15 must-read crime books like The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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The Obsession

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.73

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

A classic sort of love story... except somebody might wind up dead. Nobody knows Delilah like Lo…

"Erotomania"

-Jesse Q. Sutanto, The Obsession

If you liked the crime plot in The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. If He Had Been with Me

By: Laura Nowlin

3.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

If he had been with me everything would have been different... I wasn't with Finn on that August ni… read more

Similar categories in Laura Nowlin's If He Had Been with Me book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. This Is Where It Ends

By: Marieke Nijkamp

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

10:00 a.m.The principal of Opportunity High School finishes her speech, welcoming the entire studen… read more

Similar categories in Marieke Nijkamp's This Is Where It Ends book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
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3. The Dare

By: Natasha Preston

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I triple dog dare you . . . As senior year comes to an end, senior pranks are just beginning. It… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Dare book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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4. The Cheerleaders

By: Kara Thomas

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook. First there was the car accident—two g… read more

Similar categories in Kara Thomas's The Cheerleaders book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"At some time you have to choose to live in the light."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"A migraine coming on. She got them when she was stressed."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"It shouldn't be this easy. Grief isn't supposed to be easy."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

"My bike in one of those old-fashioned cruisers, with a mint-green body."

-Kara Thomas, The Cheerleaders

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5. 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 Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • romance
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • 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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6. 14 Ways to Die

By: Vincent Ralph

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, Jess's mother was murdered by the Magpie Man. She was the first of his victims bu… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Ralph's 14 Ways to Die book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"In the middle of your grief, when it’s too raw for most people to handle, they disappear, slowly stepping back until you turn round one day and they’re gone."

-Vincent Ralph, 14 Ways to Die

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7. 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 Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. 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 Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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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9. The Fear

By: Natasha Preston

3.86

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, the undisputed queen of Y… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Fear book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"It's like Tristan said, Izzy. Murder really does run in the family"

-Natasha Preston, The Fear

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10. 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 Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5)

By: Holly Jackson

3.78

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Find out where it all started for Pip in this prequel novella to the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5) book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Smallpox,' ' Zach read aloud when the page was passed to him. 'It was eradicated by the nineteen eighties,' Pip said. 'Oi, no time travel.' Jamie whacked her on the head with his master booklet."

-Holly Jackson, Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5)

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12. 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 Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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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13. 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 Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

By: Holly Jackson

4.29

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast a… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2) book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"That's worth the risk. It's too important."

-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

"Time is in charge here, not me, and that's terrifying"

-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

"MY DAD ISNT A KILLER!!!" he yelled. -paragraph- "cant relate," Cara shrugged."

-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

"It was done, it was gone. There was no going back now. This was her, and it was OK."

-Holly Jackson, Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)

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15. As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

By: Holly Jackson

4.21

Format: 500 pages, Hardcover

The finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series. By the end of this mystery series, you'll never… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3) book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Not then and there. Here and now."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"Machines didn’t lie, only people did."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"Well,’ Pip smiled, ‘I’m still me.’ She hoped that was true."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

"The game had changed.Her against them.Save herself to save herself."

-Holly Jackson, As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)

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16. Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A gripping new psychological thriller from the author of Little Creeping Things—can a grieving girl… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I was gonna come back for you', I lied."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"Tyler is watching me like I'm his favorite Netflix show."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"No coffee? Sorry, the mountain-top Starbucks is fresh out."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"This is going to be so much worse than that', I saw like an archvillian."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

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17. The Murder Game

By: Carrie Doyle

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What if your best friend and roommate killed a teacher at your prep school? Or what if he didn’t do… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Doyle's The Murder Game book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. She's Gone

By: David Bell

3.65

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A new page-turning thriller from USA Today bestselling author David Bell. When a girl disappears… read more

Similar categories in David Bell's She's Gone book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti

19. Tell Me What Really Happened

By: Chelsea Sedoti

3.44

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

There are stories about the woods around Salvation Creek, about the people who have gone missing. N… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Sedoti's Tell Me What Really Happened book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. Lock the Doors

By: Vincent Ralph

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Tom's family has moved into their dream home. But pretty soon he starts to notice that something is… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Ralph's Lock the Doors book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

21. The Obsession

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.73

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

A classic sort of love story... except somebody might wind up dead. Nobody knows Delilah like Lo… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession book and Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Erotomania"

-Jesse Q. Sutanto, The Obsession

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