15 must-read crime books like It Should Have Been You by Lynn Slaughter

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It Should Have Been You

By: Lynn Slaughter

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A cyberstalked high-school advice columnist takes matters into her own hands to discover the secret…

If you liked the crime plot in It Should Have Been You by Lynn Slaughter , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of American Street by Ibi Zoboi

1. American Street

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.51

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The rock in the water does not know the pain of the rock in the sun. On the corner of American Stre… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's American Street book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • romance
  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult

2. The Leaving

By: Tara Altebrando

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. Eleven year… read more

Similar categories in Tara Altebrando's The Leaving book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

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3. Girl Juice

By: Benji Nate

3.95

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A hilarious slice of twentysomething life in the twenty-first century Welcome to the Girl Juice … read more

Similar categories in Benji Nate's Girl Juice book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. That Weekend

By: Kara Thomas

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Three best friends, a lake house, a secret trip - what could go wrong? It was supposed to be the… read more

Similar categories in Kara Thomas's That Weekend book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"How am I supposed to accept that the worst thing to ever happen to me has no meaning?"

-Kara Thomas, That Weekend

"I wish you'd killed me, I tried to say with my eyes. Then maybe someone would finally stop you."

-Kara Thomas, That Weekend

"Maybe, like me, it's even more than the absence. The silence, maybe - the waiting for the phone call that never comes."

-Kara Thomas, That Weekend

"Recently, she dyed her short blond bob a sassy red, a decision my mother and I discussed at length back when my friends weren't missing and we consumed other peoples' tragedies for entertainment."

-Kara Thomas, That Weekend

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5. The Lost

By: Natasha Preston

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In the small town of Aurora, teens go missing all the time. But when one of Piper and Hazel's class… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Preston's The Lost book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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6. How to Survive Your Murder

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s … read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's How to Survive Your Murder book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. 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

Similar categories in Goldy Moldavsky's The Mary Shelley Club book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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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8. Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A gripping new psychological thriller from the author of Little Creeping Things—can a grieving girl… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Ichaso's Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"I was gonna come back for you', I lied."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"Tyler is watching me like I'm his favorite Netflix show."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"No coffee? Sorry, the mountain-top Starbucks is fresh out."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

"This is going to be so much worse than that', I saw like an archvillian."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets

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9. The Murder Game

By: Carrie Doyle

3.65

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What if your best friend and roommate killed a teacher at your prep school? Or what if he didn’t do… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Doyle's The Murder Game book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. All Your Twisted Secrets

By: Diana Urban

3.51

Format: 396 pages, Paperback

A thrilling debut, reminiscent of new fan favorites like One of Us Is Lying and the beloved classic… read more

Similar categories in Diana Urban's All Your Twisted Secrets book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. You Owe Me a Murder

By: Eileen Cook

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Kim gets more than she bargained for when she is set up for murder. Perfect for … read more

Similar categories in Eileen Cook's You Owe Me a Murder book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. How We Fall Apart (How We Fall Apart, #1)

By: Katie Zhao

3.34

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Nancy Luo is shocked when her former best friend, Jamie Ruan, top ranked junior at Sinclair Prep, g… read more

Similar categories in Katie Zhao's How We Fall Apart (How We Fall Apart, #1) book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"No lonelier feeling in the world than having people stare at you all the time, but nobody truly seeing you."

-Katie Zhao, How We Fall Apart (How We Fall Apart, #1)

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13. All Eyes on Her

By: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and We Were Liars, All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn is a grippi… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Elizabeth Flynn's All Eyes on Her book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Everyone says boys will be boys, but girls? Girls will be monsters."

-Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

"She's her full height, confidence sweeping behind her like the train of a wedding dress."

-Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

"We're girls, Elle. We make one wrong move, and we're villains. There's no in between. We never had it both ways."

-Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

"When you're a girl, you have to scream to get anybody's attention. And even then, all they want you to do is shut up."

-Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

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14. The Obsession

By: Jesse Q. Sutanto

3.73

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

A classic sort of love story... except somebody might wind up dead. Nobody knows Delilah like Lo… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Erotomania"

-Jesse Q. Sutanto, The Obsession

Cover of They All Had A Reason: A rumor. A secret. A lie. A murder. (They All Had A Reason #1) by Michele  Leathers

15. They All Had A Reason: A rumor. A secret. A lie. A murder. (They All Had A Reason #1)

By: Michele Leathers

3.52

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen-year-old Charlotte is convinced her life would be perfect if she could only get past the on… read more

Similar categories in Michele Leathers's They All Had A Reason: A rumor. A secret. A lie. A murder. (They All Had A Reason #1) book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You) by Jessie Weaver

16. Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You)

By: Jessie Weaver

3.53

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the prettiest Instagram feeds hide the darkest—and bloodiest—secrets.Social media influen… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Weaver's Live Your Best Lie (Like Me Block You) book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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17. Bad Girls Never Say Die

By: Jennifer Mathieu

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Moxie comes a gripping gender-flipped reimagining of The Outsiders tha… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Mathieu's Bad Girls Never Say Die book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. You're Next

By: Kylie Schachte

3.79

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

When a girl with a troubled history of finding dead bodies investigates the murder of her ex, she u… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Schachte's You're Next book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel) by Daphne Benedis-Grab

19. I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel)

By: Daphne Benedis-Grab

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

One of Us is Lying meets Pretty Little Liars for middle-grade readers. The email arrives Sunday … read more

Similar categories in Daphne Benedis-Grab's I Know Your Secret (A Secrets & Lies Novel) book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

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

20. 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 Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of It Should Have Been You by Lynn Slaughter

21. It Should Have Been You

By: Lynn Slaughter

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A cyberstalked high-school advice columnist takes matters into her own hands to discover the secret… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You book and Lynn Slaughter's It Should Have Been You

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

20 Top fiction books like It Should Have Been You by Lynn Slaughter

Transform Your Habits

American Street

Ibi Zoboi

4.51

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Girl Juice

Benji Nate

3.95

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That Weekend

Kara Thomas

3.78

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The Lost

Natasha Preston

3.92

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18 must-read fiction books like You're Next by Kylie Schachte

Transform Your Habits

How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Lying in the Deep

Diana Urban

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Two Truths and a Lie

April Henry

3.36

Transform Your Habits

Four Found Dead

Natalie D. Richards

3.45

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