10 best-selling mystery thriller books like Constellations of Scars by Melissa Eskue Ousley

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Constellations of Scars

By: Melissa Eskue Ousley

3.27

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Not all gifts are a blessing. Some are a curse. When Amelia turned 12, she began growing pearls. E…

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Cover of Nailbiter, Vol. 6: The Bloody Truth by Joshua Williamson, Mike Henderson, Adam Guzowski, 
John J. Hill

1. Nailbiter, Vol. 6: The Bloody Truth

By: Joshua Williamson , Mike Henderson , Adam Guzowski , John J. Hill

3.69

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Sixteen of the world’s worst serial killers were all born and raised in the same small town. For… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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2. Butter

By: Erin Jade Lange

3.69

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

A lonely obese boy everyone calls "Butter" is about to make history. He is going to eat himself to … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"If you just stop expecting perfection from everyone and everything, you might see the good stuff outweighs the bad. And then someday you'll look in the mirror and see the same thing. Because the pers…"

-Erin Jade Lange, Butter

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3. The Grip of It

By: Jac Jemc

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A chilling literary horror novel about a young couple who purchase and live in a haunted house. Jac… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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4. A Head Full of Ghosts

By: Paul Tremblay

3.79

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"On the morning of the exorcism, I stayed home from school."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"Father Wanderly said, “Are we speaking with a demon right now?"

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"And I asked her about the holes in the walls and Mom tried to joke, saying, “Yes, Marjorie was sleep punching too."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

"Are you scared and confused like I am?" Her voice was as small as I'd ever heard it. "I think everyone is secretly like me."

-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

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5. The Fisherman

By: John Langan

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

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6. The Ritual

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.59

Format: 418 pages, Paperback

Four old university friends reunite for a hiking trip in the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"For Anne and our cub, for making me and my life less beastly"

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"He just existed before it and within the terrible presence that filled the cramped space of the attic."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"It had not hurt his hands at all and the sudden release of energy, twinned with Dom's fall, gave him a sudden lunatic rush of euphoria."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"From the very core of each of them, their ancestors seemed to cry out in inarticulate voices. right then, they screamed in alarm from times before symbols and language could depict such things that h…"

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

7. Sold

By: Patricia McCormick

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Although Lakshmi's family is desperately poor her life still contains simple pleasures; but, when t… read more

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8. The Ghost Bride

By: Yangsze Choo

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infuse… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"If I had known how easy it is to lose your life, I would have treasured mine better"."

-Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

"The contrast between the realization of his neglect and the fondness I had for my father was painful"."

-Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

"I don't keep mistresses; it's far too much trouble. I'm offering to marry you, although I might regret it. And if you think the Lim family disapproved of your marriage, wait until you meet mine."

-Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

"The Chinese considered the moon to be yin, feminine and full of negative energy, as opposed to the sun that was yang and exemplified masculinity. I liked the moon, with its soft silver beams. It was …"

-Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

9. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.74

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have alway… read more

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10. Doll Bones

By: Holly Black , Eliza Wheeler

4.67

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

Zach, Poppy and Alice have been friends for ever. They love playing with their action figure toys, … read more

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11. Nailbiter, Vol. 4: Blood Lust

By: Joshua Williamson , Mike Henderson , Adam Guzowski , John J. Hill

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

USA Today'sBest Horror Comic of 2014! Sixteen of the world's most notorious serial killers were all… read more

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12. This Thing Between Us

By: Gus Moreno

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It was Vera's idea to buy the Itza. The "world's most advanced smart speaker!" didn't interest Thia… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"You were you and I was me and there was this thing between us."

-Gus Moreno, This Thing Between Us

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13. The Companion

By: Katie Alender

3.84

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The other orphans say Margot is lucky. Lucky to survive the horrible accident that killed her famil… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • horror
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14. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

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15. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

By: Eric LaRocca

2.96

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Sadomasochism. Obsession. Death. A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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16. The Cabin at the End of the World

By: Paul Tremblay

3.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet N… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Too many people have smiles that don’t mean what a smile is supposed to mean."

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"She juts out her lower jaw, a purposeful imitation of Daddy Eric when she asks him a question with an answer that isn't yes right away, but will be yes eventually if she waits long enough."

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"No matter how bleak or dire, end-of-the-world scenarios appeal to us because we take meaning from the end... there's also undeniable allure to witnessing the beginning of the end and perishing alone …"

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

"They share another long look. This one is reserved for ill-fated observers in the moments before impending, inescapable calamity, whether it be natural disaster or violent failure of humanity; a look…"

-Paul Tremblay, The Cabin at the End of the World

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17. The Need

By: Helen Phillips

3.16

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries t… read more

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  • science fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Moment by moment, maddened by them and melted by them, maddened / melted, maddened / melted, maddened / melted."

-Helen Phillips, The Need

"She wondered if other mothers experienced it, this permanent state of mild panic, and worried that perhaps they didn't, that perhaps there was something wrong with her."

-Helen Phillips, The Need

"Brilliant, Molly thought, the cheese samples would absorb the kids while she finished the last bit of shopping for the party - the juice boxes, the rainbow sprinkles, the streamers, the other expense…"

-Helen Phillips, The Need

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18. Dead Inside

By: Chandler Morrison

3.29

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In this bleak and disturbingly erotic debut novel, iconoclast Chandler Morrison provides readers wi… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Quiet in Her Bones

By: Nalini Singh

3.62

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping thriller set in New Zealand, New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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20. Lost in the Never Woods

By: Aiden Thomas

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers. … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"I think people are more frightening than the dark," he said. "A person can stand right in front of you and be dangerous without you even knowing it."

-Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods

"The mind is a complicated thing," Mrs. Darling said, considering her words as she spoke. "Sometimes it acts on its own, and quite often it controls us against our will. And I think, sometimes... It t…"

-Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods

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21. The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

By: A.J. Hackwith

3.82

Format: 384 pages, ebook

In the first book in a brilliant new fantasy series, books that aren't finished by their authors re… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The best stories are bled."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

"Nothing burns up humanity as thoroughly as eternity."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

"Beat an archangel, divert war, save our souls. Simple as that?"

-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

"Build good fences, make good friends, and keep your laundry indoors."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library, #1)

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22. Delicate Condition

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Sometimes it felt like the continuation of our species was an ongoing experiment being performed on the backs of women. Or on our wombs."

-Danielle Valentine, Delicate Condition

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23. The Mary Shelley Club

By: Goldy Moldavsky

3.92

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

New girl Rachel Chavez is eager to make a fresh start at Manchester Prep. But as one of the few sch… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • horror
"Fear is where the truth lies."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"He's the Stu to my Billy Loomis"

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"If you want this to be over, just make sure she screams."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

"We were staked out at the playground across the street, an optimal vantage for us to watch the house, and for me to watch Bram watch his girlfriend get scared."

-Goldy Moldavsky, The Mary Shelley Club

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24. Manhunt

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

3.54

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Y: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"It was actually good that the world had ended, because now no one could make her play Settlers of Catan."

-Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

"Later, she thought, in a moment of terrible clarity, each of us will tell herself the other was the one who pulled the trigger."

-Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

"But I think mostly I just wanted her to … make me real, the way you’re real when the beautiful people look at you, and talk to you, and let you fuck them."

-Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

"He pressed a kiss to the crown of her head and she let him hold her close among the falling leaves and relished the illusion that, if only for a little while, she was safe."

-Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

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25. Things in Jars

By: Jess Kidd

3.70

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

Bridie Devine, female detective extraordinaire, is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: th… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Stories, particularly the bad ones, are told in their own time."

-Jess Kidd, Things in Jars

"The raven turns in her element and the world turns too, confirming what she already knew: she is the centre of everything."

-Jess Kidd, Things in Jars

"For this is their parting: as sudden and slow, surprising and foreseen as any parting. Between together and apart: an eyeblink and all of eternity."

-Jess Kidd, Things in Jars

"Sir Edmund is a collector, an insatiable, relentless collector, with an interest in anomalies and mutations, aberrations and malformations of life in or around the realm of water. If it swims or padd…"

-Jess Kidd, Things in Jars

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26. Imaginary Friend

By: Stephen Chbosky

3.55

Format: 705 pages, Hardcover

Christopher is seven years old. Christopher is the new kid in town. Christopher has an imaginary … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Good guys win the war."

-Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

"Selbst Monster waren liebenswert, wenn sie klein waren."

-Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

"Unterdrücke deine Angst oder lass dich von ihr verschlingen."

-Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

"You have to live your life before you get to live your Heaven."

-Stephen Chbosky, Imaginary Friend

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27. Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

By: Chuck Wendig

3.98

Format: 845 pages, ebook

Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appea… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"You're brave and smart and kind and I'd be a fool not to trust you."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"Humankind was a disease. The earth was the body. Climate change was the fever."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"Nothing except the desire between them, the ground below them, the night above."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

"Somehow, the disappearance of coffee feels worse than the disappearance of all humankind."

-Chuck Wendig, Wanderers (Wanderers, #1)

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28. Sea Witch (Sea Witch, #1)

By: Sarah Henning

3.63

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows what happens in the end. A mermaid, a prince, a true love’s kiss. But before that yo… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"It's a perfect night for burning witches."

-Sarah Henning, Sea Witch (Sea Witch, #1)

"Mermaids are not the monsters you humans think we are."

-Sarah Henning, Sea Witch (Sea Witch, #1)

"I am a witch. I am and I always will be. The magic is in me and it is enough."

-Sarah Henning, Sea Witch (Sea Witch, #1)

"Don't grant all the prince's requests, darling girl. Men are always asking for more than they should."

-Sarah Henning, Sea Witch (Sea Witch, #1)

Cover of The Bone Shard Emperor (The Drowning Empire, #2) by Andrea Stewart

29. The Bone Shard Emperor (The Drowning Empire, #2)

By: Andrea Stewart

4.08

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Andrea Stewart returns with The Bone Shard Emperor, the second installment of this unmissable, act… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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30. Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things

By: Kelly Williams Brown

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Adulting comes a story about how to make something wh… read more

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Cover of Constellations of Scars by Melissa Eskue Ousley

31. Constellations of Scars

By: Melissa Eskue Ousley

3.27

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Not all gifts are a blessing. Some are a curse. When Amelia turned 12, she began growing pearls. E… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • mystery thriller
  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • halloween
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

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