11 must-read mystery thriller books like This Summer's Secrets by Emily Barr

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This Summer's Secrets

By: Emily Barr

3.70

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A bold new story for fans of We Were Liars , intertwining past and present, love and loss, from the…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in This Summer's Secrets by Emily Barr , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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2. Signed Sealed Dead

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.93

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

True-Crime obsessed Paige, and her family, move across the Atlantic to her father's eerie hometown,… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Murphy's Signed Sealed Dead book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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3. 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 Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • 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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4. 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 Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • 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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5. I Know You Did It

By: Sue Wallman

3.69

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A secret from her past threatens to detonate her present... On her first day at a new school, Ruby … read more

Similar categories in Sue Wallman's I Know You Did It book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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6. How to Die Famous

By: Benjamin Dean

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A budding teen celebrity secretly investigates his brother's suspicious death while navigating the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Dean's How to Die Famous book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. This Book Kills

By: Ravena Guron

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I'll make it clear from the I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help…Well, not inte… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's This Book Kills book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"My story, my words, my voice – they are priceless."

-Ravena Guron, This Book Kills

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8. Suddenly a Murder

By: Lauren Muñoz

3.65

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Seven friends throw a 1920s-themed party, where it's all pretend--until one of them is murdered. On… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Muñoz's Suddenly a Murder book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"He’s a Darcy in the streets but a Wickham in the sheets."

-Lauren Muñoz, Suddenly a Murder

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9. Beach Cute

By: Beth Reekles

3.37

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of the hit Kissing Booth series comes another sizzling story following three very d… read more

Similar categories in Beth Reekles's Beach Cute book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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10. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. You Could Be So Pretty

By: Holly Bourne

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A dystopian YA novel with a shocking twist, You Could Be So Pretty is The Beauty Myth for teenagers… read more

Similar categories in Holly Bourne's You Could Be So Pretty book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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12. Every Word A Lie

By: Sue Wallman

3.78

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

  Award-winning author Sue Wallman tells a nail-biting story of a catfishing prank that gets out o… read more

Similar categories in Sue Wallman's Every Word A Lie book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • young adult
Cover of This Summer's Secrets by Emily Barr

13. This Summer's Secrets

By: Emily Barr

3.70

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A bold new story for fans of We Were Liars , intertwining past and present, love and loss, from the… read more

Similar categories in Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • love
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

14. Friends Like These

By: Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Twisted secrets that will have readers guessing with every flip of the page. Perfect for fans of GO… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) by Katie Cotugno

15. Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

By: Katie Cotugno

3.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A fresh new take on Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles , with… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1) book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"There were a lot of different versions of the truth."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

"Every day I think about committing a murder just to spice things up."

-Katie Cotugno, Liar's Beach (Liar's Beach, #1)

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16. Where the Heart Should Be

By: Sarah Crossan

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It is 1846 and Ireland is starving. The potatoes are black, people are dying and in the midst of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Crossan's Where the Heart Should Be book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Pretty Savage: Süßer als Verrat (Manhattan Elite, #2) by Tami Fischer

17. Pretty Savage: Süßer als Verrat (Manhattan Elite, #2)

By: Tami Fischer

4.53

Format: 577 pages, Kindle Edition

Nichts ist süßer Verrat – außer wenn du selbst dabei zerbrichst …Nach allem, was Sarah in New York … read more

Similar categories in Tami Fischer's Pretty Savage: Süßer als Verrat (Manhattan Elite, #2) book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • romance
  • contemporary
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18. The Perfect Guest

By: Ruth Irons

4.14

Format: 312 pages, ebook

She stayed in your house. Now she wants your life . . . We all have that friend - the one who do… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Irons's The Perfect Guest book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

Cover of Four Secrets to Share (Breaking Waves, #4) by Kristina Moninger

19. Four Secrets to Share (Breaking Waves, #4)

By: Kristina Moninger

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Fünf Freundinnen. Vier Liebesgeschichten. Ein gefährliches Geheimnis. Avery, Isabella, Odina, Lee… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Moninger's Four Secrets to Share (Breaking Waves, #4) book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Iris Green, Unseen by Louise Finch

20. Iris Green, Unseen

By: Louise Finch

4.02

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

From the highly-acclaimed author of The Eternal Return of Clara Hart comes a devastating heartbreak… read more

Similar categories in Louise Finch's Iris Green, Unseen book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. The Things We Leave Behind

By: Clare Furniss

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

How I Live Now meets Exodus – a startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of the … read more

Similar categories in Clare Furniss's The Things We Leave Behind book and Emily Barr's This Summer's Secrets

  • young adult

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