13 must-read mystery books like I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark by Riss M. Neilson

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I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

By: Riss M. Neilson

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Deep in Providence comes a paranormal young adult romance that follows a teen co…

If you liked the mystery plot in I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark by Riss M. Neilson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Venom & Vow

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your enemy closer. Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who’s doubling for his brother. Va… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Venom & Vow book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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2. Tender Beasts

By: Liselle Sambury

3.90

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and c… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Tender Beasts book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

4. Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greates… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1) book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Maybe that's it," he says. "Art is the meaning of life."

-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

"The meaning of life. What a fucking joke. I barely understand the shit that goes on in mine."

-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

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5. Her Good Side

By: Rebekah Weatherspoon

4.05

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A swoony, heart-melting YA romance from beloved author Rebekah Weatherspoon about two awkward teens… read more

Similar categories in Rebekah Weatherspoon's Her Good Side book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Buried and the Bound (The Buried and the Bound, #1)

By: Rochelle Hassan

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary fantasy YA debut from Rochelle Hassan about monsters, magic, and wicked fae, perfect… read more

Similar categories in Rochelle Hassan's The Buried and the Bound (The Buried and the Bound, #1) book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • young adult
"It was like every emotion he'd had to suppress in order to survive the last year and a half was now crashing into him all at once. Every vulnerability he'd locked away so that he could command the ho…"

-Rochelle Hassan, The Buried and the Bound (The Buried and the Bound, #1)

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7. Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

By: H.E. Edgmon

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation. Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tin… read more

Similar categories in H.E. Edgmon's Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1) book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We are not just gods walking around steering human bodies. We are also humans housing the souls of gods. Okay? And if it really matters that the Mountain is never a colonizer'--I brush my thumb again…"

-H.E. Edgmon, Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1)

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8. The Shadow Sister

By: Lily Meade

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sutton going missing is the worst thing to happen to Casey, to their family. She’s trying to help f… read more

Similar categories in Lily Meade's The Shadow Sister book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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9. Together We Rot

By: Skyla Arndt

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl looking for the truth about her missing mother forms a reluctant alliance with her form… read more

Similar categories in Skyla Arndt's Together We Rot book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1) by Brittany N. Williams

10. That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

By: Brittany N. Williams

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stunning YA fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Holly Black and Justina Ireland, about a Black gir… read more

Similar categories in Brittany N. Williams's That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1) book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep," [Joan] said. Keep him playing the scene until she worked out a plan. "Being o'er shoes in blood, plunge in the deep / And kill me too." Auberon smiled. "All…"

-Brittany N. Williams, That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

"His hand slipped around the back of her neck and pulled her in close. their eyes met. He stopped; his brows knitted. He was waiting for her permission because he couldn't be sure if Hermia's refusal …"

-Brittany N. Williams, That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

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11. I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

By: Riss M. Neilson

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Deep in Providence comes a paranormal young adult romance that follows a teen co… read more

Similar categories in Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • ghosts
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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12. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

By: Jamison Shea

3.72

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure … read more

Similar categories in Jamison Shea's I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Twelve years of feeding this dream, cutting down anyone else who stood in my path, only to have the one girl I spared turn around and bite me. And she had the audacity to be mediocre."

-Jamison Shea, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

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13. Delicious Monsters

By: Liselle Sambury

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller fo… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Delicious Monsters book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • ghosts
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The Black Girl Survives in This One by Desiree S. Evans

14. The Black Girl Survives in This One

By: Desiree S. Evans

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bes… read more

Similar categories in Desiree S. Evans's The Black Girl Survives in This One book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of And Don't Look Back by Rebecca Barrow

15. And Don't Look Back

By: Rebecca Barrow

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

After her mother’s death, a teen pieces together the truth of her family’s past and what her mom wa… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Barrow's And Don't Look Back book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • horror
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16. The Dark Place

By: Britney S. Lewis

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

You can only hide from your nightmares for so long. Seventeen-year-old Hylee Williams didn't ask… read more

Similar categories in Britney S. Lewis's The Dark Place book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

17. Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

4.33

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams

18. Blood at the Root

By: LaDarrion Williams

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more

Similar categories in LaDarrion Williams's Blood at the Root book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. Court of the Undying Seasons

By: A.M. Strickland

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sarah J. Maas meets A Deadly Education in A.M. Strickland's lush, queer YA dark fantasy novel. In … read more

Similar categories in A.M. Strickland's Court of the Undying Seasons book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu

21. Ride or Die

By: Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu

3.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This adrenaline-packed joyride of a debut is an ode to Gen Z and teens who love chaos—perfect for … read more

Similar categories in Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu's Ride or Die book and Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook

18 Best fiction books like I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark by Riss M. Neilson

Transform Your Habits

Venom & Vow

Anna-Marie McLemore

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Tender Beasts

Liselle Sambury

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Black Queen

Jumata Emill

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.83

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19 must-read fiction books like Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Transform Your Habits

Tender Beasts

Liselle Sambury

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Canto Contigo

Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Transform Your Habits

When I Think of You

Myah Ariel

3.88

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