16 must-read thriller books like Why Would I Lie? by Adi Rule

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Why Would I Lie?

By: Adi Rule

3.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about a charismatic, sociopathic valedictorian . . . and the o…

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1. Zero Day

By: Jan Gangsei

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Eight years ago, Addie Webster was the victim of the most notorious kidnapping of the decade. Addie… read more

Similar categories in Jan Gangsei's Zero Day book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. Titanic: Voices From the Disaster (Scholastic Focus)

By: Deborah Hopkinson

4.05

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

Critically acclaimed nonfiction author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the story of the TITANIC a… read more

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  • audiobook
"The events of the Titanic disaster can be seen as a symbol of what happens through overconfidence in technology, complacence, and a mindset of profits over people's safety."

-Deborah Hopkinson, Titanic: Voices From the Disaster (Scholastic Focus)

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3. Free to Fall

By: Lauren Miller

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

What if there was an app that told you what song to listen to, what coffee to order, who to date, e… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Miller's Free to Fall book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult

4. Made for You

By: Melissa Marr

3.37

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely books Melissa Marr's first contemporary YA novel is a twist… read more

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5. You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!

By: Fiona Rosenbloom

4.28

Format: 320 pages,

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6. Obsessed: : A Memoir of My Life with OCD

By: None

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder--and brings read… read more

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7. Gotham High

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.18

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex and Eliza and The Witches of East End comes a… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's Gotham High book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery
  • crime
  • young adult
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8. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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9. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)

By: Alyson Gerber

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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10. That's Not What Happened

By: Kody Keplinger

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best frien… read more

Similar categories in Kody Keplinger's That's Not What Happened book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. Girl Forgotten

By: April Henry

3.67

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Piper Gray starts a true-crime podcast investigating a seventeen-year-old cold case.  Seventeen … read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Girl Forgotten book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. You, Me, and Our Heartstrings

By: Melissa See

3.63

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Daisy and Noah have the same plan: use the holiday concert to land a Julliard audition. But when th… read more

Similar categories in Melissa See's You, Me, and Our Heartstrings book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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13. 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 Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Summer of Broken Things

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

3.52

Format: 393 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is kno… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Summer of Broken Things book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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15. This Is Not a Drill

By: K.A. Holt

3.51

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Told through text messages, this timely story explores the real dangers kids face with humor, insig… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Holt's This Is Not a Drill book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone (Murder, She Wrote, #1)

By: Stephanie Kuehn

3.30

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Small town murders. Big time thrills. A suspenseful, modern update of the classic mystery TV … read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Kuehn's By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone (Murder, She Wrote, #1) book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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17. Very Bad People

By: Kit Frick

3.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's Very Bad People book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. Playing with Fire

By: April Henry

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

When a fire cuts off a popular trail in the Oregon forest, a small group trapped by the flames must… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Playing with Fire book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"A flame started on the stained fabric of the seat, then began to inch up the back. It felt like magic. He had just created it out of nothing. Now it danced and moved like a living thing."

-April Henry, Playing with Fire

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19. The Buried

By: Melissa Grey

3.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-pounding, claustrophobic new story from Melissa Grey, the author of RATED. Ten years ago… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Grey's The Buried book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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20. Like a Love Song

By: Gabriela Martins

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

This debut paperback original romance follows a Latina teen pop star whose image takes a dive after… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Martins's Like a Love Song book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Some Kind of Hate

By: Sarah Darer Littman

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Declan Taylor is furious at the world. After winning state as a freshman starting pitcher, he accid… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Darer Littman's Some Kind of Hate book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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22. I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel)

By: Daphne Benedis-Grab

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

One of Us is Lying meets Pretty Little Liars for middle-grade readers. The email arrives Sunday … read more

Similar categories in Daphne Benedis-Grab's I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel) book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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23. Why Would I Lie?

By: Adi Rule

3.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about a charismatic, sociopathic valedictorian . . . and the o… read more

Similar categories in Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie? book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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24. Deepfake

By: Sarah Darer Littman

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

What happens when anyone can make a video of you saying anything? Dara Simons and Will Hochman h… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Darer Littman's Deepfake book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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25. The Vanishing Deep

By: Astrid Scholte

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Tempe was born into a world of water. When the Great Waves destroyed her planet,… read more

Similar categories in Astrid Scholte's The Vanishing Deep book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Palindrome—a word, number, phrase, or sequence of symbols or elements whose meaning can be interpreted the same way both forward and in reverse. We begin as we end; we end as we begin. That is life. …"

-Astrid Scholte, The Vanishing Deep

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26. A Little Like Waking

By: Adam Rex

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

You’ve Reached Sam meets The Good Place in this deeply-felt, surreal and fully illustrated love sto… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's A Little Like Waking book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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27. Perfect Score

By: A.M. Ellis

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It’s time to HUNT A KILLER in this YA mystery series based on the bestselling subscription game! … read more

Similar categories in A.M. Ellis's Perfect Score book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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28. Welcome to Camp Killer

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.30

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

When an American-style residential camp is set up in the grounds of an English stately home, the te… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Murphy's Welcome to Camp Killer book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. My Flawless Life

By: Yvonne Woon

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A narrator grapples with the secrets of her private school classmates as well as her own life. … read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Woon's My Flawless Life book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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30. Going Viral: A Socially Distant Love Story

By: Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

3.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Claire Draper's fictional love story goes viral in the wake of a pandemic, the line between re… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cicatelli-Kuc's Going Viral: A Socially Distant Love Story book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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31. Murder of Crows

By: K. Ancrum

3.48

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Tig Torres investigates Hollow Falls' horrific history in this original novel based on the hit podc… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Murder of Crows book and Adi Rule's Why Would I Lie?

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

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