11 must-read realistic fiction books like Where Secrets Lie by Eva V. Gibson

Cover of Where Secrets Lie by Eva  V. Gibson

Where Secrets Lie

By: Eva V. Gibson

3.46

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Told in two interwoven timelines—the summer when everything changed, and the summer that changes ev…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Where Secrets Lie by Eva V. Gibson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig

1. Last Seen Leaving

By: Caleb Roehrig

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Flynn's girlfriend has disappeared. How can he uncover her secrets without revealing his own? Fl… read more

Similar categories in Caleb Roehrig's Last Seen Leaving book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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2. Someone Named Eva

By: Joan M. Wolf

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

In 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken from her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, along with other … read more

Similar categories in Joan M. Wolf's Someone Named Eva book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • fiction
  • young adult

3. The Window

By: Amelia Brunskill

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Anna is everything her identical twin is not. Outgoing and athletic, she is the opposite of quiet i… read more

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4. 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 Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1) by Laurie Faria Stolarz

5. Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1)

By: Laurie Faria Stolarz

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

“Jane” was just your typical 17-year-old getting ready to start her senior year. She had a part-tim… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Faria Stolarz's Jane Anonymous (Jane Anonymous, #1) book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso

6. 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 Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. 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 Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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8. Make Me a Liar

By: Melissa Landers

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Veronica Mars gets a fantastical twist in this novel about a girl with a transferrable consciousnes… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Landers's Make Me a Liar book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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9. The Only Girl in Town

By: Ally Condie

3.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What would you do if everyone you love disappeared? What if it was your fault? For July Fielding… read more

Similar categories in Ally Condie's The Only Girl in Town book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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10. 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 Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. When We Were Strangers

By: Alex Richards

3.71

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Evie Parker is devastated in the wake of her father’s sudden death. But she know… read more

Similar categories in Alex Richards's When We Were Strangers book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
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12. 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 Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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13. The Summer We Forgot

By: Caroline George

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Caroline George once again transports readers with lush, evocative prose, leading them to ask the q… read more

Similar categories in Caroline George's The Summer We Forgot book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"We all feel eloquence we can’t put into words."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"Nostalgia makes hallowed ground from mundane places."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"In the pursuit of perfection, I forgot I was already enough."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"The people we welcome into our beginnings influence where we go"

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

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14. Wait for Me

By: Sara Shepard

3.52

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Drowning in déjà vu . . .  Who is Casey Rhodes? Is she a no-nonsense realist or a hopeless romantic… read more

Similar categories in Sara Shepard's Wait for Me book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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15. Someone Is Always Watching

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Blythe and her friends—Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya—have always been a tight … read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Someone Is Always Watching book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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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 Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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17. Keep This to Yourself

By: Tom Ryan

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It's been a year since the Catalog Killer terrorized the sleepy seaside town of Camera Cove, killin… read more

Similar categories in Tom Ryan's Keep This to Yourself book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of What You Hide by Natalie D. Richards

18. What You Hide

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.77

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A new pulse-pounding romantic thriller from the author of We All Fall Down and Six Months Later … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's What You Hide book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Maybe there’s a book in here that will tell me what to do when all the smart choices feel wrong."

-Natalie D. Richards, What You Hide

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19. Cancelled

By: Farrah Penn

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

With its clever snark and searing perspective, Cancelled is a funny, fearless novel about the reali… read more

Similar categories in Farrah Penn's Cancelled book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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20. Very Bad People

By: Kit Frick

3.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's Very Bad People book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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21. See All the Stars

By: Kit Frick

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“A gripping and atmospheric contemporary thriller.” —Kirkus Reviews“Complex, captivating, and gorge… read more

Similar categories in Kit Frick's See All the Stars book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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22. Out of the Fire

By: Andrea Contos

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sadie meets One of Us is Lying in a mind-blowingly twisty, feminist thriller that will grab you fro… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Contos's Out of the Fire book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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23. The Name She Gave Me

By: Betty Culley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more

Similar categories in Betty Culley's The Name She Gave Me book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"

-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me

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24. Girl Overboard

By: Sandra Block

3.44

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

This fast-paced thriller about a girl who investigates her friend's disappearance during their crui… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Block's Girl Overboard book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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25. The Last Words We Said

By: Leah Scheier

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Nine months ago, Danny disappeared and everything changed for his friends. Rae’s pouring herself in… read more

Similar categories in Leah Scheier's The Last Words We Said book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos

26. Throwaway Girls

By: Andrea Contos

3.62

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Caroline Lawson is three months away from freedom, otherwise known as graduation day. That's when s… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Contos's Throwaway Girls book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Where Secrets Lie by Eva  V. Gibson

27. Where Secrets Lie

By: Eva V. Gibson

3.46

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Told in two interwoven timelines—the summer when everything changed, and the summer that changes ev… read more

Similar categories in Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Girls from Hush Cabin by Marie Hoy-Kenny

28. The Girls from Hush Cabin

By: Marie Hoy-Kenny

3.46

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In this suspenseful YA thriller from debut author Marie Hoy-Kenny, four former friends--each with t… read more

Similar categories in Marie Hoy-Kenny's The Girls from Hush Cabin book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Tough Times by Milton Meltzer

29. Tough Times

By: Milton Meltzer

3.18

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Joey’s life is quickly changing. His 2 A.M. milk route is getting shorter and shorter as people lea… read more

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Cover of We Made It All Up by Margot Harrison

30. We Made It All Up

By: Margot Harrison

3.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Celeste is the talk of the town when she moves to Montana from Montreal, but the only friend she ma… read more

Similar categories in Margot Harrison's We Made It All Up book and Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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31. 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 Eva V. Gibson's Where Secrets Lie

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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

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