23 Top horror books like Summer's Edge by Dana Mele

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Summer's Edge

By: Dana Mele

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets The Haunting of Hill House  in this atmospheric, eerie teen t…

If you liked the horror plot in Summer's Edge by Dana Mele , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Under This Red Rock

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neely’s monsters don’t always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in h… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's Under This Red Rock book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
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2. Where Echoes Die

By: Courtney Gould

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beck Birsching has been adrift since the death of her mother, a brilliant but troubled investigativ… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Gould's Where Echoes Die book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
"I want to feel like I can keep going. Like I know how. I don't want to be afraid to look forward and lose everything behind me."

-Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

"...that pain isn't universal. It's just a part of living in Backravel, tethered to the same chunk of time forever with no escape. At one point, Beck thought it sounded perfect. Now, it sounds like a …"

-Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

"For the first time it occurs to Beck that the people of Backravel might not be recognizing her, but her similarities to her mother. An ache pangs deep in Beck's chest, and she wants to press for more…"

-Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

"She can't help picturing what her morning would look like today in a world where [her mother] never died. [...] She didn't like details then because details made time slow down. Lingering in the same…"

-Courtney Gould, Where Echoes Die

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3. The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Sutherland's The Invocations book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

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4. 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 Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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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5. Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delu… read more

Similar categories in Elliott Gish's Grey Dog book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • horror
  • queer
  • lgbt
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6. The Lake House

By: Sarah Beth Durst

3.40

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s j… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Lake House book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
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7. All the Dead Lie Down

By: Kyrie McCauley

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s … read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's All the Dead Lie Down book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • queer
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8. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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9. The Counselors

By: Jessica Goodman

3.54

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Camp Alpine Lake is the only place where Goldie Easton feels safe. She's always had a special co… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Goodman's The Counselors book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
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10. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.59

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?This heart-… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I turn my Black ass right around and book it back to my cabin, where I close and lock the door."

-Kalynn Bayron, You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

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11. Pretty Dead Queens

By: Alexa Donne

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seaview High's homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first. A thriller about a decades-o… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's Pretty Dead Queens book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
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12. One Last Breath

By: Ginny Myers Sain

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies delivers another chilling supernatur… read more

Similar categories in Ginny Myers Sain's One Last Breath book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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13. The Agathas (The Agathas #1)

By: Kathleen Glasgow

3.93

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Last summer, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for f… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's The Agathas (The Agathas #1) book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"She basically just told kindness to fuck off."

-Kathleen Glasgow, The Agathas (The Agathas #1)

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14. Into the Sublime

By: Kate A. Boorman

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Gripping and breathless, Into the Sublime is equal parts terrifying, claustrophobic, psychological… read more

Similar categories in Kate A. Boorman's Into the Sublime book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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15. After Dark with Roxie Clark

By: Brooke Lauren Davis

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Hollow Inside comes a twisty, thought-provoking YA thriller about grief, fam… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lauren Davis's After Dark with Roxie Clark book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
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16. These Fleeting Shadows

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Helen Vaughan doesn't know why she and her mother left their ancestral home at Harrowstone Hall, ca… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's These Fleeting Shadows book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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17. Summer's Edge

By: Dana Mele

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets The Haunting of Hill House  in this atmospheric, eerie teen t… read more

Similar categories in Dana Mele's Summer's Edge book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

18. The Last Girls Standing

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do, perfect for fans of One o… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's The Last Girls Standing book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • queer
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19. My Dearest Darkest

By: Kayla Cottingham

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

WILDER GIRLS meets THE CRAFT in this Sapphic horror debut that asks: What price would you be willin… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Cottingham's My Dearest Darkest book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • queer
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20. I'm the Girl

By: Courtney Summers

3.39

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

The new groundbreaking queer thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar-award Winning autho… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Summers's I'm the Girl book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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21. Where Darkness Blooms

By: Andrea Hannah

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Andrea Hannah's Where Darkness Blooms is a supernatural thriller about an eerie town where the sunf… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Hannah's Where Darkness Blooms book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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22. De kleuren van de zee

By: Miriam Bruijstens

3.92

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Vlak voor haar laatste jaar op de middelbare school verhuist Hannah naar een dorpje aan zee. Ze gaa… read more

Similar categories in Miriam Bruijstens's De kleuren van de zee book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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23. Dead Girls Walking

By: Sami Ellis

3.45

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A shocking, spine-chilling YA horror slasher about a girl searching for her dead mother’s body at t… read more

Similar categories in Sami Ellis's Dead Girls Walking book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
  • queer
"Too bad you're getting sacrificed with your hoe ass."

-Sami Ellis, Dead Girls Walking

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24. The Reunion

By: Kit Frick

3.39

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A doomed family reunion at a posh Caribbean resort, where old grudges and dangerous secrets culmina… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's The Reunion book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
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25. Two Sides to Every Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who retur… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's Two Sides to Every Murder book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
"Even strong people need to fall apart."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

"You have to feel your feelings, even the unpleasant ones."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

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26. I Am the Ghost in Your House

By: Mar Romasco-Moore

3.74

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Some Kind of Animal comes a wildly unique story about an invisible girl struggli… read more

Similar categories in Mar Romasco-Moore's I Am the Ghost in Your House book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • queer
"I can be seen only when I'm dead."

-Mar Romasco-Moore, I Am the Ghost in Your House

"But you are all I see. You are all I ever see."

-Mar Romasco-Moore, I Am the Ghost in Your House

"It wasn't a proper romance, I know that, but it was the most exciting thing that had ever happened to me. She took over my thoughts, my every waking hour. All my life became a letter to her."

-Mar Romasco-Moore, I Am the Ghost in Your House

"I always had to pretend back then," he said. "Trying to act the way I was supposed to, to understand what people wanted from me. Alone is not synonymous with lonely. Out in the world, everyone tells …"

-Mar Romasco-Moore, I Am the Ghost in Your House

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27. Dead End Girls

By: Wendy Heard

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In one week, Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years of … read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary
Cover of Summer Camp for Slasher Victims by Matthew   Mercer

28. Summer Camp for Slasher Victims

By: Matthew Mercer

3.67

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Camp Safe Woods, a summer camp dedicated to repairing the spirits of those who have face… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Mercer's Summer Camp for Slasher Victims book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • horror
Cover of Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

29. Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Death at Morning House book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • queer
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30. The Drowning Summer

By: C.L. Herman

3.56

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A gorgeously atmospheric contemporary fantasy by the author of The Devouring Gray and The Deck of O… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Herman's The Drowning Summer book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
  • queer
Cover of The Champions by Kara Thomas

31. The Champions

By: Kara Thomas

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybro… read more

Similar categories in Kara Thomas's The Champions book and Dana Mele's Summer's Edge

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"Ms. Martinelli would tell her life story to a baked potato"

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"No matter how many stories I know that have ended the same way, it's still impossible to accept."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"He delivers the verdict with a gravity that suggests I asked to cook crystal meth in the back office."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

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Under This Red Rock

Mindy McGinnis

3.94

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Holly Jackson

4.13

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The Lake House

Sarah Beth Durst

3.40

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A Long Stretch of Bad Days

Mindy McGinnis

4.02

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21 Best horror books like Summer Camp for Slasher Victims by Matthew Mercer

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Rotten Tommy

David Sodergren

4.11

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Ivy Tholen

3.64

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Paul Tremblay

3.45

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Ivy Tholen

3.53

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