12 Top horror books like Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard

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Dead End Girls

By: Wendy Heard

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In one week, Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years of …

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Cover of The Society For Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

1. The Society For Soulless Girls

By: Laura Steven

3.63

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

A dark and funny YA thriller with a supernatural twist. From the winner of the Comedy Women in Prin… read more

Similar categories in Laura Steven's The Society For Soulless Girls book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Also I was nineteen, and therefore immortal."

-Laura Steven, The Society For Soulless Girls

"Time heals all wounds, but not the ones you leave infected."

-Laura Steven, The Society For Soulless Girls

"How thoroughly unreasonable for my actions to have consequences."

-Laura Steven, The Society For Soulless Girls

"She was almost insultingly beautiful, albeit in a satanic sort of way."

-Laura Steven, The Society For Soulless Girls

Cover of How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok

2. How to Find a Missing Girl

By: Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Veronica Mars, this whip-smart thriller follows a sap… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Wlosok's How to Find a Missing Girl book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones

3. 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 Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. The Legacies

By: Jessica Goodman

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Old money. New secrets. One killer party. Scoring an invitation for membership to the exclusive … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Goodman's The Legacies book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • 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 Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • 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

Cover of All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley

6. All the Dead Lie Down

By: Kyrie McCauley

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s … read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's All the Dead Lie Down book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
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7. 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 Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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8. Girl Forgotten

By: April Henry

3.67

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Piper Gray starts a true-crime podcast investigating a seventeen-year-old cold case.  Seventeen … read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Girl Forgotten book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. Pretty Dead Queens

By: Alexa Donne

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seaview High's homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first. A thriller about a decades-o… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's Pretty Dead Queens book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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10. Something Like Possible

By: Miel Moreland

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling YA contemporary from author Miel Moreland, a bisexual teen's path to political s… read more

Similar categories in Miel Moreland's Something Like Possible book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. The Restless Dark

By: Erica Waters

3.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Enter Cloudkiss Canyon at your own risk. The Cloudkiss Killer is dead. Now a true-crime podcast … read more

Similar categories in Erica Waters's The Restless Dark book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Dad said I should be afraid of death because I'll finally have to face judgement for my sins. But he was wrong. These bones tell me there's nothing in death to fear. It's only the living who need to …"

-Erica Waters, The Restless Dark

"There is no such thing as generational curses, no evil carried in our DNA. That's just Pentecostal bullshit, a way to reject responsibility and guilt. We are the choices we make, the actions we commi…"

-Erica Waters, The Restless Dark

Cover of Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick

12. Forget Me Not

By: Alyson Derrick

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A romantic ode to the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obsta… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Derrick's Forget Me Not book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Dig Two Graves by Gretchen McNeil

13. Dig Two Graves

By: Gretchen McNeil

3.45

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

I did my part, BFF. Now it’s your turn. Seventeen-year-old film noir fan Neve Lanier is a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen McNeil's Dig Two Graves book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Summer's Edge by Dana  Mele

15. Summer's Edge

By: Dana Mele

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets The Haunting of Hill House  in this atmospheric, eerie teen t… read more

Similar categories in Dana Mele's Summer's Edge book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
Cover of The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan

16. The Last Girls Standing

By: Jennifer Dugan

3.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do, perfect for fans of One o… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Dugan's The Last Girls Standing book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers

17. I'm the Girl

By: Courtney Summers

3.39

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

The new groundbreaking queer thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar-award Winning autho… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Summers's I'm the Girl book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard

18. Dead End Girls

By: Wendy Heard

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In one week, Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years of … read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of Primal Animals by Julia Lynn Rubin

19. Primal Animals

By: Julia Lynn Rubin

3.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Protect the girls Arlee Gold is anxious about spending the summer at the college prep Camp Rocka… read more

Similar categories in Julia Lynn Rubin's Primal Animals book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"He had it coming. Don’t waste your tears and cry for him. Don’t ever cry for a boy. Not even a dead one."

-Julia Lynn Rubin, Primal Animals

"I had her, if only for a little while. We kissed. We laughed. I felt love radiating through her. I tear a handful of clovers from the ground and squeeze them together, the green juices staining my fi…"

-Julia Lynn Rubin, Primal Animals

Cover of Tell Me No Lies by Andrea Contos

20. Tell Me No Lies

By: Andrea Contos

3.03

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Riverdale meets Gone Girl in a shocking thriller about two sisters whose bond is tested when one gi… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Contos's Tell Me No Lies book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"The worst thing you can do to a man is force him to admit the things he's done."

-Andrea Contos, Tell Me No Lies

Cover of Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley

21. Bad Graces

By: Kyrie McCauley

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s gripping and magical Y… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's Bad Graces book and Wendy Heard's Dead End Girls

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

14 Best contemporary books like Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard

Transform Your Habits

How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Missing Clarissa

Ripley Jones

3.49

Transform Your Habits

The Legacies

Jessica Goodman

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The One That Got Away with Murder

Trish Lundy

3.77

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

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If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

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The Other Lola

Ripley Jones

3.59

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The Dare

Natasha Preston

3.85

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