14 must-read mystery books like Dark Parts of the Universe by Samuel Miller

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Dark Parts of the Universe

By: Samuel Miller

3.73

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Outer Banks meets Bone Gap in New York Times bestselling author Samuel Miller’s propulsive and genr…

If you liked the mystery plot in Dark Parts of the Universe by Samuel Miller , here is a list of 14 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 Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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2. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Black Girl You Are Atlas book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • audiobook
  • teen
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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3. 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 Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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5. Snowglobe

By: Soyoung Park

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can es… read more

Similar categories in Soyoung Park's Snowglobe book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • science fiction
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6. Kindling

By: Traci Chee

3.76

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a standalone fantasy set against a war-r… read more

Similar categories in Traci Chee's Kindling book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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7. Not Like Other Girls

By: Meredith Adamo

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A girl risks everything to find her former best friend in this powerful debut mystery about trauma,… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Adamo's Not Like Other Girls book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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9. The Kill Factor

By: Ben Oliver

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new game show that offers young criminals the chance at freedom has been greenlit. Little d… read more

Similar categories in Ben Oliver's The Kill Factor book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. The Brightwood Code

By: Monica Hesse

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seven months ago Edda was on the World War I front lines as one of two hundred “Hello Girls,” femal… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's The Brightwood Code book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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11. Thirsty

By: Jas Hammonds

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have o… read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's Thirsty book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. 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 Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • 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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13. Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear

By: Robin Wasley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse. High school is hard enough t… read more

Similar categories in Robin Wasley's Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
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15. There Is a Door in This Darkness

By: Kristin Cashore

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A magic-tinged contemporary YA about grief and hope from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Cashore's There Is a Door in This Darkness book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. A Place for Vanishing

By: Ann Fraistat

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl and her family return to her mother's childhood home, only to discover that the house's… read more

Similar categories in Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. A Whisper in the Walls (Waxways, #2)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling, “pulse-pounding” ( Publishers Weekly ) A Door in … read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's A Whisper in the Walls (Waxways, #2) book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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18. Clever Creatures of the Night

By: Samantha Mabry

2.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When Case’s best friend Drea goes missing, Case dives into the bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murde… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Mabry's Clever Creatures of the Night book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole

19. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Ariel Crashes a Train book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

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20. Dark Parts of the Universe

By: Samuel Miller

3.73

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Outer Banks meets Bone Gap in New York Times bestselling author Samuel Miller’s propulsive and genr… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • science fiction
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21. Dispatches from Parts Unknown

By: Bryan Bliss

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Julie knows it’s unusual that a professional wrestler runs a constant commentary on her life that o… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Bliss's Dispatches from Parts Unknown book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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22. Made Glorious

By: Lindsay Eagar

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In a vicious, delicious contemporary novel inspired by Shakespeare’s Richard III, the lauded author… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Eagar's Made Glorious book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. Where Wolves Don't Die

By: Anton Treuer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojib… read more

Similar categories in Anton Treuer's Where Wolves Don't Die book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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24. Now, Conjurers

By: Freddie Kolsch

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

November 1999. North Dana, Massachusetts. Nesbit Nuñez discovers the partially devoured body of… read more

Similar categories in Freddie Kolsch's Now, Conjurers book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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25. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

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26. The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

By: Josh Galarza

4.22

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Mark Oshiro and Adam Silvera comes a fiercely funny and hopeful story of one bo… read more

Similar categories in Josh Galarza's The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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27. 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 Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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28. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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29. Ash's Cabin

By: Jen Wang

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Ash has always felt alone. Adults ignore the climate crisis. Other kids Ash’s age are more inter… read more

Similar categories in Jen Wang's Ash's Cabin book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • fiction
  • young adult
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30. Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more

Similar categories in Randy Ribay's Everything We Never Had book and Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

29 must-read fiction books like Dark Parts of the Universe by Samuel Miller

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Under This Red Rock

Mindy McGinnis

3.94

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Liselle Sambury

3.90

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Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Transform Your Habits

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Soyoung Park

3.62

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And Then, Boom!

Lisa Fipps

4.69

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Louder Than Hunger

John Schu

4.55

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Thirsty

Jas Hammonds

4.16

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Anna Sortino

4.20

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