21 must-read young adult books like Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

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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…

If you liked the young adult plot in Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok

1. How to Find a Missing Girl

By: Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a sap… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Wlosok's How to Find a Missing Girl book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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2. Missing Clarissa

By: Ripley Jones

3.49

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

In a gripping novel perfect for fans of Sadie and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, two best friends s… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's Missing Clarissa book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. The Legacies

By: Jessica Goodman

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Old money. New secrets. One killer party. Scoring an invitation for membership to the exclusive … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Goodman's The Legacies book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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4. Lying in the Deep

By: Diana Urban

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A juicy mystery of jealousy, love, and betrayal set on a Semester at Sea-inspired cruise ship, with… read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Lying in the Deep book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. Nothing More to Tell

By: Karen M. McManus

3.90

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favorite teach… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Nothing More to Tell book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Because you can make a real difference with every story, and give a voice to people who don’t have one."

-Karen M. McManus, Nothing More to Tell

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6. The One That Got Away with Murder

By: Trish Lundy

3.77

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful who you fall for... Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Han… read more

Similar categories in Trish Lundy's The One That Got Away with Murder book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Until something crashes down around us, and he's screaming. I inhale ash. His burning skin. His burning hair. It suffocates me."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"We write one thing we're going to leave behind in the old season and then we burn it. We start off every year with a clean slate."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"Suddenly, everything around me is on fire. I lurch forward, stumbling because I'm drunk. Sweating because it's hot as hell. The smoke is black as night and I can't see anything. Then I feel his hand,…"

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

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7. 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 Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"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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8. 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 Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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10. They're Watching You

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When a secret society has you in their sights, it can lead to power, privilege... or death. It's… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's They're Watching You book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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12. We'll Never Tell

By: Wendy Heard

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A whodunit doused in Hollywood lore. No one at Hollywood High knows who’s behind We'll Never Tel… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's We'll Never Tell book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You) by Jessie Weaver

13. Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You)

By: Jessie Weaver

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the prettiest Instagram feeds hide the darkest—and bloodiest—secrets.Social media influen… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Weaver's Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You) book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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 Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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 Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"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. Bad Like Us

By: Gabriella Lepore

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Spring break is a vibe—until someone gets murdered Partying with popular classmates they barely … read more

Similar categories in Gabriella Lepore's Bad Like Us book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last One to Fall by Gabriella  Lepore

17. The Last One to Fall

By: Gabriella Lepore

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Six friends. Five suspects. One murder. Savana Caruso and Jesse Melo have known each other since t… read more

Similar categories in Gabriella Lepore's The Last One to Fall book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

18. The Midnight Game

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.86

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

A classic horror story for a new generation. Six strangers. One night. But how many survivors? … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Reunion by Kit Frick

19. 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 Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Tell Me No Lies by Andrea Contos

20. Tell Me No Lies

By: Andrea Contos

3.03

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Riverdale meets Gone Girl in a shocking thriller about two sisters whose bond is tested when one gi… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Contos's Tell Me No Lies book and Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The worst thing you can do to a man is force him to admit the things he's done."

-Andrea Contos, Tell Me No Lies

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21. 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 Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's Friends Like These

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"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

20 must-read fiction books like Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Transform Your Habits

How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Missing Clarissa

Ripley Jones

3.49

Transform Your Habits

The Legacies

Jessica Goodman

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Lying in the Deep

Diana Urban

3.61

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21 Top fiction books like They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso

Transform Your Habits

How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Missing Clarissa

Ripley Jones

3.49

Transform Your Habits

The Legacies

Jessica Goodman

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Lying in the Deep

Diana Urban

3.61

View all the books

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