.23

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Revenge Romance 👀 Outsider Among Elites 🎭 Hidden Identity Lover 💔 Trauma Bonding 🏚️ Secluded Lodge

One Was Lost

by Natalie D. Richards • 2016

Four teens wake up drugged and marked in a flooded forest. Someone is hunting them.

3.78

9k+

🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🪓 Hidden Killer 🌲 Appalachian Wilderness 🔒 Trapped Together

One Was Lost 93%

Four teens wake up drugged and marked in a flooded forest. Someone is hunting them.

by Natalie D. Richards 2016

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🪓 Hidden Killer 🌲 Appalachian Wilderness 🔒 Trapped Together

The Female of the Species

by Mindy McGinnis • 2016

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

4.14

39k+

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Female of the Species 93%

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

by Mindy McGinnis 2016

4.14

39k+ ratings

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 93%

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

I Killed Zoe Spanos

by Kit Frick • 2020

A summer nanny is a missing girl's lookalike. When memories surface, she becomes the suspect.

3.76

13k+

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👥 DoppelgäNger Mystery 🔒 False Confession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👭 Secret Siblings

I Killed Zoe Spanos 92%

A summer nanny is a missing girl's lookalike. When memories surface, she becomes the suspect.

by Kit Frick 2020

3.76

13k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👥 DoppelgäNger Mystery 🔒 False Confession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👭 Secret Siblings

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

The Cabin

by Natasha Preston • 2016

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

3.62

45k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

The Cabin 92%

A weekend at a remote cabin ends in murder, and the killer is among the survivors.

by Natasha Preston 2016

3.62

45k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🏚️ Remote Cabin 🔪 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🕯️ Past Tragedy

Hielo negro

by Becca Fitzpatrick • 2014

A spring blizzard forces Britt into a remote cabin that already holds two fugitives.

3.87

35k+

🔪 Romantic Suspense ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Survival Thriller 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Hielo negro 92%

A spring blizzard forces Britt into a remote cabin that already holds two fugitives.

by Becca Fitzpatrick 2014

3.87

35k+ ratings

🔪 Romantic Suspense ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Survival Thriller 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

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

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

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 92%

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

I Know What You Did Last Summer

by Lois Duncan • 1973

Four friends covered up a fatal hit-and-run. One year later, someone is hunting them down.

3.38

22k+

🔪 Teen Suspense 🚗 Fatal Cover-Up 🎯 Revenge Thriller 💔 Crumbling Friendships 🧠 Psychological Horror

I Know What You Did Last Summer 92%

Four friends covered up a fatal hit-and-run. One year later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lois Duncan 1973

3.38

22k+ ratings

🔪 Teen Suspense 🚗 Fatal Cover-Up 🎯 Revenge Thriller 💔 Crumbling Friendships 🧠 Psychological Horror

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

Everything We Never Said

by Sloan Harlow • 2024

After her best friend dies, Ella finds her diary and falls for the forbidden boyfriend.

3.84

25k+

🎭 Ya Romantic Suspense 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Grief And Guilt ☁️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Everything We Never Said 92%

After her best friend dies, Ella finds her diary and falls for the forbidden boyfriend.

by Sloan Harlow 2024

3.84

25k+ ratings

🎭 Ya Romantic Suspense 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Grief And Guilt ☁️ Melancholy Atmosphere

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

[We All Fall Down] (By

by Robert Cormier • 1991

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

3.80

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

[We All Fall Down] (By 92%

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

by Robert Cormier 1991

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

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 92%

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

The Scammer

by Tiffany D. Jackson

At an HBCU, four freshmen's sisterhood becomes a cult under a roommate's charming brother.

3.91

17k+

🕯️ Cult Recruitment 🏛️ HBCU Campus 🗡️ Revenge Quest 💕 Fake Dating To Real 🎭 Charismatic Predator

The Scammer 92%

At an HBCU, four freshmen's sisterhood becomes a cult under a roommate's charming brother.

by Tiffany D. Jackson 2025

3.91

17k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Recruitment 🏛️ HBCU Campus 🗡️ Revenge Quest 💕 Fake Dating To Real 🎭 Charismatic Predator

Vendetta

by Catherine Doyle • 2015

Five brothers move in next door. One steals her heart. They all want her family's blood.

3.99

7k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Family Vendetta 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Vendetta 91%

Five brothers move in next door. One steals her heart. They all want her family's blood.

by Catherine Doyle 2015

3.99

7k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Family Vendetta 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 91%

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 Grandest Game

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A dancer must solve an island escape room alongside the heir she blames for her father's death.

3.94

80k+

🔐 Escape Room 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏝️ Isolated Island 🔍 Family Secrets 🧩 Puzzle Competition

The Grandest Game 92%

A dancer must solve an island escape room alongside the heir she blames for her father's death.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2024

3.94

80k+ ratings

🔐 Escape Room 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏝️ Isolated Island 🔍 Family Secrets 🧩 Puzzle Competition

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

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 92%

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

A Line in the Dark

by Malinda Lo • 2017

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

3.25

4k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💜 Sapphic Yearning 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 🐍 Toxic Friendship 🌲 Small Town Mystery

A Line in the Dark 91%

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

by Malinda Lo 2017

3.25

4k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💜 Sapphic Yearning 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 🐍 Toxic Friendship 🌲 Small Town Mystery

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 91%

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

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

Perfect Girl

by Tracy Banghart • 2024

Trapped by a storm, four friends discover the real horror isn't the ghost haunting the house.

3.42

1k+

🔪 Feminist Horror 🏃 Survival Thriller 🎭 Good Girl Unraveling 👥 Friend Group In Peril 👁️ Hidden Predator

Perfect Girl 92%

Trapped by a storm, four friends discover the real horror isn't the ghost haunting the house.

by Tracy Banghart 2024

3.42

1k+ ratings

🔪 Feminist Horror 🏃 Survival Thriller 🎭 Good Girl Unraveling 👥 Friend Group In Peril 👁️ Hidden Predator

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

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 91%

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

I Dare You

by Shantel Tessier • 2018

When she witnesses a crime, the boy who runs the town makes her his next dare.

4.16

22k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Trauma Bonded Couple 🔪 Possessive Antihero 💀 Toxic Brotherhood 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

I Dare You 91%

When she witnesses a crime, the boy who runs the town makes her his next dare.

by Shantel Tessier 2018

4.16

22k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Trauma Bonded Couple 🔪 Possessive Antihero 💀 Toxic Brotherhood 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

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