20 Best fiction books like Four Letter Word by Gretchen McNeil

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Four Letter Word

By: Gretchen McNeil

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this pulse-pounding thriller, Izzy and her family welcome an exchange student into their home. B…

"Anxiety was the great silencer."

-Gretchen McNeil, Four Letter Word

"Anxiety was the great silencer."

-Gretchen McNeil, Four Letter Word

"[She] glanced at the gray, damp sky and wondered if love made you believe that even the grossest days were beautiful."

-Gretchen McNeil, Four Letter Word

"[She] glanced at the gray, damp sky and wondered if love made you believe that even the grossest days were beautiful."

-Gretchen McNeil, Four Letter Word

If you liked the fiction plot in Four Letter Word by Gretchen McNeil , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Under This Red Rock

By: Mindy McGinnis

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neely’s monsters don’t always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in h… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's Under This Red Rock book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. Promchanted

By: Morgan Matson

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two modern teens. One classic fairy tale. Absolutely no cell service. Stella Griffin doesn’t b… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Promchanted book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Whenever I tried to wear a low ponytail, I inevitably looked like a Founding Father. And not the attractive ones, like Hamilton."

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"Promise,' Nisha had agreed. She'd held out her pinky and we'd linked them to get and shaken, entering what every fourth-grader knows is a binding contract."

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"If you like someone, I realized in one incandescent flash, you liked them in a disgusting dungeon next to a literal pile of bones. You liked them everywhere. Because it wasn't about the setting-it wa…"

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"You can't stop people from things that hurt and are hard, Stella. You can't reroute to avoid pain at all costs. You can't plan your way around everything. Sometimes, you just have to go through with …"

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

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3. The Other Lola

By: Ripley Jones

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the people you love the most are the people you can trust the least? In the mo… read more

Similar categories in Ripley Jones's The Other Lola book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. The Summer She Went Missing

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington. This summer, they'll search for the truth. Paige R… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's The Summer She Went Missing book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. The One That Got Away with Murder

By: Trish Lundy

3.77

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful who you fall for... Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Han… read more

Similar categories in Trish Lundy's The One That Got Away with Murder book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Until something crashes down around us, and he's screaming. I inhale ash. His burning skin. His burning hair. It suffocates me."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"We write one thing we're going to leave behind in the old season and then we burn it. We start off every year with a clean slate."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"Suddenly, everything around me is on fire. I lurch forward, stumbling because I'm drunk. Sweating because it's hot as hell. The smoke is black as night and I can't see anything. Then I feel his hand,…"

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

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6. Only She Came Back

By: Margot Harrison

3.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A chilling thriller about an unlikely friendship between a true-crime fan and a former high school … read more

Similar categories in Margot Harrison's Only She Came Back book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. Perfect Little Monsters

By: Cindy R.X. He

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Someone has murdered the queen bee of Sierton High School. All the dead girl’s friends are suspects… read more

Similar categories in Cindy R.X. He's Perfect Little Monsters book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. One Last Breath

By: Ginny Myers Sain

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies delivers another chilling supernatur… read more

Similar categories in Ginny Myers Sain's One Last Breath book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
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9. 10 Hours to Go

By: Keely Parrack

3.10

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Lily wants to get home. Her friends want to get even. Lily needs a ride―a fire warning in Oregon ha… read more

Similar categories in Keely Parrack's 10 Hours to Go book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. The Rosewood Hunt

By: Mackenzie Reed

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lily Rosewood dreams of taking over her family's company one day. Her grandmother, Rosewood Inc's c… read more

Similar categories in Mackenzie Reed's The Rosewood Hunt book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. This Book Won't Burn

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's This Book Won't Burn book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."

-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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12. Thin Air

By: Kellie M. Parker

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of tee… read more

Similar categories in Kellie M. Parker's Thin Air book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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13. Wander in the Dark

By: Jumata Emill

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this new pulse-pounding thriller from the author of The Black Queen, two brothers must come toge… read more

Similar categories in Jumata Emill's Wander in the Dark book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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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 Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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15. Stay Dead

By: April Henry

3.86

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  bestselling author April Henry delivers a thrilling murder mystery featuring a teen… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Stay Dead book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. Four Letter Word

By: Gretchen McNeil

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this pulse-pounding thriller, Izzy and her family welcome an exchange student into their home. B… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • romance
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Anxiety was the great silencer."

-Gretchen McNeil, Four Letter Word

"[She] glanced at the gray, damp sky and wondered if love made you believe that even the grossest days were beautiful."

-Gretchen McNeil, Four Letter Word

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17. 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 Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 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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18. Six Truths and a Lie

By: Ream Shukairy

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's Six Truths and a Lie book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. Lie Until It's True

By: Jessie Weaver

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder meets Knives Out in this haunting YA thriller. To redeem herself, tru… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Weaver's Lie Until It's True book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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20. Breathing Underwater

By: Abbey Nash

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this slice-of-life, sensitively written novel, a teen girl grapples with a sudden epilepsy diagn… read more

Similar categories in Abbey Nash's Breathing Underwater book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Missing

By: Savannah Brown

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

A brooding, atmospheric novel about the mysterious vanishing of a singer from a remote island, and … read more

Similar categories in Savannah Brown's Missing book and Gretchen McNeil's Four Letter Word

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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Mindy McGinnis

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