21 must-read thriller books like The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

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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? …

If you liked the thriller plot in The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Dare

By: Natasha Preston

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I triple dog dare you . . . As senior year comes to an end, senior pranks are just beginning. It… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Dare book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. The Reappearance of Rachel Price

By: Holly Jackson

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth abou… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's The Reappearance of Rachel Price book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Family first", Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"The people who loved you, the ones who really cared, they would always come back. Sometimes, they even came back from the dead."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"They hadn't had time to say one word to each other, which was fine, because it was hard to be rude to someone with just one word."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"A little insensitive", she whispered, loud enough that Bel and Carter could hear. "Giving the man with dementia a book called The Memory Thief."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

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3. 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 Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • 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

Cover of Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron

4. Catch Your Death

By: Ravena Guron

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive? A mind-blowi… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's Catch Your Death book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. Tag, You're Dead

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Come Out, Come Out, Whatever You Are and Good Girls Die First comes … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Foxfield's Tag, You're Dead book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. This Book Kills

By: Ravena Guron

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I'll make it clear from the I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help…Well, not inte… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's This Book Kills book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"My story, my words, my voice – they are priceless."

-Ravena Guron, This Book Kills

Cover of It's Behind You by Kathryn Foxfield

7. It's Behind You

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the reality game show that'll scare you to death! Have you got what it takes to last the… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Foxfield's It's Behind You book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. Every Word A Lie

By: Sue Wallman

3.78

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

  Award-winning author Sue Wallman tells a nail-biting story of a catfishing prank that gets out o… read more

Similar categories in Sue Wallman's Every Word A Lie book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • young adult
  • murder mystery
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9. Someone Is Watching You

By: Tess James-Mackey

3.78

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An abandoned prison. A deadly game. How far would you go for a dare? Nia would do anything to wi… read more

Similar categories in Tess James-Mackey's Someone Is Watching You book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Let's Play Murder by Kesia Lupo

10. Let's Play Murder

By: Kesia Lupo

3.60

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Video games have never been more murderous. Veronica wakes up trapped with four strangers in a s… read more

Similar categories in Kesia Lupo's Let's Play Murder book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Getting Away with Murder by Kathryn Foxfield

11. Getting Away with Murder

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.69

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Cabin in the Woods meets Squid Game - a girl playing a game with a supercomputer unwittingly traps … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Foxfield's Getting Away with Murder book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Under the Surface by Diana Urban

12. Under the Surface

By: Diana Urban

4.10

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping … read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Under the Surface book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

13. 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 Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

14. Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine

15. Two Sides to Every Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who retur… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's Two Sides to Every Murder book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Even strong people need to fall apart."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

"You have to feel your feelings, even the unpleasant ones."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

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16. Seasick

By: Kristin Cast

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

There's a killer on board a luxury yacht, and two former friends must team up to figure out which o… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Cast's Seasick book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

17. The Blonde Dies First

By: Joelle Wellington

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adul… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's The Blonde Dies First book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

18. Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Death at Morning House book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of A Game of Life or Death by Triona  Campbell

19. A Game of Life or Death

By: Triona Campbell

3.65

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

When sixteen-year-old Asha Kennedy discovers her older sister Maya's dead body in their home, her w… read more

Similar categories in Triona Campbell's A Game of Life or Death book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Champions by Kara Thomas

20. 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 Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • 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

Cover of It's Only a Game by Kelsea Yu

21. It's Only a Game

By: Kelsea Yu

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty, fast-paced YA thriller, a dangerous game becomes all too real when Marina and her f… read more

Similar categories in Kelsea Yu's It's Only a Game book and Cynthia Murphy's The Midnight Game

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

20 must-read fiction books like The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

Transform Your Habits

The Dare

Natasha Preston

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Holly Jackson

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Five Survive

Holly Jackson

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Catch Your Death

Ravena Guron

4.10

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21 Best fiction books like Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine

Transform Your Habits

The Dare

Natasha Preston

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Holly Jackson

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Summer She Went Missing

Chelsea Ichaso

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The One That Got Away with Murder

Trish Lundy

3.77

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