8 best-selling thriller books like Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder by Kelley Armstrong

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Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Life Is Short and Then You Die is the Mystery Writers of America's first teen anthology, edited by …

If you liked the thriller plot in Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder by Kelley Armstrong , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. A Little Something Different

By: Sandy Hall

3.57

Format: 272 pages, Unknown Binding

The creative writing teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best friend, her … read more

Similar categories in Sandy Hall's A Little Something Different book and Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

  • fiction
  • young adult
"I'll die of embarrassment." "At least you'll die knowing."

-Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

"I'm aware of how unprofessional this is and yet I can't stop myself."

-Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

"I look at her suspiciously. ... Nothing is ever short and easy in this class."

-Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

"My emotions are spiraling out of control. I never promised I would be logical at a time like this!"

-Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

Cover of Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by Jay Kristoff, Jonathan Maberry, Marie Lu, Leigh Bardugo, Carrie Ryan, Stefan Bachmann, A.G. Howard, Cat Winters, April Genevieve Tucholke, Kendare Blake, Danielle  Paige, Megan Shepherd, Nova Ren Suma, McCormick Templeman

2. Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

By: Jay Kristoff , Jonathan Maberry , Marie Lu , Leigh Bardugo , Carrie Ryan , Stefan Bachmann , A.G. Howard , Cat Winters , April Genevieve Tucholke , Kendare Blake , Danielle Paige , Megan Shepherd , Nova Ren Suma , McCormick Templeman

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Lois Duncan, and Daphne Du Maurier comes a powerhouse anthol… read more

Similar categories in Jay Kristoff's Slasher Girls & Monster Boys book and Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Not all monsters are filled with darkness."

-Jay Kristoff, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

"You name drop authors like other girls drop boy bands."

-Jay Kristoff, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

"What I think and what I actually do are two different things. That's what makes us good or evil."

-Jay Kristoff, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

"It took strength to be quiet. It took strength to be kind. It took strength to let other people's cruelty bounce right off of you."

-Jay Kristoff, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

3. Ragged Company

By: Richard Wagamese

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Four chronically homeless people-Amelia One Sky, Timber, Double Dick and Digger-seek refuge in a wa… read more

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4. 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 Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

  • teen
  • young adult
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5. Second Bite (The Bite #1)

By: S.J. Tilly

3.73

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

When a holiday baking competition goes incredibly wrong. Or right… Michael - I’m starting to … read more

Similar categories in S.J. Tilly's Second Bite (The Bite #1) book and Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

  • short stories
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6. Prophet

By: Sin Blaché

3.68

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"He looks at Rao. Turns in his seat and looks. Sunil Rao, bane of Adam's career, world saver, royal pain in the ass, and genuinely the love of Adam's life."

-Sin Blaché, Prophet

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7. Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes, #1)

By: Rex Ogle

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and findi… read more

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8. The Spotted Dog (Corinna Chapman, #7)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Intrepid baker and erstwhile investigator Corinna Chapman returns triumphantly in her first advent… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Greenwood's The Spotted Dog (Corinna Chapman, #7) book and Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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9. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
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10. Sick Kids in Love

By: Hannah Moskowitz

4.11

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Isabel has one rule: no dating. It's easier-- It's safer-- It's better-- --for the other person… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Do you ever just…"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"I mean, I certainly find being sick only affects me in really specific situations,"

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"A good relationship isn't something you have to gather up strength to do, it's where you recharge."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

"There should be Oscars for real life, and we should give them to all the people who are still married."

-Hannah Moskowitz, Sick Kids in Love

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11. Where They Wait

By: Scott Carson

3.63

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Recently laid-off from his newspaper and desperate for work, war correspondent Nick Bishop takes a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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12. Together We Rot

By: Skyla Arndt

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl looking for the truth about her missing mother forms a reluctant alliance with her form… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Clockwork Ghost (York, #2) by Laura Ruby

13. The Clockwork Ghost (York, #2)

By: Laura Ruby

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. Symptoms of a Heartbreak

By: Sona Charaipotra

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds―and falls head over heels―… read more

Similar categories in Sona Charaipotra's Symptoms of a Heartbreak book and Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
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15. Birds of Prey: The Harlan Coben Challenge

By: Harlan Coben

3.70

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The world's greatest thriller writers prove they're up to a unique challenge in this exciting antho… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. Six Truths and a Lie

By: Ream Shukairy

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. Impossible Music

By: Sean Williams

3.56

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Music is Simon’s life—which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists … read more

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  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
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18. Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

By: Kelley Armstrong

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Life Is Short and Then You Die is the Mystery Writers of America's first teen anthology, edited by … read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder book and Kelley Armstrong's Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • young adult
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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19. Known to the Victim

By: K.L. Armstrong

4.05

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

From nationally bestselling author K.L. Armstrong comes a new heartstopping, propulsive, race-again… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Tackled in the Stacks (Love Letters #0.5) by S.J. Tilly

20. Tackled in the Stacks (Love Letters #0.5)

By: S.J. Tilly

4.44

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

I caught her staring at me from across the quad, eyes fixed on the football jersey stretched across… read more

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21. Cursed (Kingdoms of Earth & Air #2)

By: Keri Arthur

4.13

Format: 413 pages, ebook

Whomsoever draws the sword from the ancient seat of this land shall rule her, and they shall bring … read more

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15 best-selling fiction books like Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder by Kelley Armstrong

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Sandy Hall

3.57

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3.87

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Sin Blaché

3.68

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3.79

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Jonathan Todd

3.57

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Kayla Miller

4.21

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Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.17

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Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

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