21 best-selling thriller books like The Violent Season by Sara Walters

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The Violent Season

By: Sara Walters

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

There is something terribly wrong in Wolf Ridge. Every November, every teen is overwhelmed with a h…

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Cover of Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones

1. Missing Clarissa

By: Ripley Jones

3.49

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

In a gripping novel perfect for fans of Sadie and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, two best friends s… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's Missing Clarissa book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Seven Dirty Secrets

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.66

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers a… read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Seven Dirty Secrets book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. 14 Ways to Die

By: Vincent Ralph

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, Jess's mother was murdered by the Magpie Man. She was the first of his victims bu… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Ralph's 14 Ways to Die book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
"In the middle of your grief, when it’s too raw for most people to handle, they disappear, slowly stepping back until you turn round one day and they’re gone."

-Vincent Ralph, 14 Ways to Die

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4. Four Found Dead

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.45

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

At the movie theater where Jo works, the last show has ended. But the nightmare is just beginning. … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Four Found Dead book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. Don't Go to Sleep

By: Bryce Moore

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A seventeen-year old girl goes up against the notorious axeman murderer in 1918 in this suspenseful… read more

Similar categories in Bryce Moore's Don't Go to Sleep book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. The Haunting

By: Natasha Preston

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pound… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Haunting book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. The Island

By: Natasha Preston

3.47

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestsellers The Twin and The Lake, another pulse-pounding re… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Island book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Secrets Never Die

By: Vincent Ralph

3.46

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

We call it the Dark Place. I don’t know who built it or when but, for us, it’s special. Every ye… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Ralph's Secrets Never Die book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
"Was he okay with you staying over? Wasnt worried about you two bumping uglies in the night?" Haran is dicking around. He knows that my uglies and Elisha's have never officially met."

-Vincent Ralph, Secrets Never Die

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10. Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A gripping new psychological thriller from the author of Little Creeping Things—can a grieving girl… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I was gonna come back for you', I lied."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"Tyler is watching me like I'm his favorite Netflix show."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"No coffee? Sorry, the mountain-top Starbucks is fresh out."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"This is going to be so much worse than that', I saw like an archvillian."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

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11. The Murder Game

By: Carrie Doyle

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What if your best friend and roommate killed a teacher at your prep school? Or what if he didn’t do… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Doyle's The Murder Game book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
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12. 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 Sara Walters's The Violent Season

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

-Kayla Cottingham, This Delicious Death

Cover of Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti

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 Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. Lock the Doors

By: Vincent Ralph

3.76

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Tom's family has moved into their dream home. But pretty soon he starts to notice that something is… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Ralph's Lock the Doors book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. What Happened on Hicks Road

By: Hannah Jayne

3.14

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sadie Oliver is loving her new life in California. For the first time, she has friends and a normal… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Jayne's What Happened on Hicks Road book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso

16. They're Watching You

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When a secret society has you in their sights, it can lead to power, privilege... or death. It's… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's They're Watching You book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

17. The Obsession

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.73

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

A classic sort of love story... except somebody might wind up dead. Nobody knows Delilah like Lo… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Erotomania"

-Jesse Q. Sutanto, The Obsession

Cover of Stranger Danger (Underlined) by Maren Stoffels

18. Stranger Danger (Underlined)

By: Maren Stoffels

3.34

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From horror powerhouse author Maren Stoffels comes the next pulse-quickening read! There's nowhere … read more

Similar categories in Maren Stoffels's Stranger Danger (Underlined) book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. Bad Like Us

By: Gabriella Lepore

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Spring break is a vibe—until someone gets murdered Partying with popular classmates they barely … read more

Similar categories in Gabriella Lepore's Bad Like Us book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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20. The Girl Who Knew Too Much

By: Tiffany Brooks

3.32

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

You think it's a game? Think again. High school senior Riley Ozment is desperate to change her r… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Brooks's The Girl Who Knew Too Much book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of The Violent Season by Sara  Walters

21. The Violent Season

By: Sara Walters

3.47

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

There is something terribly wrong in Wolf Ridge. Every November, every teen is overwhelmed with a h… read more

Similar categories in Sara Walters's The Violent Season book and Sara Walters's The Violent Season

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
  • audiobook

20 must-read fiction books like The Violent Season by Sara Walters

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Missing Clarissa

Ripley Jones

3.49

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Seven Dirty Secrets

Natalie D. Richards

3.66

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14 Ways to Die

Vincent Ralph

3.73

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Four Found Dead

Natalie D. Richards

3.45

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21 Top fiction books like They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso

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How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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Missing Clarissa

Ripley Jones

3.49

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The Legacies

Jessica Goodman

3.57

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Lying in the Deep

Diana Urban

3.61

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