5 Best retellings books like Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky

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Lord of the Fly Fest

By: Goldy Moldavsky

3.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One of Us Is Lying meets Lord of the Flies meets Fyre Fest in this wickedly addictive and funny YA …

"It's a condition I have where I don't care about things."

-Goldy Moldavsky, Lord of the Fly Fest

If you liked the retellings plot in Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival

By: Norman Ollestad

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Ollestad, 41, was thrust into the world of surfing and competitive downhill skiing at a very young … read more

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"Beautiful things were sometimes mixed up with treacherous things, they could even happen at the same time, or one could lead to the other"

-Norman Ollestad, Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival

"I needed something else, some kind of juice. He gave me a hooked-eyebrow glance and took a showy swig of the water. Mmm, he said, smacking his lips. Water-juice. It's fantastic."

-Norman Ollestad, Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival

"My dad had previously spoken about 'fighting through things to get to the good stuff' or some such concept, and as he shook the salt water out of his curly brown hair, he talked more about people 'gi…"

-Norman Ollestad, Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival

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2. Becoming Unbecoming

By: Una

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

A devastating personal account of gender violence told in comic book form, set against the backdrop… read more

Similar categories in Una's Becoming Unbecoming book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

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3. 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 Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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5. A Million to One

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Adiba Jaigirdar, author of one of Time's Best YA books of all time, gives Titanic an Ocean’s 8 make… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's A Million to One book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. How to Survive Your Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s … read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's How to Survive Your Murder book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"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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8. The Charmed List

By: Julie Abe

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

After spending most of high school as the quiet girl, Ellie Kobata is ready to take some risks and … read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's The Charmed List book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"I brought some Honey & Butter."

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"And please, you know you’re cute."

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"But we can’t leave without a book,"

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

"Is that—is that the Enchanted Forest?"

-Julie Abe, The Charmed List

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9. 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 Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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10. Well, That Was Unexpected

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An outrageous, laugh-out-loud YA rom-com about a girl who's whisked from LA to her mother's native … read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's Well, That Was Unexpected book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. A Secret Princess

By: Margaret Stohl

3.52

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A surprising and romantic YA retelling-mashup of A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Stohl's A Secret Princess book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

By: Rati Mehrotra

3.84

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

To learn what she can become, she must first discover who she is. Katyani’s role in the kingdom … read more

Similar categories in Rati Mehrotra's Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • fiction
  • young adult
"You’ve got to learn how to kiss like that,"

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"A spiritual warrior accepts his punishment with the same indifference that he accepts his reward."

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"She would not cry in front of this man who had torn her world apart. She would wait for an opportunity and kill him."

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"You were bringing me all those flowers when I was sick, like you were wooing me. How could my poor, weak heart resist?"

-Rati Mehrotra, Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

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13. Salt and Sugar

By: Rebecca Carvalho

3.71

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud. Trust … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Carvalho's Salt and Sugar book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"She takes off as fast as Jessie and James getting kicked into the horizon at the end of every Pokémon episode."

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"The ruby guava melts into the cheesy corn cake looking like a flower sprouting in the sun-kissed earth. This is the best compromise between our families' bakeries. It's perfect ."

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"Bell pepper and onion skewers dripping with garlic hot sauce and a little lime. Chicken and steak skewers wrapped in bacon. And a side of farofa so we could dip the skewers and feel the crunch of kas…"

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

"Empadões sit behind the glass, the round, perfectly golden brown pot pies loaded with shredded chicken and green olives. People usually know what they want when they walk into our bakery. Five loaves…"

-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar

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14. 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 Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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15. Her Sister's Death

By: K.L. Murphy

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

She wanted the truth. She should have known better. When her sister is found dead in a Baltimore… read more

Similar categories in K.L. Murphy's Her Sister's Death book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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 Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. Our Vengeful Souls

By: Kristi McManus

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When magical mermaid Sereia saves her little sister and overshadows brother and rightful heir, Trit… read more

Similar categories in Kristi McManus's Our Vengeful Souls book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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18. The Lost Melody

By: Joanna Davidson Politano

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"Darkly premised and brilliantly presented. The Lost Melody serves a pitch-perfect blend of history… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Davidson Politano's The Lost Melody book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"There is no such thing as hopeless cases. Only those who have lost hope."

-Joanna Davidson Politano, The Lost Melody

"When it came to darkness, you could succumb and let it consume you…or you could invade it with light of your own."

-Joanna Davidson Politano, The Lost Melody

"For all the locking up he’d done, all the patients he’d managed to control with cells and restraints, there was one thing those walls could not contain. Light."

-Joanna Davidson Politano, The Lost Melody

"One cannot help staring at the light, eh? Especially when he’s been cowering in the shadows for so long…. Perhaps it’s time you quit choosing the darkness – quit lingering there. Whatever you believe…"

-Joanna Davidson Politano, The Lost Melody

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19. Lord of the Fly Fest

By: Goldy Moldavsky

3.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One of Us Is Lying meets Lord of the Flies meets Fyre Fest in this wickedly addictive and funny YA … read more

Similar categories in Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • retellings
  • humor
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"It's a condition I have where I don't care about things."

-Goldy Moldavsky, Lord of the Fly Fest

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20. Those We Drown

By: Amy Goldsmith

3.43

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An ocean-drenched, atmospheric horror debut! Liv's best friend disappears on their first night aboa… read more

Similar categories in Amy Goldsmith's Those We Drown book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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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 Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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22. The Getaway

By: Lamar Giles

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of … read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's The Getaway book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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23. Three Drops of Blood

By: Gretchen McNeil

3.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Good Girls Guide to Murder meets Hitchcock in this novel from celebrated author Gretchen McNeil. … read more

Similar categories in Gretchen McNeil's Three Drops of Blood book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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24. 12 Days of Book-Club-Mas (Volume VI)

By: Jessica Booth

3.88

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

You are never alone when lost in the magic of a book. 12 short stories comprise the Once Upon a … read more

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25. 12 Days of Book-Club-Mas (Volume 5)

By: K.R. Wieland

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Our Advent Calendar recipients will receive a novella of about 200 pages featuring 12 short stories… read more

Similar categories in K.R. Wieland's 12 Days of Book-Club-Mas (Volume 5) book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • fiction
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26. Cake Eater

By: Allyson Dahlin

3.62

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

She has a million followers on social media. She uses her fashion-forward eye to pick the perfec… read more

Similar categories in Allyson Dahlin's Cake Eater book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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27. The Changing Man

By: Tomi Oyemakinde

3.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A teenage girl is pulled into investigating the truth behind her new boarding school’s decades-old … read more

Similar categories in Tomi Oyemakinde's The Changing Man book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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28. Never Name the Dead

By: D.M. Rowell

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Old grudges, tribal traditions, and outside influences collide for a Kiowa woman as forces threaten… read more

Similar categories in D.M. Rowell's Never Name the Dead book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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29. Deep in Providence

By: Riss M. Neilson

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

"Haunting, intimate, and beautifully a magical debut novel from a writer to watch.” ―Emily M. Danf… read more

Similar categories in Riss M. Neilson's Deep in Providence book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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30. The Christmas Witch (The Amberlight Valley Series)

By: Dalea Faulkner

2.59

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

If the only way to save your home town, was to partner with your middle school nemesis... would you… read more

Similar categories in Dalea Faulkner's The Christmas Witch (The Amberlight Valley Series) book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • young adult
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31. This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel

By: Jenny Laden

4.44

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

In this heartbreaking multimedia debut--filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries--author Je… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Laden's This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel book and Goldy Moldavsky's Lord of the Fly Fest

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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Diana Urban

3.61

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Sarah Beth Durst

3.40

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A Million to One

Adiba Jaigirdar

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You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron

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Kayla Cottingham

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