26 must-read fiction books like The Perfect Candidate by Peter Stone

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The Perfect Candidate

By: Peter Stone

3.84

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Peter Stone comes a heart-stopping, pulse-pounding political thriller that’s perf…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Perfect Candidate by Peter Stone , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. This Mortal Coil (This Mortal Coil, #1)

By: Emily Suvada

4.12

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

When a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta's death, all hope seems lost for Cat… read more

Similar categories in Emily Suvada's This Mortal Coil (This Mortal Coil, #1) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Maybe it's what we've been through, or maybe we really are broken in the same way, our jagged edges aligning perfectly."

-Emily Suvada, This Mortal Coil (This Mortal Coil, #1)

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2. People Like Us

By: Dana Mele

3.52

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Kay Donovan may have skeletons in her closet, but the past is past, and she's reinvented herself en… read more

Similar categories in Dana Mele's People Like Us book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"I don't want to fall back into that wild spinning nothingness again. Because once you're in it, there are no footholds. It takes something extraordinary, a cosmic alignment of divine proportions, to …"

-Dana Mele, People Like Us

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3. This Is Our Story

By: Ashley Elston

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Five went in. Four came out. No one knows what happened that morning at River Point. Five boys w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's This Is Our Story book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

By: Stephanie Oakes

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

With a harrowing poetic voice, this contemporary page-turner is perfect for fans of Laurie Halse An… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Oakes's The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
"That’s all religion is. Strategy."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

"Growing up, I believed in miracles. I guess I don’t anymore."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

"When I lost my son, I became a citizen of a country I never knew existed."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

"Jude taught me what love was: to be willing to hold on to another person's pain. That's it."

-Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

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5. Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Emmett Atwater isn't just leaving Detroit; he's leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited … read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad, #1) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. Avalon (Avalon, #1)

By: Mindee Arnett

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A ragtag group of teenage mercenaries who crew the spaceship Avalon stumble upon a conspiracy that … read more

Similar categories in Mindee Arnett's Avalon (Avalon, #1) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • fiction
  • young adult

7. Genuine Fraud

By: E. Lockhart

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many… read more

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8. Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)

By: Beth Revis

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her paren… read more

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9. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's City Spies (City Spies #1) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

Cover of Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1) by Adib Khorram

10. Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

By: Adib Khorram

4.24

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better K… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"How could I be a tourist in my own past?"

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"...love was and opportunity, not a burden."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"Don't ask me, we never did anything other than kissing."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

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11. The Legacies

By: Jessica Goodman

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Old money. New secrets. One killer party. Scoring an invitation for membership to the exclusive … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Goodman's The Legacies book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. 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 Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • 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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13. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

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14. I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived #20)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.21

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

California continues to be ravaged by devastating wildfires. Lauren Tarshis's heart-pounding story … read more

Similar categories in Lauren Tarshis's I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived #20) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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16. 100 Days of Sunlight

By: Abbie Emmons

4.20

Format: 311 pages, ebook

When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesigh… read more

Similar categories in Abbie Emmons's 100 Days of Sunlight book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The hard thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same."

-Abbie Emmons, 100 Days of Sunlight

"Letting go feels like giving up, but if you don’t let go, you’ll drown."

-Abbie Emmons, 100 Days of Sunlight

"You’ll do fine. Just... take your time. Words will come when they want to."

-Abbie Emmons, 100 Days of Sunlight

"I shake my head slowly, feeling like the ability to speak has been knocked out of me by a hurricane called 'Tessa."

-Abbie Emmons, 100 Days of Sunlight

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17. The Paper Girl of Paris

By: Jordyn Taylor

4.04

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Now: Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn’t there for pastries and … read more

Similar categories in Jordyn Taylor's The Paper Girl of Paris book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Things never get any easier during wartime. Either the war ends or life gets worse."

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

"For years, we lingered on the bank of the river, scared to dip our toes in the water - but how do you cross to the other side that way? There's only one way to do it, and we've finally figured it out…"

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

"Here is the thing that is true about fire: it creates power, but it also creates destruction. My fire has fueled many victories, but it has destroyed what I had with the person I love most in the wor…"

-Jordyn Taylor, The Paper Girl of Paris

Cover of Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) by Kayvion Lewis

18. Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1)

By: Kayvion Lewis

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat compe… read more

Similar categories in Kayvion Lewis's Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. The Truth Project

By: Dante Medema

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Cordelia Koenig was sure of many things going into her last year of high school.… read more

Similar categories in Dante Medema's The Truth Project book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I've been cut open and spread out so everyone can see how every moment my heart pumps is a moment it bleeds."

-Dante Medema, The Truth Project

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20. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)

By: Alyson Gerber

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge

21. Eight Dates and Nights

By: Betsy Aldredge

3.50

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Two teens with two very different ideas of how to spend Hanukkah learn to work together to save the… read more

Similar categories in Betsy Aldredge's Eight Dates and Nights book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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22. Internment

By: Samira Ahmed

3.87

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old … read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Internment book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I wonder if all moms do this—try to make the terrifying seem mundane."

-Samira Ahmed, Internment

"In the quiet of the night, the heart knows the lies you told to survive."

-Samira Ahmed, Internment

"When you appease a man's conscience, you can take his freedom and he will thank you for it."

-Samira Ahmed, Internment

"It's not about danger. It's about fear. People are willing to trade their freedom, even for a false sense of protection."

-Samira Ahmed, Internment

Cover of Little White Lies (Debutantes, #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

23. Little White Lies (Debutantes, #1)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3.85

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

"I'm not saying this is Sawyer's fault," the prim and proper one said delicately. "But." Eightee… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Little White Lies (Debutantes, #1) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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24. Playing with Fire

By: April Henry

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

When a fire cuts off a popular trail in the Oregon forest, a small group trapped by the flames must… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Playing with Fire book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"A flame started on the stained fabric of the seat, then began to inch up the back. It felt like magic. He had just created it out of nothing. Now it danced and moved like a living thing."

-April Henry, Playing with Fire

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25. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

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26. 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 Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

27. Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.57

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Romance, luxury, and secrets abound in this thrilling new collection that take readers deeper into … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
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28. 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 Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Heist Royale (Thieves' Gambit, #2) by Kayvion Lewis

29. Heist Royale (Thieves' Gambit, #2)

By: Kayvion Lewis

4.21

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The high-stakes sequel to Thieves' Gambit, for fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Ally Carter. It'… read more

Similar categories in Kayvion Lewis's Heist Royale (Thieves' Gambit, #2) book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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30. The Perfect Candidate

By: Peter Stone

3.84

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

From debut author Peter Stone comes a heart-stopping, pulse-pounding political thriller that’s perf… read more

Similar categories in Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate book and Peter Stone's The Perfect Candidate

  • mystery thriller
  • teen
  • politics
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

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People Like Us

Dana Mele

3.52

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This Is Our Story

Ashley Elston

4.06

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The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly

Stephanie Oakes

3.95

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Adib Khorram

4.24

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20 Top fiction books like Little White Lies (Debutantes, #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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Royal Blood (Royal Blood, #1)

Aimee Carter

4.10

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The Legacies

Jessica Goodman

3.57

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The Do-Over

Lynn Painter

3.94

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