20 must-read mystery books like The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

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The Burning Girls

By: C.J. Tudor

4.02

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a com…

"You’re not protecting me when you keep stuff from me, you’re just worrying me."

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"Comfort always dispels rage more quickly than shouting does. [the Rev. Jack Brooks]"

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"...confessing one truth can be a good way to deflect from others. [the Rev. Jack Brooks]"

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"The Church isn’t just for those who believe in God. It’s for those who don’t have anything to believe in. The lonely, lost and homeless. A place of refuge."

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

If you liked the mystery plot in The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. The Only One Left

By: Riley Sager

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Ho… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's The Only One Left book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You're never alone when there's a book,' she used to say. 'Never ever."

-Riley Sager, The Only One Left

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2. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

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3. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

By: A.M. Shine

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."

-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

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4. The Reformatory

By: Tananarive Due

4.47

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sen… read more

Similar categories in Tananarive Due's The Reformatory book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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5. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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6. Looking Glass Sound

By: Catriona Ward

3.49

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Looking Glass Sound is the newest twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, the interna… read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's Looking Glass Sound book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Potatoes make everything okay."

-Catriona Ward, Looking Glass Sound

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7. The September House

By: Carissa Orlando

3.92

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more

Similar categories in Carissa Orlando's The September House book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

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8. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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9. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Mister Magic book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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10. A House with Good Bones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.69

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A House with Good Bones book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

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11. Black Sheep

By: Rachel Harrison

3.60

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irr… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's Black Sheep book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"How can anyone know when ruin wears the disguise of love?"

-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep

"I hoped wherever she was, she was having a shitty time, had an itch in a place she couldn't scratch."

-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep

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12. How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix

3.68

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—a… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Nice clean cut," Santos said, and Louise almost said thank you but managed to stop herself."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"Mom and Dad could've done it," he said. "They were grown-ups. We're just . . . tall children."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"But if we weren’t related, if we met today, we wouldn’t choose to be friends. We’re different people with different values, and we’re also adults who can choose who we want to spend our time with…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop tho…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

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13. My Darling Girl

By: Jennifer McMahon

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mot… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer McMahon's My Darling Girl book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

14. The Burning Girls

By: C.J. Tudor

4.02

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a com… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"You’re not protecting me when you keep stuff from me, you’re just worrying me."

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"Comfort always dispels rage more quickly than shouting does. [the Rev. Jack Brooks]"

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"...confessing one truth can be a good way to deflect from others. [the Rev. Jack Brooks]"

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

"The Church isn’t just for those who believe in God. It’s for those who don’t have anything to believe in. The lonely, lost and homeless. A place of refuge."

-C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

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15. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Murder Road

By: Simone St. James

3.72

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deser… read more

Similar categories in Simone St. James's Murder Road book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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17. Just Like Home

By: Sarah Gailey

3.35

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's Just Like Home book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Here is something that she controls, here is something that responds to her with the kind of frantic immediacy she always wanted from the world"

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"Tenderness was a foreign, forgotten thing that she hadn't encountered since before everything went wrong. She did not want it. Not now. Not from him."

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"Is one possible without the other? I think you have to know someone in order to truly love them, and you have to love someone in order to really hate them."

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"I think you have to know someone in order to truly love them, and you have to love someone in order to really hate them. There’s the thin hate we have for strangers. (...) And then there’s the thick,…"

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

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18. We Used to Live Here

By: Marcus Kliewer

3.84

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original m… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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19. Middle of the Night

By: Riley Sager

3.74

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must … read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's Middle of the Night book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

20. The Last House on Needless Street

By: Catriona Ward

3.85

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the … read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Kittens don't come back from the woods."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"Thoughts are a door that the dead walk through."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"Truth has weight. It leaves footprints in your mind."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"If there's anything better than a cat on the bed, I don't know about it."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

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21. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House book and C.J. Tudor's The Burning Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

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