50 Books like Dead Med

Notes on Infinity

by Austin Taylor • 2025

Two Harvard chemists build a startup to cure aging. Their obsession will destroy them.

3.58

9k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🧬 Biotech Thriller

Notes on Infinity 94%

Two Harvard chemists build a startup to cure aging. Their obsession will destroy them.

by Austin Taylor 2025

3.58

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🧬 Biotech Thriller

Ward D

by Freida McFadden • 2023

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

3.96

646k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Identity 😰 Creeping Dread

Ward D 94%

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

by Freida McFadden 2023

3.96

646k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Identity 😰 Creeping Dread

The Girl Who Lived 2

by Christopher Greyson • 2024

Faith Winters glimpses the dead and wakes in a psychiatric hospital where healing is a weapon.

4.30

2k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Medical Conspiracy 🪞 Gaslighting 👁️ Unreliable Perception 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Girl Who Lived 2 94%

Faith Winters glimpses the dead and wakes in a psychiatric hospital where healing is a weapon.

by Christopher Greyson 2024

4.30

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Medical Conspiracy 🪞 Gaslighting 👁️ Unreliable Perception 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Anatomía de una obsesión

by Vi Keeland • 2024

She stalks the widower her husband made. He becomes her patient. The chase goes both ways.

3.88

18k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Doctor Patient Affair 👁️ Mutual Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Anatomía de una obsesión 94%

She stalks the widower her husband made. He becomes her patient. The chase goes both ways.

by Vi Keeland 2024

3.88

18k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💔 Doctor Patient Affair 👁️ Mutual Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart

by Emma Simmerman • 2026

Her ex-boyfriends are dying, and pages from her private breakup journal appear at every crime scene.

3.78

2k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Campus Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💋 Fake Dating 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart Summary

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart 94%

Her ex-boyfriends are dying, and pages from her private breakup journal appear at every crime scene.

by Emma Simmerman 2026

3.78

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🎓 Campus Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💋 Fake Dating 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Clinic

by Cate Quinn • 2024

An undercover agent poses as an addict in a luxury rehab where her sister was murdered.

3.51

40k+

🏥 Luxury Rehab 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🖤 Female Sociopath 🕵️‍♀️ Undercover Patient 👯 Sisterly Bond

The Clinic 94%

An undercover agent poses as an addict in a luxury rehab where her sister was murdered.

by Cate Quinn 2024

3.51

40k+ ratings

🏥 Luxury Rehab 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🖤 Female Sociopath 🕵️‍♀️ Undercover Patient 👯 Sisterly Bond

Fox

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2025

When a teacher is found dead in a ravine, hunting his killer unearths a hidden life.

3.76

10k+

🖤 Dark Academia ⚠️ Predatory Teacher 💔 Abuse Survivor 🤔 Moral Ambiguity 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Fox 93%

When a teacher is found dead in a ravine, hunting his killer unearths a hidden life.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2025

3.76

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia ⚠️ Predatory Teacher 💔 Abuse Survivor 🤔 Moral Ambiguity 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Society of Lies

by Lauren Ling Brown • 2024

After her sister dies at Princeton, Maya joins the secret society she escaped to find the killer.

3.52

101k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🔍 Campus Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔎 Sister Sleuth

Society of Lies 93%

After her sister dies at Princeton, Maya joins the secret society she escaped to find the killer.

by Lauren Ling Brown 2024

3.52

101k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🔍 Campus Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔎 Sister Sleuth

La historia del loco

by John Katzenbach • 2004

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

4.01

15k+

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

La historia del loco 93%

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

by John Katzenbach 2004

4.01

15k+ ratings

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

The Maidens

by Alex Michaelides • 2021

At Cambridge, a grieving therapist suspects a professor's secret circle after a student is murdered.

3.61

450k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Oxbridge Setting 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Charismatic Suspect 💔 Grieving Protagonist

The Maidens 93%

At Cambridge, a grieving therapist suspects a professor's secret circle after a student is murdered.

by Alex Michaelides 2021

3.61

450k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Oxbridge Setting 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Charismatic Suspect 💔 Grieving Protagonist

I'll Follow You

by Charlene Wang • 2025

A poor girl's best friend invades her elite campus, dragging their fake Instagram life with her.

3.65

5k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🏛️ Elite College Campus 😶‍🌫️ Morally Gray Narrator 📱 Internet Fame

I'll Follow You 93%

A poor girl's best friend invades her elite campus, dragging their fake Instagram life with her.

by Charlene Wang 2025

3.65

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🏛️ Elite College Campus 😶‍🌫️ Morally Gray Narrator 📱 Internet Fame

Only If You're Lucky

by Stacy Willingham • 2024

A grieving student's alluring new roommate is hiding a connection to her best friend's death.

3.56

80k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎓 Campus Thriller 🖤 Toxic Friendship ♟️ Power Games 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Only If You're Lucky 93%

A grieving student's alluring new roommate is hiding a connection to her best friend's death.

by Stacy Willingham 2024

3.56

80k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎓 Campus Thriller 🖤 Toxic Friendship ♟️ Power Games 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2014

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

3.96

295k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

You 93%

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

by Caroline Kepnes 2014

3.96

295k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

Phantom Limb

by Lucinda Berry • 2016

After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.

3.89

68k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👯 Twin Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital

Phantom Limb 93%

After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.

by Lucinda Berry 2016

3.89

68k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👯 Twin Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital

So Happy Together

by Olivia Worley • 2025

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

3.45

11k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

So Happy Together 93%

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

by Olivia Worley 2025

3.45

11k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

by Amy Doak • 2025

Her rebellious sister turned obedient overnight. The boarding school greenhouse knows why.

3.68

462

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 👯 Sister Bond 🎓 Scholarship Outsider

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? Summary

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? 93%

Her rebellious sister turned obedient overnight. The boarding school greenhouse knows why.

by Amy Doak 2025

3.68

462 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 👯 Sister Bond 🎓 Scholarship Outsider

The Perfect Roommate

by Minka Kent • 2018

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

3.78

14k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

The Perfect Roommate 93%

Lonely and invisible, she moves in with a flawless roommate. Then murder makes her the suspect.

by Minka Kent 2018

3.78

14k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌀 Gaslighting 🔍 Framed For Murder 👥 Copycat 🎓 College Thriller

Bad Habits

by Amy Gentry • 2021

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

3.50

2k+

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

Bad Habits 93%

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

by Amy Gentry 2021

3.50

2k+ ratings

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

The Pact

by Sharon J. Bolton • 2021

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

3.92

22k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

The Pact 93%

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

by Sharon J. Bolton 2021

3.92

22k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides • 2018

A painter murders her husband and stops speaking. A therapist risks everything to break her silence.

4.26

5k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤯 Twist Ending 🔍 Obsessive Therapist 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Silent Patient 93%

A painter murders her husband and stops speaking. A therapist risks everything to break her silence.

by Alex Michaelides 2018

4.26

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤯 Twist Ending 🔍 Obsessive Therapist 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

Read Between the Lies

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2026

A quiet debut author faces her glamorous childhood bully in the same online writers' group.

3.36

11k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Publishing World 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Frenemies 📱 Cancel Culture

Read Between the Lies 93%

A quiet debut author faces her glamorous childhood bully in the same online writers' group.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2026

3.36

11k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 📚 Publishing World 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Frenemies 📱 Cancel Culture

She Was the Quiet One

by Michele Campbell • 2018

Her twin sister murdered at boarding school, Rose wakes to find the knife in her hand.

3.72

11k+

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 💔 Student Teacher Affair 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Framed For Murder 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

She Was the Quiet One 93%

Her twin sister murdered at boarding school, Rose wakes to find the knife in her hand.

by Michele Campbell 2018

3.72

11k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 💔 Student Teacher Affair 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Framed For Murder 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Don't Tell Me How to Die

by Marshall Karp • 2025

A small-town mayor with her mother's fatal illness discovers the diagnosis is a cover for murder.

4.23

6k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪦 Buried Secrets 😈 Dark Humor

Don't Tell Me How to Die 92%

A small-town mayor with her mother's fatal illness discovers the diagnosis is a cover for murder.

by Marshall Karp 2025

4.23

6k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪦 Buried Secrets 😈 Dark Humor

One Dark Night

by Hannah Richell • 2025

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

3.85

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

One Dark Night 92%

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

by Hannah Richell 2025

3.85

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

Fool Me Once

by Harlan Coben • 2016

A widow sees her dead husband on the nanny cam: grief, a hoax, or a threat?

3.97

139k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 💭 Gaslighting 🔪 Female Vengeance 🪖 Military Trauma

Fool Me Once 92%

A widow sees her dead husband on the nanny cam: grief, a hoax, or a threat?

by Harlan Coben 2016

3.97

139k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Domestic Noir 💭 Gaslighting 🔪 Female Vengeance 🪖 Military Trauma

She's Not Sorry

by Mary Kubica • 2024

Her daughter is in danger, and the comatose patient she's treating knows why.

3.79

203k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets 🏥 Hospital Thriller 🛡️ Protective Mother

She's Not Sorry 92%

Her daughter is in danger, and the comatose patient she's treating knows why.

by Mary Kubica 2024

3.79

203k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔑 Family Secrets 🏥 Hospital Thriller 🛡️ Protective Mother

The Tournament

by Rebecca Barrow • 2025

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

3.24

234

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle

The Tournament 92%

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

by Rebecca Barrow 2025

3.24

234 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle

A Particularly Nasty Case

by Adam Kay • 2025

A bipolar doctor returns to work. His supervisor drops dead. Now he's the prime suspect.

3.47

6k+

🏥 Medical Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist ⚖️ Class Divide

A Particularly Nasty Case 92%

A bipolar doctor returns to work. His supervisor drops dead. Now he's the prime suspect.

by Adam Kay 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist ⚖️ Class Divide

No me llames loca

by Gilraen Eärfalas • 2021

At medical school, a bullied trauma survivor's dissociated identities decide to take revenge.

4.18

1k+

🧩 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Medical School 💕 Chosen Family 🔪 Revenge Arc ⚖️ Institutional Betrayal

No me llames loca 92%

At medical school, a bullied trauma survivor's dissociated identities decide to take revenge.

by Gilraen Eärfalas 2021

4.18

1k+ ratings

🧩 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Medical School 💕 Chosen Family 🔪 Revenge Arc ⚖️ Institutional Betrayal

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls

by Lynn Weingarten • 2015

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

3.40

20k+

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls Summary

Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls 92%

A missed voicemail, a burned shed: June's best friend is dead, and it wasn't suicide.

by Lynn Weingarten 2015

3.40

20k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔥 Faked Death ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🌑 Dark Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Someone Knows

by Vi Keeland • 2025

A writing professor receives a student manuscript retelling the abuse she buried twenty years ago.

3.87

15k+

🩸 Trauma Thriller 📝 Manuscript Mystery 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Someone Knows 92%

A writing professor receives a student manuscript retelling the abuse she buried twenty years ago.

by Vi Keeland 2025

3.87

15k+ ratings

🩸 Trauma Thriller 📝 Manuscript Mystery 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

The Locked Door

by Freida McFadden • 2021

A surgeon's patients are murdered, hands severed. Her father killed seventeen women the same way.

3.98

673k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👤 Daughter Of A Killer 🩸 Framed For Murder 👯 Secret Sister

The Locked Door 92%

A surgeon's patients are murdered, hands severed. Her father killed seventeen women the same way.

by Freida McFadden 2021

3.98

673k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👤 Daughter Of A Killer 🩸 Framed For Murder 👯 Secret Sister

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt • 1992

Six classics students at a secluded Vermont college share one secret: they murdered their friend.

4.15

1.1M+

📚 Dark Academia 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ☠️ Toxic Friendship 🕯️ Slow Burn Suspense 🍂 New England Gothic

The Secret History 92%

Six classics students at a secluded Vermont college share one secret: they murdered their friend.

by Donna Tartt 1992

4.15

1.1M+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ☠️ Toxic Friendship 🕯️ Slow Burn Suspense 🍂 New England Gothic

The Bridesmaid

by Cate Quinn • 2025

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

3.29

8k+

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

The Bridesmaid 92%

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

by Cate Quinn 2025

3.29

8k+ ratings

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

Sometimes I Lie

by Alice Feeney • 2017

She lies in a coma, fully aware, as her husband and sister discuss what they did.

3.74

352k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Sometimes I Lie 92%

She lies in a coma, fully aware, as her husband and sister discuss what they did.

by Alice Feeney 2017

3.74

352k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 👯 Sibling Rivalry

The Examiner

by Janice Hallett • 2024

Six art students enter a prestigious MA. One death. The examiner begins reading their group chat.

3.66

25k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 📚 Academic Thriller 🎨 Art World Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person

The Examiner 92%

Six art students enter a prestigious MA. One death. The examiner begins reading their group chat.

by Janice Hallett 2024

3.66

25k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 📚 Academic Thriller 🎨 Art World Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person

Doll Parts

by Penny Zang • 2025

Posthumous letters from her dead best friend force a new mother to confront their buried secret.

3.53

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Friendship 🤝 Fatal Pact 🔍 Cold Case 🏚️ Suburban Gothic

Doll Parts 92%

Posthumous letters from her dead best friend force a new mother to confront their buried secret.

by Penny Zang 2025

3.53

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 💔 Toxic Friendship 🤝 Fatal Pact 🔍 Cold Case 🏚️ Suburban Gothic

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

217k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Lying Game 92%

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017

3.52

217k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Last Time I Lied

by Riley Sager • 2018

Three girls vanished from her cabin at summer camp. Fifteen years later, she returns for answers.

4.00

223k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏕️ Summer Camp Setting 🏚️ Abandoned Asylum ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Last Time I Lied 92%

Three girls vanished from her cabin at summer camp. Fifteen years later, she returns for answers.

by Riley Sager 2018

4.00

223k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏕️ Summer Camp Setting 🏚️ Abandoned Asylum ⏳ Dual Timeline

Whispers of Dead Girls

by Marlee Bush • 2025

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

3.56

3k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Whispers of Dead Girls 92%

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

by Marlee Bush 2025

3.56

3k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides • 2019

A therapist tries to break a mute painter's silence, six years after she shot her husband.

4.17

3.4M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤐 Silent Witness 📔 Diary As Evidence 🎨 Art And Madness

The Silent Patient 92%

A therapist tries to break a mute painter's silence, six years after she shot her husband.

by Alex Michaelides 2019

4.17

3.4M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🤐 Silent Witness 📔 Diary As Evidence 🎨 Art And Madness

Limerence

by H.C. Dolores • 2024

A scholarship student's lie catches a golden boy's eye, but his secret is far more lethal.

4.14

17k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Dark Academia 🕷️ Obsessive Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 🔪 Murder Mystery

Limerence 92%

A scholarship student's lie catches a golden boy's eye, but his secret is far more lethal.

by H.C. Dolores 2024

4.14

17k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Dark Academia 🕷️ Obsessive Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 🔪 Murder Mystery

The Influencer

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She faked her husband's death online, and now she's obsessed with the woman he left her for.

3.52

14k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 📱 Social Media Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Female Rivalry 🪪 Identity Theft

The Influencer 92%

She faked her husband's death online, and now she's obsessed with the woman he left her for.

by Adriane Leigh 2024

3.52

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 📱 Social Media Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Female Rivalry 🪪 Identity Theft

Gone Before Goodbye

by Reese Witherspoon • 2025

A surgeon's secret Russian job unravels: her dead husband's tattoo on the oligarch's mistress.

3.64

178k+

🏥 Medical Thriller 🧩 Conspiracy Unraveling 🖤 Widow's Investigation 🎭 Body Double 🤖 AI Grief Companion

Gone Before Goodbye 92%

A surgeon's secret Russian job unravels: her dead husband's tattoo on the oligarch's mistress.

by Reese Witherspoon 2025

3.64

178k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Thriller 🧩 Conspiracy Unraveling 🖤 Widow's Investigation 🎭 Body Double 🤖 AI Grief Companion

If We Were Villains

by M.L. Rio • 2017

After his classmate drowns, a young actor takes the blame. Ten years later, he reveals why.

4.08

422k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Campus Mystery 🔪 Murder Among Friends 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Tragic Queer Love

If We Were Villains 92%

After his classmate drowns, a young actor takes the blame. Ten years later, he reveals why.

by M.L. Rio 2017

4.08

422k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏛️ Campus Mystery 🔪 Murder Among Friends 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Tragic Queer Love

The Ghostwriter

by A.R. Torre • 2017

Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

4.21

52k+

📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Confession Narrative 🖤 Dying Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Dark Family Secrets

The Ghostwriter 92%

Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.

by A.R. Torre 2017

4.21

52k+ ratings

📖 Literary Thriller ✍️ Confession Narrative 🖤 Dying Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🔒 Dark Family Secrets

Murder by the Book

by Amie Schaumberg • 2025

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

3.41

816

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

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The Hunting Wives 92%

Restless mother joins secret Texas shooting club where wine, guns, and seduction end in murder.

by May Cobb 2021

3.48

94k+ ratings

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The It Girl 92%

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by Ruth Ware 2022

3.84

300k+ ratings

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Bald-Faced Liar 92%

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by Victoria Helen Stone 2025

3.76

8k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Stalker Thriller 💔 Trauma Survivor 😈 Satanic Panic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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