14 must-read horror books like The Island by Natasha Preston

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The Island

By: Natasha Preston

3.47

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, another pulse-pounding re…

If you liked the horror plot in The Island by Natasha Preston , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she… read more

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2. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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3. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's Home Is Where the Bodies Are book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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4. You Won't Believe Me

By: Cyn Balog

3.57

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Willow is alone, confined to a bed with restraints. She can't remember how she got there...or how l… read more

Similar categories in Cyn Balog's You Won't Believe Me book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. Lying in the Deep

By: Diana Urban

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A juicy mystery of jealousy, love, and betrayal set on a Semester at Sea-inspired cruise ship, with… read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Lying in the Deep book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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6. One by One

By: Freida McFadden

3.93

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

One by one, they will get what they deserve... A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's One by One book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"For the last week, Emma has crawled into our queen-sized bed every single night to sleep. Fortunately, Noah and I sleep with a gap the size of the Atlantic Ocean between us."

-Freida McFadden, One by One

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7. The Coworker

By: Freida McFadden

3.79

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back Dawn Schif… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Coworker book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. Where He Can't Find You

By: Darcy Coates

3.98

Format: 395 pages, Paperback

From USA Today bestselling horror/thriller author Darcy Coates comes the chilling legend of a monst… read more

Similar categories in Darcy Coates's Where He Can't Find You book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. You Shouldn't Have Come Here

By: Jeneva Rose

3.34

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbn… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's You Shouldn't Have Come Here book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"I knew it was just a dream but it felt real, and sometimes there wasn't a difference between the two."

-Jeneva Rose, You Shouldn't Have Come Here

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10. If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

By: Laura Nowlin

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

If only I’d told her that I loved her years ago, then I wouldn’t be here now. Finn has always lo… read more

Similar categories in Laura Nowlin's If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2) book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I'll love her even if she turns out to be cruel. That's my curse."

-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

"Finn, it's high school. It's an ecosystem, and you just stot right to the top of the food pyramid!"

-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

"Why did you have to leave me like that?" is what comes out . "I was tired. You were reading." "No." I'm not holding back. I say it. "After we turned thirteen. Why did you leave me like that?"

-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

"Like, fairy-tale love? Cartoon character with hearts floating all around him? Or a movie montage with the best song? That's what you were to him. You were the biggest, most impossible dream for him."

-Laura Nowlin, If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2)

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11. Four Found Dead

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.45

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

At the movie theater where Jo works, the last show has ended. But the nightmare is just beginning. … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Four Found Dead book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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12. The Reappearance of Rachel Price

By: Holly Jackson

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth abou… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's The Reappearance of Rachel Price book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Family first", Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"The people who loved you, the ones who really cared, they would always come back. Sometimes, they even came back from the dead."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"They hadn't had time to say one word to each other, which was fine, because it was hard to be rude to someone with just one word."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"A little insensitive", she whispered, loud enough that Bel and Carter could hear. "Giving the man with dementia a book called The Memory Thief."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

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13. The Summer She Went Missing

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington. This summer, they'll search for the truth. Paige R… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's The Summer She Went Missing book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3) by Karen M. McManus

14. One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

By: Karen M. McManus

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive third and final thrilling instalment in the acclaimed One of Us... series. Ever since… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3) book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"What is Bayview best known for? Revenge."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

"There has to be a whole other level of pain when your soul gets ripped in half."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

"It's unreal how fast the inner voice you thought was gone can jump back into your head to tell you how much you suck."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

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15. Five Survive

By: Holly Jackson

4.08

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a r… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Five Survive book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"That's what she said -Simon"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"She wasn’t fine but she was alive and, really, how was that much different from the rest of her life?"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"His whole life has been a war, that does something to your head, I think. It's done something to my head."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"Trapped. Shut in. Only thirty-one feet to share between them, that extra foot important enough not to round down."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

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16. The Island

By: Natasha Preston

3.47

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, another pulse-pounding re… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Island book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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17. How to Survive Your Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s … read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's How to Survive Your Murder book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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18. Secrets Never Die

By: Vincent Ralph

3.46

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

We call it the Dark Place. I don’t know who built it or when but, for us, it’s special. Every ye… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Ralph's Secrets Never Die book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"Was he okay with you staying over? Wasnt worried about you two bumping uglies in the night?" Haran is dicking around. He knows that my uglies and Elisha's have never officially met."

-Vincent Ralph, Secrets Never Die

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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 Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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20. That's Not My Name

By: Megan Lally

4.12

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

She thought she had her life back. She was wrong. It was a mistake to trust him. Shivering and … read more

Similar categories in Megan Lally's That's Not My Name book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of Wakacje pod morzem by Marta Bijan

21. Wakacje pod morzem

By: Marta Bijan

3.67

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

To mogłoby być kolejne zwyczajne lato nad polskim morzem, gdyby nie Hotel Bursztyn. Leo prawie n… read more

Similar categories in Marta Bijan's Wakacje pod morzem book and Natasha Preston's The Island

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook

20 Best fiction books like The Island by Natasha Preston

Transform Your Habits

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

3.94

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

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You Won't Believe Me

Cyn Balog

3.57

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Lying in the Deep

Diana Urban

3.61

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21 best-selling fiction books like If Only I Had Told Her (If He Had Been with Me #2) by Laura Nowlin

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A Thousand Boy Kisses (A Thousand Boy Kisses, #1)

Tillie Cole

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Way I Used to Be

Amber Smith

3.00

Transform Your Habits

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Do-Over

Lynn Painter

3.94

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