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The Berry Pickers

by Amanda Peters

A Mi'kmaw child disappears from a Maine berry field and grows up not knowing she was stolen.

4.08

300k+

🍂 Indigenous Family Saga 👧 Stolen Child 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Devastation ⏳ Dual Timeline

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The Berry Pickers

A Mi'kmaw child disappears from a Maine berry field and grows up not knowing she was stolen.

by Amanda Peters 2023 307 pages

4.08

300k+ ratings

🍂 Indigenous Family Saga 👧 Stolen Child 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Devastation ⏳ Dual Timeline

Behind Her Eyes

by Sarah Pinborough

A single mother's affair with her boss ensnares her in his wife's dangerous friendship.

3.79

200k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Noir 🔄 Body Swap 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👻 Paranormal Suspense

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Behind Her Eyes

A single mother's affair with her boss ensnares her in his wife's dangerous friendship.

by Sarah Pinborough 2017 307 pages

3.79

200k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Noir 🔄 Body Swap 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👻 Paranormal Suspense

Look Closer

by David Ellis

A law professor spots the woman who ruined his family, then frames a con man for murder.

4.14

100k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🃏 Con Artist 🪤 Frame Job 📖 Metafictional

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Look Closer

A law professor spots the woman who ruined his family, then frames a con man for murder.

by David Ellis 2022 448 pages

4.14

100k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🃏 Con Artist 🪤 Frame Job 📖 Metafictional

The Brothers Hawthorne

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

An underground club demands Jameson Hawthorne's darkest secret. His brother is already burying one.

3.90

100k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🫂 Found Family 👥 Half-Siblings 🔒 Family Secrets 🤝 Brother Bonds

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The Brothers Hawthorne

An underground club demands Jameson Hawthorne's darkest secret. His brother is already burying one.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2023 480 pages

3.90

100k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🫂 Found Family 👥 Half-Siblings 🔒 Family Secrets 🤝 Brother Bonds

We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman

A bodyguard is framed with her own blood when her influencer clients are killed around the world.

4.05

100k+

🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths ⚖️ Framed For Murder 💬 Witty Banter 🌍 International Intrigue ❤️ Found Family

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We Solve Murders

A bodyguard is framed with her own blood when her influencer clients are killed around the world.

by Richard Osman 2024 400 pages

4.05

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths ⚖️ Framed For Murder 💬 Witty Banter 🌍 International Intrigue ❤️ Found Family

Heartwood

by Amity Gaige

A nurse vanishes on the Appalachian Trail. Three hundred miles away, a photograph holds the answer.

3.90

100k+

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🥾 Appalachian Trail 🚁 Search And Rescue 💔 Estranged Family 👁️ Multi-Perspective

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Heartwood

A nurse vanishes on the Appalachian Trail. Three hundred miles away, a photograph holds the answer.

by Amity Gaige 2025 309 pages

3.90

100k+ ratings

🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🥾 Appalachian Trail 🚁 Search And Rescue 💔 Estranged Family 👁️ Multi-Perspective

King of Ashes

by S.A. Cosby

A brother owes a gang a quarter-million. A money man comes home to pay in ash.

3.96

82k+

🎭 Crime Family Drama 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Rural Noir 🔫 Gangland Thriller 🕵️ Inside Man

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King of Ashes

A brother owes a gang a quarter-million. A money man comes home to pay in ash.

by S.A. Cosby 2025 333 pages

3.96

82k+ ratings

🎭 Crime Family Drama 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Rural Noir 🔫 Gangland Thriller 🕵️ Inside Man

The Wrong Sister

by Claire Douglas

Two sisters swap lives for one week. The wrong sister's husband pays the price.

3.92

62k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔄 Life Swap 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🔐 Family Secrets 🕵️ Hidden Sibling

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The Wrong Sister

Two sisters swap lives for one week. The wrong sister's husband pays the price.

by Claire Douglas 2024 384 pages

3.92

62k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔄 Life Swap 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🔐 Family Secrets 🕵️ Hidden Sibling

Nightshade

by Autumn Woods

At a gothic university, she hunts her parents' killer and falls for his son.

4.08

69k+

🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Gothic University 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Tortured Hero

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Nightshade

At a gothic university, she hunts her parents' killer and falls for his son.

by Autumn Woods 2025 416 pages

4.08

69k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Gothic University 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Tortured Hero

That's Not My Name

by Megan Lally

No memory, no name. A stranger claims she's his daughter. The cabin door locks from outside.

4.05

300k+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🔍 Missing Girl ⛓️ Captivity 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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That's Not My Name

No memory, no name. A stranger claims she's his daughter. The cabin door locks from outside.

by Megan Lally 2023 297 pages

4.05

300k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🔍 Missing Girl ⛓️ Captivity 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

Solve a murder in eight days, each day as a different person. Fail, and forget everything.

3.78

400k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔄 Time Loop 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🔓 Redemption Arc

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Summary

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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Solve a murder in eight days, each day as a different person. Fail, and forget everything.

by Stuart Turton 2018 432 pages

3.78

400k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔄 Time Loop 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🔓 Redemption Arc

Spy School

by Stuart Gibbs

A boy recruited to a spy academy discovers he's the decoy in a lethal mole hunt.

4.10

37k+

🕵️ Mole Hunt 🏫 Spy Training 💪 Girl Saves The Boy 🤡 Incompetent Adults 🎭 Comedic Thriller

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Spy School

A boy recruited to a spy academy discovers he's the decoy in a lethal mole hunt.

by Stuart Gibbs 2012 304 pages

4.10

37k+ ratings

🕵️ Mole Hunt 🏫 Spy Training 💪 Girl Saves The Boy 🤡 Incompetent Adults 🎭 Comedic Thriller

The Hawthorne Legacy

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

An heiress decodes a hidden diary to find her birth certificate signed by a missing heir.

4.18

600k+

🧩 Inheritance Puzzle 💕 Love Triangle 🔒 Family Secrets 💰 Old Money Secrets 🫂 Found Family

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The Hawthorne Legacy

An heiress decodes a hidden diary to find her birth certificate signed by a missing heir.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2021 380 pages

4.18

600k+ ratings

🧩 Inheritance Puzzle 💕 Love Triangle 🔒 Family Secrets 💰 Old Money Secrets 🫂 Found Family

The Housemaid is Watching

by Freida McFadden

A bargain farmhouse, a hidden room, and a cul-de-sac where every neighbor hides something deadly.

3.85

1.1M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏘️ Suburban Suspense 🚪 Hidden Room 👧 Child In Danger 🤥 Unreliable Husband

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The Housemaid is Watching

A bargain farmhouse, a hidden room, and a cul-de-sac where every neighbor hides something deadly.

by Freida McFadden 2024 400 pages

3.85

1.1M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏘️ Suburban Suspense 🚪 Hidden Room 👧 Child In Danger 🤥 Unreliable Husband

The Sirens

by Emilia Hart

She wakes mid-strangle, flees to a coast where violent men drown and her sister's trail ends.

3.70

72k+

🧜‍♀️ Feminist Myth 🏚️ Coastal Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Memory 🔥 Female Rage ☘️ Irish Folklore

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The Sirens

She wakes mid-strangle, flees to a coast where violent men drown and her sister's trail ends.

by Emilia Hart 2025 337 pages

3.70

72k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Feminist Myth 🏚️ Coastal Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Memory 🔥 Female Rage ☘️ Irish Folklore

True Believer

by Jack Carr

A dying former SEAL on the run is offered a pardon to stop a terror plot.

4.34

43k+

🪖 Special Ops Thriller 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Revenge Mission 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🌍 Global Espionage

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True Believer

A dying former SEAL on the run is offered a pardon to stop a terror plot.

by Jack Carr 2019 485 pages

4.34

43k+ ratings

🪖 Special Ops Thriller 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Revenge Mission 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🌍 Global Espionage

Gone Before Goodbye

by Reese Witherspoon

A surgeon's secret Russian job unravels: her dead husband's tattoo on the oligarch's mistress.

3.64

100k+

🏥 Medical Thriller 🧩 Conspiracy Unraveling 🖤 Widow's Investigation 🎭 Body Double 🤖 AI Grief Companion

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Gone Before Goodbye

A surgeon's secret Russian job unravels: her dead husband's tattoo on the oligarch's mistress.

by Reese Witherspoon 2025 340 pages

3.64

100k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Thriller 🧩 Conspiracy Unraveling 🖤 Widow's Investigation 🎭 Body Double 🤖 AI Grief Companion

The Locked Door

by Freida McFadden

A surgeon's patients are murdered, hands severed. Her father killed seventeen women the same way.

3.98

600k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👤 Daughter Of A Killer 🩸 Framed For Murder 👯 Secret Sister

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The Locked Door

A surgeon's patients are murdered, hands severed. Her father killed seventeen women the same way.

by Freida McFadden 2021 313 pages

3.98

600k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👤 Daughter Of A Killer 🩸 Framed For Murder 👯 Secret Sister

Wrong Place Wrong Time

by Gillian McAllister

A mother sees her son kill a stranger. The next morning, it hasn't happened yet.

3.96

400k+

🔁 Time Loop Mystery 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔐 Hidden Criminal Past 👩‍👦 Mother Saving Son 🕵️ Undercover Identity

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Wrong Place Wrong Time

A mother sees her son kill a stranger. The next morning, it hasn't happened yet.

by Gillian McAllister 2022 416 pages

3.96

400k+ ratings

🔁 Time Loop Mystery 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔐 Hidden Criminal Past 👩‍👦 Mother Saving Son 🕵️ Undercover Identity

The Maze Runner

by James Dashner

A boy with no memory lands among captive teens as the monster maze breaks its cycle.

4.06

1.7M+

🏟️ Deadly Trials 🧪 Human Experiments 🧠 Memory Loss 👥 Found Family 🔗 Telepathic Bond

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The Maze Runner

A boy with no memory lands among captive teens as the monster maze breaks its cycle.

by James Dashner 2009 384 pages

4.06

1.7M+ ratings

🏟️ Deadly Trials 🧪 Human Experiments 🧠 Memory Loss 👥 Found Family 🔗 Telepathic Bond

The Shadow Sister

by Lucinda Riley

From her sister's shadow, Star follows a dead father's clue into a bookshop and her own past.

4.31

100k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 💔 Forbidden Love 🔍 Hidden Parentage 🏡 Found Family 📚 Cozy Bookshop

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The Shadow Sister

From her sister's shadow, Star follows a dead father's clue into a bookshop and her own past.

by Lucinda Riley 2016 491 pages

4.31

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 💔 Forbidden Love 🔍 Hidden Parentage 🏡 Found Family 📚 Cozy Bookshop

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

79k+

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

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The Grandest Game

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

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2024 384 pages

3.94

79k+ ratings

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

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

An outsider joins an elite Greek class. His new friends killed a farmer during a ritual.

4.15

1M+

🕯️ Dark Academia 📖 Literary Thriller 👥 Insular Friend Group 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🍂 Moral Decay

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The Secret History

An outsider joins an elite Greek class. His new friends killed a farmer during a ritual.

by Donna Tartt 1992 559 pages

4.15

1M+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 📖 Literary Thriller 👥 Insular Friend Group 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🍂 Moral Decay

Persuader

by Lee Child

Jack Reacher, ex-military cop, sees a dead man alive and turns fugitive to get close.

4.15

100k+

🎖️ Ex-Military Hero ⚔️ Personal Revenge 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🆘 Rescue Mission 🐱 Cat And Mouse

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Persuader

Jack Reacher, ex-military cop, sees a dead man alive and turns fugitive to get close.

by Lee Child 2003 496 pages

4.15

100k+ ratings

🎖️ Ex-Military Hero ⚔️ Personal Revenge 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🆘 Rescue Mission 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Damascus Station

by David McCloskey

In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.

4.16

24k+

💔 Handler Falls For Asset 🔄 Double Agent ⚖️ Morally Gray 🕵️ Cia Tradecraft 🥊 Gritty Realism

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Damascus Station

In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.

by David McCloskey 2021 432 pages

4.16

24k+ ratings

💔 Handler Falls For Asset 🔄 Double Agent ⚖️ Morally Gray 🕵️ Cia Tradecraft 🥊 Gritty Realism

One of Us Is Back

by Karen M. McManus

When her ex walks free, someone begins turning the people around him into a three-word message.

3.95

86k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 😨 Abusive Ex Returns 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Revenge Quest

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One of Us Is Back

When her ex walks free, someone begins turning the people around him into a three-word message.

by Karen M. McManus 2023 368 pages

3.95

86k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 😨 Abusive Ex Returns 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Revenge Quest

The Last Party

by A.R. Torre

She killed her friends at twelve and walked free. Her daughter turns twelve this weekend.

4.05

100k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🌑 Domestic Noir 💍 Twisted Marriage 🔪 Femme Fatale Wife 👹 Mothers And Monsters

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The Last Party

She killed her friends at twelve and walked free. Her daughter turns twelve this weekend.

by A.R. Torre 2024 349 pages

4.05

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🌑 Domestic Noir 💍 Twisted Marriage 🔪 Femme Fatale Wife 👹 Mothers And Monsters

The Widow

by John Grisham

A broke lawyer seizes a widow's fortune, then poison kills her and he's charged with murder.

4.05

100k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🏛️ Wrongful Conviction 🌄 Small Town Virginia 💰 Hidden Fortune 🏥 Medical Thriller

Immersive

The Widow

A broke lawyer seizes a widow's fortune, then poison kills her and he's charged with murder.

by John Grisham 2025 404 pages

4.05

100k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🏛️ Wrongful Conviction 🌄 Small Town Virginia 💰 Hidden Fortune 🏥 Medical Thriller

Julie Chan Is Dead

by Liann Zhang

A cashier steals her dead twin's influencer life and finds the glamorous inner circle demands blood.

3.44

64k+

📱 Influencer Thriller 🔪 Cult Horror 👯 Twin Impersonation 🖤 Found Family Twisted 📲 Social Media Satire

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Julie Chan Is Dead

A cashier steals her dead twin's influencer life and finds the glamorous inner circle demands blood.

by Liann Zhang 2025 320 pages

3.44

64k+ ratings

📱 Influencer Thriller 🔪 Cult Horror 👯 Twin Impersonation 🖤 Found Family Twisted 📲 Social Media Satire

Dearly Devoted Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay

Cop surveillance traps a killer of killers in domestic bliss while a mutilator takes his revenge.

3.87

56k+

🔪 Vigilante Killer 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🏠 Found Family 😂 Dark Comedy

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Dearly Devoted Dexter

Cop surveillance traps a killer of killers in domestic bliss while a mutilator takes his revenge.

by Jeff Lindsay 2005 292 pages

3.87

56k+ ratings

🔪 Vigilante Killer 🎭 Killer In Plain Sight 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🏠 Found Family 😂 Dark Comedy

My Husband's Wife

by Alice Feeney

Eden's husband replaced her with a stranger. She must prove she exists before she vanishes.

3.99

300k+

🖤 Psychological Domestic Thriller 😱 Gaslighting Victim 🔪 Revenge Conspiracy ⏳ Multiple Timelines 💔 Mother Daughter Trauma

Immersive

My Husband's Wife

Eden's husband replaced her with a stranger. She must prove she exists before she vanishes.

by Alice Feeney 2026 310 pages

3.99

300k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Domestic Thriller 😱 Gaslighting Victim 🔪 Revenge Conspiracy ⏳ Multiple Timelines 💔 Mother Daughter Trauma

Locked In

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Framed by his own department, a detective is imprisoned where a bounty marks him for death.

4.18

9k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔒 Framed For Murder 🤝 Found Family ⛓ Wrongful Imprisonment 🏛 Police Conspiracy

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Locked In

Framed by his own department, a detective is imprisoned where a bounty marks him for death.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2023 512 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔒 Framed For Murder 🤝 Found Family ⛓ Wrongful Imprisonment 🏛 Police Conspiracy

Flowers in the Attic

by V.C. Andrews

Four siblings locked in an attic for years discover their mother chose money over their lives.

3.86

200k+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 💔 Mother As Villain 👩‍👦 Sibling Caretakers ☠️ Arsenic Poisoning 🔥 Forbidden Desire

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Flowers in the Attic

Four siblings locked in an attic for years discover their mother chose money over their lives.

by V.C. Andrews 1979 389 pages

3.86

200k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 💔 Mother As Villain 👩‍👦 Sibling Caretakers ☠️ Arsenic Poisoning 🔥 Forbidden Desire

Caraval

by Stephanie Garber

To find her vanished sister, Scarlett must play Caraval with a fake fiancé hiding something.

3.97

900k+

🎪 Magical Competition 👭 Sisterly Devotion 🎭 Hidden Identities 💍 Fake Engagement 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

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Caraval

To find her vanished sister, Scarlett must play Caraval with a fake fiancé hiding something.

by Stephanie Garber 2016 407 pages

3.97

900k+ ratings

🎪 Magical Competition 👭 Sisterly Devotion 🎭 Hidden Identities 💍 Fake Engagement 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Keep It in the Family

by John Marrs

Seven children's remains in the attic. The killer has been calling her 'daughter' for years.

4.06

200k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Family Of Killers 🔄 Cycle Of Violence 🏚️ House Of Secrets 🤱 New Mother In Peril

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Keep It in the Family

Seven children's remains in the attic. The killer has been calling her 'daughter' for years.

by John Marrs 2022 380 pages

4.06

200k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Family Of Killers 🔄 Cycle Of Violence 🏚️ House Of Secrets 🤱 New Mother In Peril

The Lies We Steal

by Monty Jay

A scholarship thief refuses to run from the campus predator who claims her as his.

3.62

53k+

📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Her And Die

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The Lies We Steal

A scholarship thief refuses to run from the campus predator who claims her as his.

by Monty Jay 2021 398 pages

3.62

53k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Her And Die

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

Resurrected in a stranger's body, a cultivator hunts a cursed arm with his stoic rival.

4.55

33k+

🏳️‍🌈 Danmei ⚔️ Xianxia 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💢 Rivals To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Summary

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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Resurrected in a stranger's body, a cultivator hunts a cursed arm with his stoic rival.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2016 395 pages

4.55

33k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Danmei ⚔️ Xianxia 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💢 Rivals To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Unmaking of June Farrow

by Adrienne Young

June Farrow steps through a door into 1951, into a marriage, and into a murder charge.

4.11

100k+

🧬 Inherited Magic ⏳ Time Travel Romance 💍 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Small Town Mystery 🌫️ Southern Gothic

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The Unmaking of June Farrow

June Farrow steps through a door into 1951, into a marriage, and into a murder charge.

by Adrienne Young 2023 320 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🧬 Inherited Magic ⏳ Time Travel Romance 💍 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Small Town Mystery 🌫️ Southern Gothic

Think Twice

by Harlan Coben

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

4.22

52k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

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Think Twice

Three years after the funeral, Myron Bolitar's dead rival leaves DNA on a murdered model.

by Harlan Coben 2024 368 pages

4.22

52k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🎯 Framed For Murder 💑 Serial Killer Couple 🪦 Faked Death 👥 Crime Fighting Duo

The Mad Wife

by Meagan Church

She found her neighbor's lobotomy records. Now her husband carries the same doctor's phone number.

3.86

100k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ 1950s Suburbia 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💊 Medical Gaslighting 🔒 Coercive Control

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The Mad Wife

She found her neighbor's lobotomy records. Now her husband carries the same doctor's phone number.

by Meagan Church 2025 352 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ 1950s Suburbia 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💊 Medical Gaslighting 🔒 Coercive Control

She Didn't See It Coming

by Shari Lapena

A mother vanishes. Her husband is lying. Her lover is lying. Her best friend helped the killer.

3.87

100k+

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Female Killer 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Framed Husband

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She Didn't See It Coming

A mother vanishes. Her husband is lying. Her lover is lying. Her best friend helped the killer.

by Shari Lapena 2025 337 pages

3.87

100k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Female Killer 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⚖️ Framed Husband

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

100k+

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

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Society of Lies

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

by Lauren Ling Brown 2024 384 pages

3.52

100k+ ratings

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

The Fourth Monkey

by J.D. Barker

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

4.26

88k+

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

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The Fourth Monkey

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

by J.D. Barker 2017 404 pages

4.26

88k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

Such Quiet Girls

by Noelle W. Ihli

A bus detour leads ten children into a buried shipping container. The kidnappers want no witnesses.

3.86

100k+

🔗 Kidnapping Thriller 📦 Contained Thriller ⚰️ Buried Alive 🔓 Ex-Con Redemption 👩‍👧 Sister Protector

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Such Quiet Girls

A bus detour leads ten children into a buried shipping container. The kidnappers want no witnesses.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2025 352 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

🔗 Kidnapping Thriller 📦 Contained Thriller ⚰️ Buried Alive 🔓 Ex-Con Redemption 👩‍👧 Sister Protector

Atlas

by Lucinda Riley

A silent orphan builds a family of daughters, hiding a diamond, a murder, and an old enemy.

4.51

91k+

🏡 Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Lost Love Reunited ⚔️ Enemy Brothers 📖 Epistolary Revelation

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Atlas

A silent orphan builds a family of daughters, hiding a diamond, a murder, and an old enemy.

by Lucinda Riley 2023 756 pages

4.51

91k+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Lost Love Reunited ⚔️ Enemy Brothers 📖 Epistolary Revelation

The Intruder

by Freida McFadden

A woman shelters a bloodied girl, then finds a notebook of murder drawings starring herself.

3.88

400k+

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The Intruder

A woman shelters a bloodied girl, then finds a notebook of murder drawings starring herself.

by Freida McFadden 2025 279 pages

3.88

400k+ ratings

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Strange Pictures

by Uketsu

A student finds a dead woman's blog. Her final drawings, stacked together, show her own murder.

3.93

88k+

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Strange Pictures

A student finds a dead woman's blog. Her final drawings, stacked together, show her own murder.

by Uketsu 2022 236 pages

3.93

88k+ ratings

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The Arrangement

by Kiersten Modglin

When a couple opens their marriage, the first stranger ends up dead on the porch.

4.06

100k+

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The Arrangement

When a couple opens their marriage, the first stranger ends up dead on the porch.

by Kiersten Modglin 2021 228 pages

4.06

100k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Thriller 🖤 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Unreliable Narrators 🖤 Marriage In Crisis 🖤 Cat And Mouse

Still Life

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An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

3.90

200k+

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Still Life

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

by Louise Penny 2005 293 pages

3.90

200k+ ratings

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

Sometimes I Lie

by Alice Feeney

Locked in a coma, Amber hears everything. Her husband's whispered apologies only deepen her dread.

3.74

300k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👯 Toxic Sisters 🏥 Coma Narrative

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Sometimes I Lie

Locked in a coma, Amber hears everything. Her husband's whispered apologies only deepen her dread.

by Alice Feeney 2017 387 pages

3.74

300k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👯 Toxic Sisters 🏥 Coma Narrative

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