9 Top mystery books like Sun Don't Shine by Crissa-Jean Chappell

Cover of Sun Don't Shine by Crissa-Jean Chappell

Sun Don't Shine

By: Crissa-Jean Chappell

4.03

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Reece is an expert at keeping secrets. She has to be, since her father abducted he…

If you liked the mystery plot in Sun Don't Shine by Crissa-Jean Chappell , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Dos and Donuts of Love

By: Adiba Jaigirdar

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pun-filled YA contemporary romance, The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar finds a teenage… read more

Similar categories in Adiba Jaigirdar's The Dos and Donuts of Love book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Food is a big part of my culture, especially sweet foods. When you're Bangladeshi, you're taught that any good news or celebration has to be accompanied with some sweet food. Every time you visit som…"

-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Dos and Donuts of Love

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2. Promchanted

By: Morgan Matson

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two modern teens. One classic fairy tale. Absolutely no cell service. Stella Griffin doesn’t b… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's Promchanted book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Whenever I tried to wear a low ponytail, I inevitably looked like a Founding Father. And not the attractive ones, like Hamilton."

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"Promise,' Nisha had agreed. She'd held out her pinky and we'd linked them to get and shaken, entering what every fourth-grader knows is a binding contract."

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"If you like someone, I realized in one incandescent flash, you liked them in a disgusting dungeon next to a literal pile of bones. You liked them everywhere. Because it wasn't about the setting-it wa…"

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

"You can't stop people from things that hurt and are hard, Stella. You can't reroute to avoid pain at all costs. You can't plan your way around everything. Sometimes, you just have to go through with …"

-Morgan Matson, Promchanted

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3. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
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4. Spin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The Song of Achilles and Circe get a sapphic, young adult twist in this gorgeously lush, feminist r… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Caprara's Spin book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
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5. The One That Got Away with Murder

By: Trish Lundy

3.77

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful who you fall for... Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Han… read more

Similar categories in Trish Lundy's The One That Got Away with Murder book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Until something crashes down around us, and he's screaming. I inhale ash. His burning skin. His burning hair. It suffocates me."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"We write one thing we're going to leave behind in the old season and then we burn it. We start off every year with a clean slate."

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

"Suddenly, everything around me is on fire. I lurch forward, stumbling because I'm drunk. Sweating because it's hot as hell. The smoke is black as night and I can't see anything. Then I feel his hand,…"

-Trish Lundy, The One That Got Away with Murder

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6. 10 Hours to Go

By: Keely Parrack

3.10

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Lily wants to get home. Her friends want to get even. Lily needs a ride―a fire warning in Oregon ha… read more

Similar categories in Keely Parrack's 10 Hours to Go book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. Too Scared to Sleep

By: Andrew Duplessie

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Andrew Duplessie, a terrifying collection of teen short horror stories--and accom… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Duplessie's Too Scared to Sleep book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
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8. Make Her Pay

By: Miranda Rijks

4.08

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Leonie has the perfect life. Someone wants to take it away. Leonie is living her best life. Stil… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Rijks's Make Her Pay book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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9. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
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10. Invocation (Days of Iron and Clay Book 1)

By: Aileen Erin

4.09

Format: 414 pages, ebook

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Aileen Erin, comes an all new action-packed, romance-filled, par… read more

Similar categories in Aileen Erin's Invocation (Days of Iron and Clay Book 1) book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • young adult
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11. Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal

By: Gretchen Schreiber

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Five Feet Apart in this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schre… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Schreiber's Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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12. A Lovely Lie

By: Jaime Lynn Hendricks

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Is it better to believe a lovely lie or know the horrible truth? 1999: The night of their senior… read more

Similar categories in Jaime Lynn Hendricks's A Lovely Lie book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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13. The Brightwood Code

By: Monica Hesse

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seven months ago Edda was on the World War I front lines as one of two hundred “Hello Girls,” femal… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's The Brightwood Code book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • young adult
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14. A Drop of Venom

By: Sajni Patel

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian myth… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
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15. Attached at the Hip

By: Christine Riccio

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Survivor meets The Bachelor in Attached at the Hip, an irresistible, romantic adventure by New York… read more

Similar categories in Christine Riccio's Attached at the Hip book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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16. Sync

By: Ellen Hopkins

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From #1 NYT bestselling author Ellen Hopkins comes a new heartbreaking young adult novel in verse a… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Sync book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. Into the Sunken City

By: Dinesh Thiru

3.68

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rai… read more

Similar categories in Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
"The bravest of us always admit to being scared."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"You see all the ways people lie to you, but none of the ways they care."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"I grab her hands and say the words I so desperately want to believe. “We’re gonna be okay, Thara. I promise you—we’re gonna be okay."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

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18. Two Sides to Every Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From the author of How to Survive Your Murder comes a propulsive thriller about two teens who retur… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's Two Sides to Every Murder book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Even strong people need to fall apart."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

"You have to feel your feelings, even the unpleasant ones."

-Danielle Valentine, Two Sides to Every Murder

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19. Dear Hanna

By: Zoje Stage

3.73

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Zoje Stage delivers another knockout with a blood-chilling follow-up to international sensation Bab… read more

Similar categories in Zoje Stage's Dear Hanna book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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20. Death's Country

By: R.M. Romero

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Hadestown meets “Orpheus and Eurydice” when two Miami teens travel to the underworld to retrieve th… read more

Similar categories in R.M. Romero's Death's Country book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
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21. The Unraveling

By: Vi Keeland

4.00

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This chilling, sizzling, and addictive thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keelan… read more

Similar categories in Vi Keeland's The Unraveling book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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22. Evergreen

By: Devin Greenlee

3.62

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously dreamy urban fairytale about a dryad who risks immortality for love, from debut autho… read more

Similar categories in Devin Greenlee's Evergreen book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
  • young adult
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23. Sun Don't Shine

By: Crissa-Jean Chappell

4.03

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Reece is an expert at keeping secrets. She has to be, since her father abducted he… read more

Similar categories in Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Tell Me One Thing by Kerri Schlottman

24. Tell Me One Thing

By: Kerri Schlottman

4.31

Format: 232 pages, Audiobook

2023 Literary Fiction Best Book Finalist of the American Book Fest 2024 Spring Book Award Winner o… read more

Similar categories in Kerri Schlottman's Tell Me One Thing book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
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25. That Pinson Girl

By: Gerry Wilson

4.41

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

In a bleak Mississippi farmhouse in 1918, Leona Pinson gives birth to an illegitimate son whose fat… read more

Similar categories in Gerry Wilson's That Pinson Girl book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
Cover of Amethyst, The Shallows by Kellye Abernathy

26. Amethyst, The Shallows

By: Kellye Abernathy

4.48

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

“This is a night for being brave.” In the aftermath of a devastating sickness that shatters thei… read more

Similar categories in Kellye Abernathy's Amethyst, The Shallows book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • young adult
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27. Never Getting Back Together

By: Krysti Meyer

3.38

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Gilmore Girls meets Sweet Home Alabama in this small-town, second-chance romance. Quinn is hustling… read more

Similar categories in Krysti Meyer's Never Getting Back Together book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • contemporary
Cover of Akmaral by Judith Lindbergh

28. Akmaral

By: Judith Lindbergh

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Before the Silk Road had a name, nomads roamed the Asian steppes and women fought side by side as e… read more

Similar categories in Judith Lindbergh's Akmaral book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • fiction
Cover of Laughing All The Way by Mia  Summers

29. Laughing All The Way

By: Mia Summers

3.50

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

He needs to pull off the perfect Christmas. She needs to take it down. But what happens when natura… read more

Similar categories in Mia Summers's Laughing All The Way book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

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30. The Ascenditure (Daughter of the Summit and Sea, #1)

By: Robyn Dabney

4.60

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Klarke Ascher has a singular goal: to become an Ascenditure, a member of the kingdom's elite climbi… read more

Similar categories in Robyn Dabney's The Ascenditure (Daughter of the Summit and Sea, #1) book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • young adult
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31. Trigger

By: C.G. Moore

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

Once the trigger is touched you can't tell who to trust An unflinching verse novel about a teen… read more

Similar categories in C.G. Moore's Trigger book and Crissa-Jean Chappell's Sun Don't Shine

  • young adult
  • contemporary

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