28 must-read fiction books like The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale

Cover of The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale

The Summer I Drowned

By: Taylor Hale

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The past always resurfaces... Five years after almost drowning, Olivia Cathart returns home to C…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale , here is a list of 28 books like this:

Cover of The Third Twin by C.J. Omololu

1. The Third Twin

By: C.J. Omololu

3.35

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Identical twins. Identical DNA. Identical suspects. It's Pretty Little Liarsmeets Revengein this ed… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Omololu's The Third Twin book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

2. Goodbye Days

By: Jeff Zentner

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

What if you could spend one last day with someone you lost? One day Carver Briggs had it all--three… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Goodbye Days book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You, #1) by Meg Cabot, Jenny Carroll

3. When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You, #1)

By: Meg Cabot , Jenny Carroll

3.83

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Jess Mastriani has never been what you'd call a typical Midwestern teenager--her extracurricular ac… read more

Similar categories in Meg Cabot's When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You, #1) book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

4. Catching Jordan

By: Miranda Kenneally

4.21

Format: None pages,

ONE OF THE BOYS What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jorda… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Kenneally's Catching Jordan book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of In 27 Days (In 27 Days, #1) by Alison Gervais

5. In 27 Days (In 27 Days, #1)

By: Alison Gervais

4.27

Format: 129 pages, ebook

Hadley Jamison is shocked when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, has committed suicide.… read more

Similar categories in Alison Gervais's In 27 Days (In 27 Days, #1) book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

6. Here Lies Daniel Tate

By: Cristin Terrill

4.79

Format: None pages, ebook

A young, street-savvy runaway looking for a place to call home realizes he might have conned his wa… read more

Similar categories in Cristin Terrill's Here Lies Daniel Tate book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

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7. Lying in the Deep

By: Diana Urban

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A juicy mystery of jealousy, love, and betrayal set on a Semester at Sea-inspired cruise ship, with… read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Lying in the Deep book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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8. Float

By: Kate Marchant

3.92

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

A heartfelt summer read for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han about holding on and letting go. … read more

Similar categories in Kate Marchant's Float book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards

9. Four Found Dead

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.45

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

At the movie theater where Jo works, the last show has ended. But the nightmare is just beginning. … read more

Similar categories in Natalie D. Richards's Four Found Dead book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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10. Our Last Echoes

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.56

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

A supernatural thriller about one girl's hunt for the truth about her mother's disappearance. So… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Our Last Echoes book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

11. Little Darlings

By: Melanie Golding

3.64

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

“Mother knows best” takes on a sinister new meaning in this unsettling thriller perfect for fans of… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Golding's Little Darlings book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"nothing could beat a paper notebook"

-Melanie Golding, Little Darlings

"Was this love, this fear of them dying?"

-Melanie Golding, Little Darlings

"No one ever seems to get that I need to be alone sometimes."

-Melanie Golding, Little Darlings

"They were both parents of twins now but it was her body that had been sacrificed."

-Melanie Golding, Little Darlings

Cover of The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso

12. The Summer She Went Missing

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington. This summer, they'll search for the truth. Paige R… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's The Summer She Went Missing book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Breathless by Jennifer Niven

13. Breathless

By: Jennifer Niven

3.78

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

Before: With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is making plans: college in t… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Niven's Breathless book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"But all the scary stuff doesn't really compare to getting lost in your own mind."

-Jennifer Niven, Breathless

"Just like I will decide my life. No more waiting for other people to decide things for me. I'm writing it right now."

-Jennifer Niven, Breathless

"(...) when life suddenly changes and you’re left picking up the pieces. She says it’s actually how you pick up the pieces that defines you."

-Jennifer Niven, Breathless

"There’s this feeling you get when you write a really good, true sentence or paragraph or scene, and it makes you feel invincible, as if you can do anything. It feels like a superpower, and in that mo…"

-Jennifer Niven, Breathless

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14. Mirrorland

By: Carole Johnstone

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

With the startling twists of Gone Girl and the haunting emotional power of Room, Mirrorland is a th… read more

Similar categories in Carole Johnstone's Mirrorland book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of I Know You Remember by Jennifer Donaldson

15. I Know You Remember

By: Jennifer Donaldson

3.79

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Jennifer Donaldson is back with another twisted thriller perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Donaldson's I Know You Remember book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Guest House by Robin Morgan-Bentley

16. The Guest House

By: Robin Morgan-Bentley

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The baby is coming. There's no way to call for help. And there's no way out. With a few weeks to… read more

Similar categories in Robin Morgan-Bentley's The Guest House book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of She Felt Like Feeling Nothing (Volume 1) (What She Felt) by R.H. Sin

17. She Felt Like Feeling Nothing (Volume 1) (What She Felt)

By: R.H. Sin

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of the Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel series comes this poetic reminder o… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's She Felt Like Feeling Nothing (Volume 1) (What She Felt) book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • contemporary
Cover of The Similars (The Similars, #1) by Rebecca Hanover

18. The Similars (The Similars, #1)

By: Rebecca Hanover

3.85

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

When six clones join Emmaline’s prestigious boarding school, she must confront the heartbreak of se… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Hanover's The Similars (The Similars, #1) book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"I'll be your best friend for fifty more years. And after that? You have to reapply."

-Rebecca Hanover, The Similars (The Similars, #1)

"Levi runs his hands through his hair. My heart thuds so loudly in my chest, I'm sure he can hear it. 'Did we just-?" Levi asks.' 'Yes,' I answer softly, finally meeting his eyes. 'We don't even like …"

-Rebecca Hanover, The Similars (The Similars, #1)

"If you're asking me to wear a ski mask, check the Darkwood handbook, Levi says. Page one hundred thirty-seven. Dress Code. Second Paragraph, fourth line. Prohibited item number forty-two: ski masks o…"

-Rebecca Hanover, The Similars (The Similars, #1)

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19. The Hoodie Girl

By: Yuen Wright

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

My hoodie is freakishly oversized. It covers my body in a way that makes me feel comfortable. Saf… read more

Similar categories in Yuen Wright's The Hoodie Girl book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Unlike people, pi is forever, it doesn't just die, and it doesn't just end. It's constant, but at the same time there's no pattern to it. It's different. Unpredictable."

-Yuen Wright, The Hoodie Girl

"She was more beautiful than anything he’d ever seen, Her hair the shade of coffee beans, A hoodie sheltered her in a sheet of red, That slowly seeped and gently bled And when she laughed She crept he…"

-Yuen Wright, The Hoodie Girl

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20. The Italian Job

By: Kathryn Freeman

3.89

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Dream job. Dream house. Fake fiancé. A year in a gorgeous Italian castle… When Anna Roberts’ … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Freeman's The Italian Job book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Broken Things

By: Lauren Oliver

3.57

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

It’s been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Oliver's Broken Things book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"We made it up, every last bit of it. We were bored, we were deviant, we were in love, we were out of out fucking minds"

-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things

"Just listen, okay?" He grabs my shoulders before I can move past him, and I know, I know that something huge is happening, the kind of thing that takes worlds apart and remakes them. Hurricanes and t…"

-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things

"In books, secret worlds are accessible by doors or keys or other physical objects. But Lovelorn was not such a world, and appeared at whim and only when it felt like it, with a subtle change like the…"

-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things

Cover of Down World (Down World, #1) by Rachel Phelps

22. Down World (Down World, #1)

By: Rachel Phelps

3.70

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

As the site of a former military base, there have always been rumors that East Township High School… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Phelps's Down World (Down World, #1) book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Burden Falls by Kat Ellis

23. Burden Falls

By: Kat Ellis

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Riverdale meets Stephen King in the terrifying new thriller from the author of Harrow Lake. The … read more

Similar categories in Kat Ellis's Burden Falls book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The New Mother by Nora Murphy

24. The New Mother

By: Nora Murphy

3.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A relatable and nerve-wracking, sympathetic and bone-chilling story — a fresh new twist on motherho… read more

Similar categories in Nora Murphy's The New Mother book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Under the Surface by Diana Urban

25. Under the Surface

By: Diana Urban

4.10

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

An epic survival-thriller about four teens who get lost in the Paris catacombs for days—a gripping … read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's Under the Surface book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe

26. The Girl in Question

By: Tess Sharpe

4.35

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

High school is over, but Nora O'Malley's life isn't, which is weird now that her murderous stepdad … read more

Similar categories in Tess Sharpe's The Girl in Question book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"It's fucking with fate."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sometimes lying is the only way through to survival."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"It's time to stop reacting. It's time to start attacking."

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

"Sorry you got fired. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. "

-Tess Sharpe, The Girl in Question

Cover of Slingshot by Mercedes  Helnwein

27. Slingshot

By: Mercedes Helnwein

3.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut contemporary young adult novel perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Mary H. K. … read more

Similar categories in Mercedes Helnwein's Slingshot book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Blackout by K. Monroe

28. Blackout

By: K. Monroe

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Some secrets are best left forgotten. When Allie Castillo wakes up after a terrible car accident, … read more

Similar categories in K. Monroe's Blackout book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale

29. The Summer I Drowned

By: Taylor Hale

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The past always resurfaces... Five years after almost drowning, Olivia Cathart returns home to C… read more

Similar categories in Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of What Happened That Night (What Happened That Night, #1) by Deanna  Cameron

30. What Happened That Night (What Happened That Night, #1)

By: Deanna Cameron

3.81

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Griffin Tomlin is dead. And Clara’s sister killed him . . . Four months after the murder, the e… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Cameron's What Happened That Night (What Happened That Night, #1) book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Dearest by Jacquie  Walters

31. Dearest

By: Jacquie Walters

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A new mom in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother—only to invite something much… read more

Similar categories in Jacquie Walters's Dearest book and Taylor Hale's The Summer I Drowned

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller

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