20 best-selling contemporary books like The Champions by Kara Thomas

Cover of The Champions by Kara Thomas

The Champions

By: Kara Thomas

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybro…

"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"Ms. Martinelli would tell her life story to a baked potato"

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

If you liked the contemporary plot in The Champions by Kara Thomas , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Signed Sealed Dead by Cynthia Murphy

1. Signed Sealed Dead

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.93

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

True-Crime obsessed Paige, and her family, move across the Atlantic to her father's eerie hometown,… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Murphy's Signed Sealed Dead book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

2. The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Get caught up in the puzzles, games, danger, romance, and riches of this lush new chapter in the #1… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1) book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Congratulations, by the way," he called after Nash. "On the babies."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows who to look for tricks."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows how to look for tricks."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Beside Avery, Jameson was looking at her like she was the sun and the moon and the stars and eternity, all rolled into one."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

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3. 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 Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. 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 Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Perfect Little Monsters by Cindy R.X. He

5. Perfect Little Monsters

By: Cindy R.X. He

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Someone has murdered the queen bee of Sierton High School. All the dead girl’s friends are suspects… read more

Similar categories in Cindy R.X. He's Perfect Little Monsters book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Debutantes by Olivia Worley

6. The Debutantes

By: Olivia Worley

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Jessica Goodman meets The Agathas in this taut, twisty YA thriller set in the glittering world of M… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Worley's The Debutantes book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of One House Left by Vincent Ralph

7. One House Left

By: Vincent Ralph

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

R.L. Stine meets Urban Legend in the next twisty horror novel by New York Times bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Vincent Ralph's One House Left book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

9. Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Such Charming Liars book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. Killer House Party

By: Lily Anderson

3.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Printz Honor winning author Lily Anderson comes a young adult horror that follows Arden and he… read more

Similar categories in Lily Anderson's Killer House Party book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Girls Who Burn by M.K. Pagano

11. Girls Who Burn

By: M.K. Pagano

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A twisty, pulse-pounding enemies-to-lovers thriller full of secrets, privilege, and murder. The… read more

Similar categories in M.K. Pagano's Girls Who Burn book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. Silent Sister

By: Megan Davidhizar

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The must-read suspense novel of the summer about a mysterious sister's disappearance, her biggest b… read more

Similar categories in Megan Davidhizar's Silent Sister book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine

13. 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 Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"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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14. The Blonde Dies First

By: Joelle Wellington

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adul… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's The Blonde Dies First book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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15. Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Death at Morning House book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Champions by Kara Thomas

16. The Champions

By: Kara Thomas

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Cheerleaders comes another dark YA thriller set in the same town of Sunnybro… read more

Similar categories in Kara Thomas's The Champions book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • sports
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"she's Team Football and not Team Hadley."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"Ms. Martinelli would tell her life story to a baked potato"

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"No matter how many stories I know that have ended the same way, it's still impossible to accept."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

"He delivers the verdict with a gravity that suggests I asked to cook crystal meth in the back office."

-Kara Thomas, The Champions

Cover of The Bitter End by Alexa Donne

17. The Bitter End

By: Alexa Donne

4.13

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a winter storm traps eight teens in a remote ski cabin, they find themselves stranded with a k… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's The Bitter End book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of It's Only a Game by Kelsea Yu

18. It's Only a Game

By: Kelsea Yu

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty, fast-paced YA thriller, a dangerous game becomes all too real when Marina and her f… read more

Similar categories in Kelsea Yu's It's Only a Game book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of This Is Not a Dead Girl Story by Kate    Sweeney

19. This Is Not a Dead Girl Story

By: Kate Sweeney

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A dark and powerful mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and true crime podcasts, in which … read more

Similar categories in Kate Sweeney's This Is Not a Dead Girl Story book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Hemlock House: A Liar's Beach Novel by Katie Cotugno

20. Hemlock House: A Liar's Beach Novel

By: Katie Cotugno

3.40

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Set in the aspirational world of the Ivy-League, this follow-up to the critically acclaimed Liar’s … read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotugno's Hemlock House: A Liar's Beach Novel book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica  Goodman

21. The Meadowbrook Murders

By: Jessica Goodman

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us and The Counselors, … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Goodman's The Meadowbrook Murders book and Kara Thomas's The Champions

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller

19 best-selling fiction books like The Champions by Kara Thomas

Transform Your Habits

Signed Sealed Dead

Cynthia Murphy

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Summer She Went Missing

Chelsea Ichaso

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The One That Got Away with Murder

Trish Lundy

3.77

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19 best-selling fiction books like Hemlock House: A Liar's Beach Novel by Katie Cotugno

Transform Your Habits

Signed Sealed Dead

Cynthia Murphy

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Perfect Little Monsters

Cindy R.X. He

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The Debutantes

Olivia Worley

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Under the Surface

Diana Urban

4.10

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