7 Best young adult books like Something's About to Blow Up by Sam Blake

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Something's About to Blow Up

By: Sam Blake

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When an explosion rips through the chemistry lab at Dublin’s Raven’s Hill School and six girls are …

If you liked the young adult plot in Something's About to Blow Up by Sam Blake , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. Mind the Gap

By: Phil Earle

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When Mikey's dad died, something in Mikey died too. He loved his old man and he never stopped dream… read more

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2. A Place Called Perfect

By: Karl James Mountford , Helena Duggan

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Violet never wanted to move to Perfect. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glas… read more

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3. Tag, You're Dead

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Come Out, Come Out, Whatever You Are and Good Girls Die First comes … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Foxfield's Tag, You're Dead book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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4. This Book Kills

By: Ravena Guron

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I'll make it clear from the I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help…Well, not inte… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's This Book Kills book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
"My story, my words, my voice – they are priceless."

-Ravena Guron, This Book Kills

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5. Someone in the Attic

By: Andrea Mara

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From a #1 internationally bestselling author comes an atmospheric, chilling novel about a family wh… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"People trust people with dogs. They do. There’s an inherent belief that dog people are good people."

-Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

"They’re keen to help and intrigued too, she can see, in that way people are when there’s drama but no personal risk."

-Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

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6. Somebody Knows

By: Michelle McDonagh

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

: A gripping, addictive page-turner about dangerous secrets and the lengths people will go to keep … read more

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7. The Polite Act of Drowning

By: Charleen Hurtubise

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The luminous debut novel from one of Ireland's finest storytellers 'The Polite Act of Drowning is a… read more

Similar categories in Charleen Hurtubise's The Polite Act of Drowning book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Deadly Animals

By: Marie Tierney

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Finding a dead body is not normal. But Ava is not a normal teenager. In this chilling debut mystery… read more

Similar categories in Marie Tierney's Deadly Animals book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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9. The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.89

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED THE FIRST KILL. The White Guy Dies Fir… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco

By: Michelle Chouinard

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Michelle Chouinard’s clever mystery The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, the granddaughter … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Chouinard's The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. You Don't Live Here

By: Robyn Schneider

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Robyn Schneider, author of The Beginning of Everything, delivers a witty and heartbreaking tale of … read more

Similar categories in Robyn Schneider's You Don't Live Here book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Who is this?' I asked. 'Phoebe Bridgers,' she said. 'I'll make you a playlist."

-Robyn Schneider, You Don't Live Here

"I'm not ashamed of myself. I'm ashamed that the world isn't good enough yet. Because it should be."

-Robyn Schneider, You Don't Live Here

"Because the truth is always hard. Because being queer is hard, and coming out is hard, and it never stops being hard. The world keeps shoving into you. But you stand tall anyway. You take up space an…"

-Robyn Schneider, You Don't Live Here

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12. The Switch

By: Lily Samson

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Shocking, seductive, sexy and scandalous. The Switch is a page-turning thriller, a clever mystery,… read more

Similar categories in Lily Samson's The Switch book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
" Lilly Samson, The Switch, Quotes, shameless manipulation of. Allergies disclaimer: I would like to stress that this book is not exactly for the unwashed masses: I delayed showering after the last sw…"

-Lily Samson, The Switch

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13. Message Deleted

By: K.L. Slater

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Saffy is waiting to go into a job interview when she receives a text message from her best friend, … read more

Similar categories in K.L. Slater's Message Deleted book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Something's About to Blow Up

By: Sam Blake

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When an explosion rips through the chemistry lab at Dublin’s Raven’s Hill School and six girls are … read more

Similar categories in Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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15. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo

By: Adam Cesare

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrills and chills are far from over in the third novel from Bram Stoker Award winner and maste… read more

Similar categories in Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Guests

By: Nikki Smith

3.51

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The resort of their dreams. A destination to die for... WELCOME TO PARADISE! Or so the staff… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Smith's The Guests book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • fiction
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17. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Blood Like Mine

By: Stuart Neville

3.79

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

STAY ON THE MOVE. STAY OUT OF SIGHT. In LA Times Book Prizewinner Stuart Neville’s daring foray … read more

Similar categories in Stuart Neville's Blood Like Mine book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Plot Twist

By: Victoria Walters

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

One new boss, one ex-boyfriend, one big dilemma… Stevie Phillips has just landed her dream job w… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Walters's The Plot Twist book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • audiobook
Cover of The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) by Michael    Connelly

20. The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39)

By: Michael Connelly

4.47

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Waiting (Renée Ballard, #6; Harry Bosch, #25; Harry Bosch Universe, #39) book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Every Moment Since

By: Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A small Southern town. An ordinary Saturday night. A little boy disappears without a trace. Everyo… read more

Similar categories in Marybeth Mayhew Whalen's Every Moment Since book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. Hold Back the Night

By: Jessica Moor

4.19

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Observer debut novelist of the year, comes a blistering, heart-wrenching new novel of comp… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Moor's Hold Back the Night book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • fiction
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23. Read at Your Own Risk

By: Remy Lai

3.80

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Read at Your Own Risk is the illustrated sketch diary of a girl who is being haunted after a game g… read more

Similar categories in Remy Lai's Read at Your Own Risk book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • fiction
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24. The Hotel Maid

By: Michelle Dunne

3.65

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

I straighten the apron wrapped around my waist and swipe the key card in the guest room door. As I … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Dunne's The Hotel Maid book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • audiobook
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25. The Merriest Misters

By: Timothy Janovsky

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Santa Clause meets Husband Material in this delightful holiday novel!Fixing Christmas? Easy. Fi… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Janovsky's The Merriest Misters book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • audiobook
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26. Frankie

By: Graham Norton

4.53

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Frankie Howe has lived a long life, her small flat is crammed full of art, furniture - and memories… read more

Similar categories in Graham Norton's Frankie book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • fiction
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27. What a Way to Go

By: Bella Mackie

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

One wealth-obsessed man – who is also dead. One status-obsessed woman – who is the perfect acces… read more

Similar categories in Bella Mackie's What a Way to Go book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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28. The Bone Fire (DS Lucy Golden Book 4)

By: Martina Murphy

4.43

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

'A gripping mystery lies at the heart of this atmospheric and wonderfully written police procedural… read more

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29. Her Last Walk Home (Detective Lottie Parker Book 14)

By: Patricia Gibney

4.40

Format: 500 pages, Kindle Edition

Her shoes pinched as she shivered in the cold night air. She just wanted to get home. A taxi slowed… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Gibney's Her Last Walk Home (Detective Lottie Parker Book 14) book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery thriller
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30. Rachel Weiss's Group Chat

By: Lauren Appelbaum

3.30

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Opposites attract in this hilariously cheeky, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about feeling stuck, t… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Appelbaum's Rachel Weiss's Group Chat book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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31. Gaslight

By: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard and Sundance Award-winning filmmaker and pod… read more

Similar categories in Miles Joris-Peyrafitte's Gaslight book and Sam Blake's Something's About to Blow Up

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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3.96

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3.97

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Claire Douglas

4.09

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