19 must-read thriller books like Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5) by Maureen Johnson

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Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

By: Maureen Johnson

3.81

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn’t going well. Her boyfriend, David, is studyin…

If you liked the thriller plot in Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5) by Maureen Johnson , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Twelve (The Naturals, #4.5) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

1. Twelve (The Naturals, #4.5)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3.81

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

Cassie Hobbes has been working with the FBI since she was a teenager. Now twenty-three years old, s… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Twelve (The Naturals, #4.5) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Even when wounds healed, the scars remained. - Cassie"

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Twelve (The Naturals, #4.5)

"Celine smiles sweetly. “Why would I be interested in boys"

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Twelve (The Naturals, #4.5)

"Behavior. Personality. Enviroment. The BPEs are reliable when nothing an no one else is. They are constant."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Twelve (The Naturals, #4.5)

"As much as i knew about the ins and outs of the human mind, i couldn’t help wanting my own to work differently."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Twelve (The Naturals, #4.5)

Cover of Bad Blood (The Naturals, #4) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

2. Bad Blood (The Naturals, #4)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New victims. New betrayals. New secrets. When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI’s Naturals program, s… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Bad Blood (The Naturals, #4) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
"Home is the people who love you."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Bad Blood (The Naturals, #4)

"In the interest of ultimate honesty,"

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Bad Blood (The Naturals, #4)

"She might quite be the devil herself."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Bad Blood (The Naturals, #4)

"When you're hurting, you hurt yourself."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Bad Blood (The Naturals, #4)

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3. Killer Instinct (The Naturals, #2)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3.92

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Killer Instinct (The Naturals, #2) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

4. All In (The Naturals, #3)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3.84

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

Three casinos. Three bodies. Three days. After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobb… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's All In (The Naturals, #3) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

5. The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Naturals (The Naturals, #1) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

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6. 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 Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • 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 how 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 who 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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8. The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Heiress"

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)

"Four Hawthornes, four suits. Avery wore black."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)

"Then why haven’t you noticed I’m not your only tail?"

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)

"Nash." The gleam in Jamie's eyes was downright wicked, "I dare you to eat your hat."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)

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9. Nothing More to Tell

By: Karen M. McManus

3.90

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favorite teach… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's Nothing More to Tell book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Because you can make a real difference with every story, and give a voice to people who don’t have one."

-Karen M. McManus, Nothing More to Tell

Cover of Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5) by Maureen Johnson

10. Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

By: Maureen Johnson

3.81

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn’t going well. Her boyfriend, David, is studyin… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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11. The Reappearance of Rachel Price

By: Holly Jackson

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth abou… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's The Reappearance of Rachel Price book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Family first", Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"The people who loved you, the ones who really cared, they would always come back. Sometimes, they even came back from the dead."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"They hadn't had time to say one word to each other, which was fine, because it was hard to be rude to someone with just one word."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

"A little insensitive", she whispered, loud enough that Bel and Carter could hear. "Giving the man with dementia a book called The Memory Thief."

-Holly Jackson, The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Cover of One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3) by Karen M. McManus

12. One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

By: Karen M. McManus

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

The explosive third and final thrilling instalment in the acclaimed One of Us... series. Ever since… read more

Similar categories in Karen M. McManus's One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • crime
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"What is Bayview best known for? Revenge."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

"There has to be a whole other level of pain when your soul gets ripped in half."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

"It's unreal how fast the inner voice you thought was gone can jump back into your head to tell you how much you suck."

-Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying, #3)

Cover of Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5) by Holly  Jackson

13. Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5)

By: Holly Jackson

3.78

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Find out where it all started for Pip in this prequel novella to the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Smallpox,' ' Zach read aloud when the page was passed to him. 'It was eradicated by the nineteen eighties,' Pip said. 'Oi, no time travel.' Jamie whacked her on the head with his master booklet."

-Holly Jackson, Kill Joy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #0.5)

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14. Five Survive

By: Holly Jackson

4.08

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a r… read more

Similar categories in Holly Jackson's Five Survive book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"That's what she said -Simon"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"She wasn’t fine but she was alive and, really, how was that much different from the rest of her life?"

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"His whole life has been a war, that does something to your head, I think. It's done something to my head."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

"Trapped. Shut in. Only thirty-one feet to share between them, that extra foot important enough not to round down."

-Holly Jackson, Five Survive

Cover of Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne

15. Pretty Dead Queens

By: Alexa Donne

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Seaview High's homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first. A thriller about a decades-o… read more

Similar categories in Alexa Donne's Pretty Dead Queens book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Some Shall Break (None Shall Sleep, #2) by Ellie Marney

16. Some Shall Break (None Shall Sleep, #2)

By: Ellie Marney

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

This electrifying, chilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller None Shall Sleep focu… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Marney's Some Shall Break (None Shall Sleep, #2) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She is a fucking force of nature. She is the maelstrom. And she is mighty."

-Ellie Marney, Some Shall Break (None Shall Sleep, #2)

Cover of The Night in Question (The Agathas #2) by Kathleen Glasgow

17. The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)

By: Kathleen Glasgow

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master—Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find th… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's The Night in Question (The Agathas #2) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Deadly Little Scandals (Debutantes, #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

18. Deadly Little Scandals (Debutantes, #2)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Think of the White Gloves like the Junior League-by way of Skull and Bones?" Reluctant debutant… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Deadly Little Scandals (Debutantes, #2) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Agathas (The Agathas #1) by Kathleen Glasgow

19. The Agathas (The Agathas #1)

By: Kathleen Glasgow

3.93

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Last summer, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for f… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Glasgow's The Agathas (The Agathas #1) book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • murder mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"She basically just told kindness to fuck off."

-Kathleen Glasgow, The Agathas (The Agathas #1)

Cover of The Headmaster's List by Melissa de la Cruz

20. The Headmaster's List

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of them was driving. One of them was high. One of them screamed. And one of them died. When fif… read more

Similar categories in Melissa de la Cruz's The Headmaster's List book and Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

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

21. 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 Maureen Johnson's Nine Liars (Truly Devious, #5)

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

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