14 must-read thriller books like Retro by Sofía Lapuente

Cover of Retro by Sofía Lapuente

Retro

By: Sofía Lapuente

3.58

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What starts off as a light-hearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns i…

"Trauma isn't your fault, but healing is your responsibility."

-Sofía Lapuente, Retro

If you liked the thriller plot in Retro by Sofía Lapuente , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Royal Blood (Royal Blood, #1) by Aimee Carter

1. Royal Blood (Royal Blood, #1)

By: Aimee Carter

4.10

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Royalty, murder and scandal combine in this thrilling new series about an American girl who becomes… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Carter's Royal Blood (Royal Blood, #1) book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman

2. Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust

By: Neal Shusterman

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman presents a graphic novel exploring the Holocaust through… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Lumara by Melissa Landers

3. Lumara

By: Melissa Landers

3.73

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The answers lie within. Boarding school student Talia Morris has no idea her boyfriend, Nathaniel,… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Landers's Lumara book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

4. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) by Kayvion Lewis

5. Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1)

By: Kayvion Lewis

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat compe… read more

Similar categories in Kayvion Lewis's Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. 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 Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1) by Marie Lu

7. Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)

By: Marie Lu

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This smoldering enemies-to-lovers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu puts a s… read more

Similar categories in Marie Lu's Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1) book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"I really thought I had more time with you, he whispered, more to himself than anyone else. All I ever wanted was to be like you." "Be like you, Winter."

-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)

"Sydney’s words from his training week echoed in his mind. It’s a lonely job, but you won’t realize just how lonely it is until you start. He could already feel it. And somehow, it was familiar."

-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)

"Under dark eyes rimmed with long black lashes, a mysterious grace in his movements, an expression that could somehow switch between shy and mischievous in the space of a second. But it was more than …"

-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)

"Then his leg dropped again and he stepped smoothly back into a walk. There was sadness etched into the lines of his body tonight, something she occasionally recognized from his performances. It gave …"

-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)

Cover of The Black Queen by Jumata Emill

8. The Black Queen

By: Jumata Emill

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. M… read more

Similar categories in Jumata Emill's The Black Queen book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. Promise Boys

By: Nick Brooks

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Headmaster's List by Melissa de la Cruz

10. The Headmaster's List

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of them was driving. One of them was high. One of them screamed. And one of them died. When fif… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's The Headmaster's List book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. Nur ein Wort mit sieben Buchstaben

By: Ava Reed

4.49

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

»Familie«, wispert er. »Das ist auch nur ein Wort mit sieben Buchstaben.« Mika weiß nicht, was es … read more

Similar categories in Ava Reed's Nur ein Wort mit sieben Buchstaben book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • young adult
Cover of Retro by Sofía Lapuente

12. Retro

By: Sofía Lapuente

3.58

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What starts off as a light-hearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns i… read more

Similar categories in Sofía Lapuente's Retro book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Trauma isn't your fault, but healing is your responsibility."

-Sofía Lapuente, Retro

Cover of The Dark Fable by Katherine Harbour

13. The Dark Fable

By: Katherine Harbour

3.26

Format: None pages, None

Magical heists. Deadly secrets. Come along for the ride . . . if you dare. This heart-stopping, sed… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Harbour's The Dark Fable book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed

14. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

Cover of Live, Laugh, Kidnap by Gabby Noone

15. Live, Laugh, Kidnap

By: Gabby Noone

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Layoverland comes another bitingly clever, laugh-out-loud funny novel, about a g… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Noone's Live, Laugh, Kidnap book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. In Nightfall

By: Suzanne Young

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the quaint town of Nightfall, Oregon, it isn't the dark you should be afraid of—it's the girls. … read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Young's In Nightfall book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. Forgive Me Not

By: Jennifer Baker

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one incarcerated teen weighs what she is… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Baker's Forgive Me Not book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"...Counselor Susan was right about one thing: We’re more than our worst mistakes."

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"All this got me wondering: Is that what forgiveness is? Is it forgetting and moving on? Is it doing whatever it takes to hear “I forgive you"

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"We’re not the same. Nothing will ever be the same. I try to say it, but it doesn’t come out. It can’t, because all the hurt needs to be spewed out first. Along with all the shame, hiding, guilt."

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"The way my parents are reacting to this and last week’s Trials reminds me how much is and isn’t in their control. We’re all experiencing this together with Letta, only we can’t be there to help her. …"

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

Cover of Thin Air by Kellie M. Parker

18. Thin Air

By: Kellie M. Parker

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of tee… read more

Similar categories in Kellie M. Parker's Thin Air book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz

19. Going Dark

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“An intense rollercoaster of a thriller and a searing indictment of which victims get our attention… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's Going Dark book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Golden Bay − How it hurts by Bianca Iosivoni

20. Golden Bay − How it hurts

By: Bianca Iosivoni

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Die schicksalhafte Second-Chance-Romance der Bestsellerautorin geht weiter – Teil 2 aus Holdens Sic… read more

Similar categories in Bianca Iosivoni's Golden Bay − How it hurts book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • young adult
Cover of The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim

21. The Love Match

By: Priyanka Taslim

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson… read more

Similar categories in Priyanka Taslim's The Love Match book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee by Ellen Oh

22. The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

By: Ellen Oh

3.46

Format: None pages, None

When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must fin… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"You wrote me and all these other people into a story that robbed us of our free will. These past few weeks, I felt like someone was forcing me to do things I didn't want to do, feel things I didn't w…"

-Ellen Oh, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

Cover of I Am the Walrus (The N.O.A.H. Files #1) by Neal Shusterman

23. I Am the Walrus (The N.O.A.H. Files #1)

By: Neal Shusterman

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Eoin Colfer meets Rick Riordan—with a little Margaret Peterson Haddix sprinkled on top—in this hila… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's I Am the Walrus (The N.O.A.H. Files #1) book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Break to You by Neal Shusterman

24. Break to You

By: Neal Shusterman

3.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young a… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Break to You book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards

25. 49 Miles Alone

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.65

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Four days alone in the desert. Except they're not as alone as they think. A year ago, Katie and her… read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's 49 Miles Alone book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Moonlight Academy - Feenzauber by Julia  Kuhn

26. Moonlight Academy - Feenzauber

By: Julia Kuhn

3.37

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Endlich der langersehnte Lesenachschub von der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin Julia Kuhn!**Eine irische… read more

Similar categories in Julia Kuhn's Moonlight Academy - Feenzauber book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
Cover of WHISPERS. Die Wahrheit wird dich zerstören by Ayla Dade

27. WHISPERS. Die Wahrheit wird dich zerstören

By: Ayla Dade

4.17

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Sie dürfen einander nicht vertrauen. Aber was passiert, wenn sie sich näherkommen, als gut für sie … read more

Similar categories in Ayla Dade's WHISPERS. Die Wahrheit wird dich zerstören book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • romance
  • thriller
  • mystery
Cover of The Jump by Brittney Morris

28. The Jump

By: Brittney Morris

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of SLAY and The Cost of Knowing comes an action-driven, high-octane “thri… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Morris's The Jump book and Sofía Lapuente's Retro

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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Aimee Carter

4.10

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Neal Shusterman

4.14

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Nic Stone

4.16

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Jas Hammonds

4.30

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