36 Books like The Maidens

Society of Lies

by Lauren Ling Brown

Her sister drowns at Princeton reunions. A decade ago, the same secret society killed their friend.

3.52

101k+

📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Secret Society 🔒 Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines 🖤 Grieving Sister

Society of Lies 94%

Her sister drowns at Princeton reunions. A decade ago, the same secret society killed their friend.

by Lauren Ling Brown 2024

3.52

101k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Secret Society 🔒 Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines 🖤 Grieving Sister

The It Girl

by Ruth Ware • 2022

A pregnant woman reopens her Oxford friend's murder case after learning the wrong man was convicted.

3.84

300k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🔪 Campus Murder ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👥 Friend Group Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

The It Girl 95%

A pregnant woman reopens her Oxford friend's murder case after learning the wrong man was convicted.

by Ruth Ware 2022

3.84

300k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🔪 Campus Murder ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👥 Friend Group Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

Murder by the Book

by Amie Schaumberg • 2025

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

3.41

816

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

Murder by the Book 94%

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

by Amie Schaumberg 2025

3.41

816 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

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

Parents Weekend

by Alex Finlay • 2025

A classmate drowned. Five students know the truth. On Parents Weekend, they vanish.

3.53

41k+

🔪 Campus Thriller 🤝 Secret Pact 🔒 Family Secrets 📱 Social Media Suspense 🔍 Missing Person

Parents Weekend 92%

A classmate drowned. Five students know the truth. On Parents Weekend, they vanish.

by Alex Finlay 2025

3.53

41k+ ratings

🔪 Campus Thriller 🤝 Secret Pact 🔒 Family Secrets 📱 Social Media Suspense 🔍 Missing Person

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

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

Do No Evil

by M.S. Morris • 2020

A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.

4.34

4k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Academic Mystery ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Do No Evil 94%

A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.

by M.S. Morris 2020

4.34

4k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Academic Mystery ⚔️ Revenge Quest

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 94%

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

Fox

by Joyce Carol Oates

When a teacher is found dead in a ravine, hunting his killer unearths a hidden life.

3.76

10k+

🖤 Dark Academia ⚠️ Predatory Teacher 💔 Abuse Survivor 🤔 Moral Ambiguity 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Fox 93%

When a teacher is found dead in a ravine, hunting his killer unearths a hidden life.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2025

3.76

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia ⚠️ Predatory Teacher 💔 Abuse Survivor 🤔 Moral Ambiguity 🧠 Psychological Suspense

My Best Friend's Wife

by Dina Santorelli • 2025

A wife's snowbound vacation turns lethal after her best friend marries a stranger.

4.20

4k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love 🚨 Framed For Murder

My Best Friend's Wife 92%

A wife's snowbound vacation turns lethal after her best friend marries a stranger.

by Dina Santorelli 2025

4.20

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love 🚨 Framed For Murder

Murder Your Employer

by Rupert Holmes • 2023

At a hidden academy, murder is a craft. Three students must kill their bosses to graduate.

3.8

59k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Academic Satire 🎯 Revenge Thriller 🏛️ Secret Society 😏 Dark Comedy

Murder Your Employer 92%

At a hidden academy, murder is a craft. Three students must kill their bosses to graduate.

by Rupert Holmes 2023

3.8

59k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Academic Satire 🎯 Revenge Thriller 🏛️ Secret Society 😏 Dark Comedy

The Librarian

by Valerie Keogh • 2023

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

3.83

9k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting 💔 Trauma Survivor ⚖️ Framed For Crime

The Librarian 92%

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

by Valerie Keogh 2023

3.83

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting 💔 Trauma Survivor ⚖️ Framed For Crime

You Belong Here

by Megan Miranda • 2025

Her daughter chose the college she fled. The masked tradition that killed two men is back.

3.50

40k+

🏫 Campus Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 👩‍👧 Protective Mother 🕸️ Generational Secrets 🧠 Unreliable Memories

You Belong Here 92%

Her daughter chose the college she fled. The masked tradition that killed two men is back.

by Megan Miranda 2025

3.50

40k+ ratings

🏫 Campus Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 👩‍👧 Protective Mother 🕸️ Generational Secrets 🧠 Unreliable Memories

Dead Med

by Freida McFadden

Five first-year med students. One cadaver. A drug ring. And a gun in the anatomy lab.

3.81

104k+

🏥 Medical School Thriller 🖤 Dark Academia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📚 Academic Pressure Cooker 💔 Student Teacher Affair

Dead Med 93%

Five first-year med students. One cadaver. A drug ring. And a gun in the anatomy lab.

by Freida McFadden 2024

3.81

104k+ ratings

🏥 Medical School Thriller 🖤 Dark Academia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📚 Academic Pressure Cooker 💔 Student Teacher Affair

The Pact

by Sharon J. Bolton • 2021

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

3.92

22k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

The Pact 94%

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

by Sharon J. Bolton 2021

3.92

22k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2014

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

3.96

295k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

You 94%

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

by Caroline Kepnes 2014

3.96

295k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

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 92%

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 Last Housewife

by Ashley Winstead • 2022

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

3.69

65k+

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

The Last Housewife 92%

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

by Ashley Winstead 2022

3.69

65k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

Those Empty Eyes

by Charlie Donlea • 2023

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

4.14

101k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

Those Empty Eyes 92%

Wrongly accused of her family's murder, a teen becomes an investigator chasing the real killer.

by Charlie Donlea 2023

4.14

101k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 📋 Cold Case Obsession

Doll Parts

by Penny Zang • 2025

Posthumous letters from her dead best friend force a new mother to confront their buried secret.

3.53

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Friendship 🤝 Fatal Pact 🔍 Cold Case 🏚️ Suburban Gothic

Doll Parts 92%

Posthumous letters from her dead best friend force a new mother to confront their buried secret.

by Penny Zang 2025

3.53

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Friendship 🤝 Fatal Pact 🔍 Cold Case 🏚️ Suburban Gothic

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 93%

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

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

The Examiner

by Janice Hallett

A blind art student's MA is a front for espionage, and one classmate is already dead.

3.66

25k+

✉️ Epistolary Mystery 🎓 Academic Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identities 🤫 Cover-Up Conspiracy 📄 Unreliable Documents

The Examiner 93%

A blind art student's MA is a front for espionage, and one classmate is already dead.

by Janice Hallett 2024

3.66

25k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Mystery 🎓 Academic Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identities 🤫 Cover-Up Conspiracy 📄 Unreliable Documents

What Have You Done?

by Shari Lapena • 2024

A Vermont field, a dead teenager, and a small town where everyone is hiding something.

3.75

108k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👥 Multiple Suspects 🔎 Amateur Sleuthing 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

What Have You Done? 92%

A Vermont field, a dead teenager, and a small town where everyone is hiding something.

by Shari Lapena 2024

3.75

108k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👥 Multiple Suspects 🔎 Amateur Sleuthing 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

The Fury

by Alex Michaelides • 2024

On a private Greek island, a storm strands seven. A gunshot. One body. The killer remains.

3.36

246k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌪️ Atmospheric Suspense 🕯️ Slow Burn Mystery 🎟️ Theater World

The Fury 91%

On a private Greek island, a storm strands seven. A gunshot. One body. The killer remains.

by Alex Michaelides 2024

3.36

246k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌪️ Atmospheric Suspense 🕯️ Slow Burn Mystery 🎟️ Theater World

Lovely Bad Things

by Trisha Wolfe

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

3.65

26k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

Lovely Bad Things 92%

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

by Trisha Wolfe 2022

3.65

26k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

El psicoanalista

by John Katzenbach • 2002

A psychoanalyst has two weeks to unmask the stranger threatening to destroy everyone he loves.

4.11

70k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🔪 Revenge Quest 🛋️ Therapist Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Identity

El psicoanalista 93%

A psychoanalyst has two weeks to unmask the stranger threatening to destroy everyone he loves.

by John Katzenbach 2002

4.11

70k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🔪 Revenge Quest 🛋️ Therapist Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Identity

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 93%

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

The Good Liar

by Denise Mina • 2025

A forensic expert's evidence jailed the wrong man. Her mentors know. So does the real killer.

3.54

4k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏛️ Unreliable System 🎨 Art As Confession 💔 Sisters And Addiction

The Good Liar 91%

A forensic expert's evidence jailed the wrong man. Her mentors know. So does the real killer.

by Denise Mina 2025

3.54

4k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🏛️ Unreliable System 🎨 Art As Confession 💔 Sisters And Addiction

The Night She Disappeared

by Lisa Jewell • 2021

After a pool party, two teenagers disappear. One year later, a buried ring surfaces.

4.08

332k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Dual Timeline ☠️ Toxic Friendship 💔 Obsessive Love

The Night She Disappeared 91%

After a pool party, two teenagers disappear. One year later, a buried ring surfaces.

by Lisa Jewell 2021

4.08

332k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Dual Timeline ☠️ Toxic Friendship 💔 Obsessive Love

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 93%

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

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

Someone Knows

by Vi Keeland

A professor opens a student manuscript and finds her own buried murder on the page.

3.87

15k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💭 Repressed Memories 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Someone Knows 92%

A professor opens a student manuscript and finds her own buried murder on the page.

by Vi Keeland 2025

3.87

15k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💭 Repressed Memories 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Coworker

by Freida McFadden • 2023

Her peculiar coworker vanishes. On her desk: a turtle figurine slick with blood.

3.73

593k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏢 Office Thriller ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔪 Revenge Thriller ☣️ Toxic Workplace

The Coworker 91%

Her peculiar coworker vanishes. On her desk: a turtle figurine slick with blood.

by Freida McFadden 2023

3.73

593k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏢 Office Thriller ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔪 Revenge Thriller ☣️ Toxic Workplace

The Invite

by A.J. McDine • 2022

Five friends. One remote estate. The host is missing, and someone is hunting them.

3.86

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💀 Revenge Plot 🏰 Isolated Estate 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Invite 91%

Five friends. One remote estate. The host is missing, and someone is hunting them.

by A.J. McDine 2022

3.86

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💀 Revenge Plot 🏰 Isolated Estate 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

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