11 must-read thriller books like The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

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The Grace Year

By: Kim Liggett

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the …

"You eyes are wide open, but you see nothing."

-Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

"Michael leans in to kiss my cheek. “You can keep your dreams,"

-Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

"In the county, everything they take away from us is a tiny death. But not here . . ."

-Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

"A person is made up of all the little choices they make in life. The choices no one ever sees."

-Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

If you liked the thriller plot in The Grace Year by Kim Liggett , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Pines (Wayward Pines, #1)

By: Blake Crouch

2.78

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and … read more

Similar categories in Blake Crouch's Pines (Wayward Pines, #1) book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
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2. The Butterfly Garden (The Collector #1)

By: Dot Hutchison

4.17

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees… read more

Similar categories in Dot Hutchison's The Butterfly Garden (The Collector #1) book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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4. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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5. 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 Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if… read more

Similar categories in Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Men say shit,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"What are you doing here?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"We were all so repressed in our twenties,"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

"Lucy, didn’t you want to be a writer once?"

-Amy Tintera, Listen for the Lie

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8. The Drowning Woman

By: Robyn Harding

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Harding's The Drowning Woman book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.20

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1) book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I never told you that I love you. And I regret that, most of all."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I don’t want to wake up when I’m seventy-four only to realize I haven’t lived. -Thea Attwood"

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows, hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

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10. Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2) book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"You are capable of far more than you know. Why do you think I look at you now and marvel? Why do you think I draw close to your kind? I have sung many of you to eternal rest after death, and I have f…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"In all my years I have discovered that the most precious of things are often taken for granted and that we tend to let time wheel forward at such a pace that we cannot catch every detail that makes t…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

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11. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

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12. Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1)

By: Kristen Ciccarelli

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a deva… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Ciccarelli's Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1) book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I hate you, Gideon Sharpe. I hate you so much, it hurts. And if you don’t open this door, i"

-Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1)

Cover of Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez

13. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

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14. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

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15. This Summer Will Be Different

By: Carley Fortune

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer wi… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,"

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've waited so long for this. You feel so fucking right."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can't rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right at the first time. Going slow is good for me, too."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

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16. Darling Girls

By: Sally Hepworth

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

SISTERS, SECRETS, LOVE, AND MURDER... Sally Hepworth’s new novel has it all. For as long as they… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hepworth's Darling Girls book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"She didn’t do well out of her routine."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"[…] the dogs burst out into the night in search of nocturnal animals to torment."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"She had a very specific routine that she had to follow if she was to have the slightest hope of drifting off."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

"Today had involved far too much talking. Norah appreciated the great wonder of communication as much as the next person, but she despised it in excess."

-Sally Hepworth, Darling Girls

Cover of Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) by Abby Jimenez

17. Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfec… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You and me? We're different. We agree to be harmless to each other."

-Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

Cover of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

18. The Seven Year Slip

By: Ashley Poston

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love wit… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's The Seven Year Slip book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I kept him at arm's length because at least there he wouldn't be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying."

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"But mostly because he was very handsome, and I was very much attracted to him, and that was the kind of surprise that I did not see coming."

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new br…"

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"Romance wasn't in chocolate, it was in the gasp of breath as we came up for air. It was in the way he cradled my face, the way I traced my finger over the crescent-shaped birthmark on his collarbone.…"

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

Cover of The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) by Freida McFadden

19. The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3)

By: Freida McFadden

3.90

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

20. The Grace Year

By: Kim Liggett

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the … read more

Similar categories in Kim Liggett's The Grace Year book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • romance
  • feminism
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You eyes are wide open, but you see nothing."

-Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

"Michael leans in to kiss my cheek. “You can keep your dreams,"

-Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

"In the county, everything they take away from us is a tiny death. But not here . . ."

-Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

"A person is made up of all the little choices they make in life. The choices no one ever sees."

-Kim Liggett, The Grace Year

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21. Gray After Dark

By: Noelle W. Ihli

4.26

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape. When a tragic accident sidelines… read more

Similar categories in Noelle W. Ihli's Gray After Dark book and Kim Liggett's The Grace Year

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror

21 must-read fiction books like The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Transform Your Habits

Pines (Wayward Pines, #1)

Blake Crouch

2.78

Transform Your Habits

The Butterfly Garden (The Collector #1)

Dot Hutchison

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

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21 Best fiction books like The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

Transform Your Habits

Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

Rebecca Ross

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Bride

Ali Hazelwood

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

Abby Jimenez

4.40

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