10 must-read thriller books like The Ghosts of Now by Joan Lowery Nixon

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The Ghosts of Now

By: Joan Lowery Nixon

3.57

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It's Friday night and Angie Dupree is alone in the house when the phone rings. "Your brother is de…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Ghosts of Now by Joan Lowery Nixon , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan

1. Stranger with My Face

By: Lois Duncan

3.90

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Laurie was at home, but her boyfriend swears he saw her on the beach with another guy. Her family i… read more

Similar categories in Lois Duncan's Stranger with My Face book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Secrets Can Kill (The Nancy Drew Files, #1) by Carolyn Keene

2. Secrets Can Kill (The Nancy Drew Files, #1)

By: Carolyn Keene

4.22

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nancy poses as a student and goes undercover to investigate a series of thefts at Bedford High. read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Keene's Secrets Can Kill (The Nancy Drew Files, #1) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
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3. Prom Date

By: Diane Hoh

3.90

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The forthcoming prom at Toomey High is overshadowed by a series of brutal slayings that replace taf… read more

Similar categories in Diane Hoh's Prom Date book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Dead Boyfriend (Fear Street Relaunch, #5) by R.L. Stine

4. The Dead Boyfriend (Fear Street Relaunch, #5)

By: R.L. Stine

3.64

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

She's dying to go out with him... Caitlin has never had a real boyfriend before. When she starts se… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's The Dead Boyfriend (Fear Street Relaunch, #5) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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5. Ransom

By: Lois Duncan

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

The lives of five captives hang in the balance while their families gather the ransom. Two brothers… read more

Similar categories in Lois Duncan's Ransom book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller

6. The Fire (Losing Christina, #3)

By: Caroline B. Cooney

3.00

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Christina knows the Shevvingtons have left a trail of hollowed-out, lost girls in mental hospitals … read more

Similar categories in Caroline B. Cooney's The Fire (Losing Christina, #3) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

7. Can You Keep a Secret? (Fear Street Relaunch, #4)

By: R.L. Stine

3.56

Format: None pages, Hardcover

How many nightmares begin in the Fear Street Woods? Eddie and Emmy are high school sweethearts from… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's Can You Keep a Secret? (Fear Street Relaunch, #4) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

8. Bad Moonlight (Fear Street Super Chiller, #8)

By: R.L. Stine

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

She wasn't just crying wolf... Danielle Verona can't believe the band picked herto be their new lea… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's Bad Moonlight (Fear Street Super Chiller, #8) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

9. The New Girl (Fear Street, #1)

By: R.L. Stine

4.15

Format: 130 pages,

The new girl is as pale as a ghost, blond, and eerily beautiful -- and she seems to need him as muc… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's The New Girl (Fear Street, #1) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

10. Don't Look Behind You

By: Lois Duncan

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

How can April give up her name, her friends, her boyfriend Steve, and everything she's ever known?A… read more

Similar categories in Lois Duncan's Don't Look Behind You book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

11. Superstitious

By: R.L. Stine

4.60

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Stine is the world's bestselling horror writer for children, but this is his first novel for adults… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's Superstitious book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

12. The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1)

By: Caroline B. Cooney

3.00

Format: 107 pages,

The face on the milk carton looks like an ordinary little girl: hair in tight pigtails, a dress wit… read more

Similar categories in Caroline B. Cooney's The Face on the Milk Carton (Janie Johnson, #1) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

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13. Sister Dear

By: Hannah Mary McKinnon

3.80

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Beauty. Wealth. Success.She’s got it all.And it all should’ve been mine.When Eleanor Hardwicke’s be… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Mary McKinnon's Sister Dear book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Truth or Die (Nightmare Hall, #15) by Diane Hoh

14. Truth or Die (Nightmare Hall, #15)

By: Diane Hoh

3.37

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

It begins as a game. When first-year student Parrie Moore meets the other girls at a party, join… read more

Similar categories in Diane Hoh's Truth or Die (Nightmare Hall, #15) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • childrens
  • teen
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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15. The Intern

By: Michele Campbell

3.80

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

A young Harvard law student falls under the spell of a charismatic judge in this timely and thrilli… read more

Similar categories in Michele Campbell's The Intern book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Sudden Death (Horror High, #6) by Nicholas  Adams

16. Sudden Death (Horror High, #6)

By: Nicholas Adams

3.29

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Lara Crandall is determined to write a major news story about steroid use among student athletes fo… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Adams's Sudden Death (Horror High, #6) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • young adult
  • horror
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17. The Ghosts of Now

By: Joan Lowery Nixon

3.57

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

It's Friday night and Angie Dupree is alone in the house when the phone rings. "Your brother is de… read more

Similar categories in Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • teen
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Kiss of Death by Peter Beere

18. Kiss of Death

By: Peter Beere

3.19

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Sadie Ross is all alone since her mother is dead and her boyfriend has left her. But when she meets… read more

Similar categories in Peter Beere's Kiss of Death book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • mystery
  • young adult
  • horror
Cover of What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena

19. What Have You Done?

By: Shari Lapena

3.84

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The new binge-worthy novel from the “queen of the one-sit read,” and New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Shari Lapena's What Have You Done? book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Dark Moon (Nightmare Hall, #23) by Diane Hoh

20. Dark Moon (Nightmare Hall, #23)

By: Diane Hoh

3.42

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

Thrilled at being selected to head the planning committee for a festival at Salem U., Eve becomes t… read more

Similar categories in Diane Hoh's Dark Moon (Nightmare Hall, #23) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • young adult
  • horror
Cover of Kidnapped (Nightmare Hall, #27) by Diane Hoh

21. Kidnapped (Nightmare Hall, #27)

By: Diane Hoh

3.55

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Nora, an orphaned education major with little memory of her past, is accused of kidnapping one of h… read more

Similar categories in Diane Hoh's Kidnapped (Nightmare Hall, #27) book and Joan Lowery Nixon's The Ghosts of Now

  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller

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Lois Duncan

3.90

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Secrets Can Kill (The Nancy Drew Files, #1)

Carolyn Keene

4.22

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Prom Date

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3.90

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Mary Downing Hahn

4.12

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4.02

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4.14

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