20 must-read young adult books like The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh

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The Girls Are Never Gone

By: Sarah Glenn Marsh

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Dare Chase doesn’t believe in ghosts. Privately, she’s a supernatural skeptic. But publicly, she…

"I wonder whether Atheleen or Scarlett used to stay up late into the night, listening for the scrape of something unseen against their walls, or wake up breathless from nightmares about this place - the house, the lake. They seem to bleed into one another, two limbs of the same failing body."

-Sarah Glenn Marsh, The Girls Are Never Gone

"I wonder whether Atheleen or Scarlett used to stay up late into the night, listening for the scrape of something unseen against their walls, or wake up breathless from nightmares about this place - the house, the lake. They seem to bleed into one another, two limbs of the same failing body."

-Sarah Glenn Marsh, The Girls Are Never Gone

If you liked the young adult plot in The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Sawkill Girls

By: Claire Legrand

3.67

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He’ll follow you home, and he won’t let you sleep. … read more

Similar categories in Claire Legrand's Sawkill Girls book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"She saw the extraordinary in the ordinary, the magic in the mundane"

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"She saw the extraordinary in the ordinary, the magic in the mundane."

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He'll follow you home and won't let you sleep"

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"Beware the woods and the dark, dank, deep. He'll follow you home, and he won't let you sleep."

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

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2. The Dead and the Dark

By: Courtney Gould

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Courtney Gould’s thrilling debut The Dead and the Dark is about the things that lurk in dark corner… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Gould's The Dead and the Dark book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"After thirteen years, the Dark has finally come home."

-Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

"You know, I read an article a while back about people like the daughter,"

-Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

"Parents weren't suppose to see their children's graves. They weren't suppose to feel darkness under the earth, coiling around their daughter's corpse."

-Courtney Gould, The Dead and the Dark

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3. Rules for Vanishing

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.76

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Rules for Vanishing book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • ghosts
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"What happened in the dark?"

-Kate Alice Marshall, Rules for Vanishing

"I cannot tell if I am lying."

-Kate Alice Marshall, Rules for Vanishing

"What do you wear when you go to meet a ghost?"

-Kate Alice Marshall, Rules for Vanishing

"Do you want to know where Lucy went? She went to play the game. You can play, too. Find a partner. Find a key. Find the road. You have two days."

-Kate Alice Marshall, Rules for Vanishing

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4. The Lost Girls

By: Sonia Hartl

3.49

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Sonia Hartl’s The Lost Girls is laced with dark humor and queer love; it’s John Tucker Must Die wit… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Hartl's The Lost Girls book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Books had always been my bright spot away from the dark."

-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls

"Her smile was infectious. Like a light that only glowed for me."

-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls

"I’ve only recently gotten past thinking I didn’t need anyone. It might be a minute yet before I accept that people might need me."

-Sonia Hartl, The Lost Girls

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5. Our Last Echoes

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.56

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

A supernatural thriller about one girl's hunt for the truth about her mother's disappearance. So… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Our Last Echoes book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
Cover of You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn  Bayron

6. 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 Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
"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

Cover of Horror Hotel (Horror Hotel, #1) by Victoria Fulton

7. Horror Hotel (Horror Hotel, #1)

By: Victoria Fulton

3.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This addictive YA horror about a group of teen ghost hunters who spend the night in a haunted LA ho… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Fulton's Horror Hotel (Horror Hotel, #1) book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • ghosts
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
"It's nice to have someone who knows you that well and still wants to see your face every day."

-Victoria Fulton, Horror Hotel (Horror Hotel, #1)

"I don't want to escape. I want to face him. And then, one by one, the girls he killed begin to show me their faces."

-Victoria Fulton, Horror Hotel (Horror Hotel, #1)

"Sometime they like to show me how they died. I don't know why, maybe it makes them feel less alone, less isolated. Maybe they just want someone to know, to witness it, so it gives their short life a …"

-Victoria Fulton, Horror Hotel (Horror Hotel, #1)

"He's the endgame boy. The one you make your dad be nice to at dinner, even if dinner is only Kentucky Fried Chicken. He's the boy you tell every secret to in the quiet of night and under the blanket …"

-Victoria Fulton, Horror Hotel (Horror Hotel, #1)

Cover of The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall

8. The Narrow

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously terrifying novel about a ghost who uncovers a teen girl's best kept secrets while hau… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's The Narrow book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • ghosts
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
Cover of This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

9. This Delicious Death

By: Kayla Cottingham

3.59

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Four best friends, one music festival, and a cooler filled with human organs: this summer is about … read more

Similar categories in Kayla Cottingham's This Delicious Death book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"My shitty gay heart did a backflip in my chest"

-Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

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10. The Restless Dark

By: Erica Waters

3.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Enter Cloudkiss Canyon at your own risk. The Cloudkiss Killer is dead. Now a true-crime podcast … read more

Similar categories in Erica Waters's The Restless Dark book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"Dad said I should be afraid of death because I'll finally have to face judgement for my sins. But he was wrong. These bones tell me there's nothing in death to fear. It's only the living who need to …"

-Erica Waters, The Restless Dark

"There is no such thing as generational curses, no evil carried in our DNA. That's just Pentecostal bullshit, a way to reject responsibility and guilt. We are the choices we make, the actions we commi…"

-Erica Waters, The Restless Dark

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11. Hatchet Girls

By: Diana Rodriguez Wallach

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers comes a supernatural horror that reminds us family can… read more

Similar categories in Diana Rodriguez Wallach's Hatchet Girls book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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12. 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 Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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13. Don't Tell a Soul

By: Kirsten Miller

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A story about a new girl in an old town filled with dark secrets . . . that might just kill her. … read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Miller's Don't Tell a Soul book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • ghosts
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • paranormal
"You sure you won’t get lost?"

-Kirsten Miller, Don't Tell a Soul

Cover of The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

14. 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 Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
Cover of My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham

15. 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 Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
Cover of Burden Falls by Kat Ellis

16. Burden Falls

By: Kat Ellis

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Riverdale meets Stephen King in the terrifying new thriller from the author of Harrow Lake. The … read more

Similar categories in Kat Ellis's Burden Falls book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • ghosts
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • paranormal
Cover of The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh

17. The Girls Are Never Gone

By: Sarah Glenn Marsh

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Dare Chase doesn’t believe in ghosts. Privately, she’s a supernatural skeptic. But publicly, she… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • ghosts
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
"I wonder whether Atheleen or Scarlett used to stay up late into the night, listening for the scrape of something unseen against their walls, or wake up breathless from nightmares about this place - t…"

-Sarah Glenn Marsh, The Girls Are Never Gone

Cover of To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames

18. To Break a Covenant

By: Alison Ames

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Debut voice Alison Ames delivers with a chilling, feminist thriller, perfect for fans of Wilder Gir… read more

Similar categories in Alison Ames's To Break a Covenant book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
Cover of A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui

19. A Guide to the Dark

By: Meriam Metoui

3.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

You can check out of Room 9, but you can never leave. The Haunting of Hill House meets Nina LaCo… read more

Similar categories in Meriam Metoui's A Guide to the Dark book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
Cover of Holly Horror (Holly Horror, #1) by Michelle Jabès Corpora

20. Holly Horror (Holly Horror, #1)

By: Michelle Jabès Corpora

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Playmate, come and play with me..." A beloved classic reimagined with a dark twist. After he… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Jabès Corpora's Holly Horror (Holly Horror, #1) book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • ghosts
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System by Robin Jo Margaret

21. Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System

By: Robin Jo Margaret

3.83

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

Local loner and hopeless romantic Iris Clarke is single, again, on Valentine’s Day. During the annu… read more

Similar categories in Robin Jo Margaret's Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System book and Sarah Glenn Marsh's The Girls Are Never Gone

  • lesbian
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • lgbt

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You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron

3.59

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Kirsten Miller

3.79

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Jennifer Dugan

3.22

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Ann Zhao

4.01

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Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall

3.64

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Kate Alice Marshall

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