There’s nothing like kicking off the summer reading months like a good YA thriller featuring teenage sleuths. Even though school is out for the summer, class is definitely in session with these chiller thrillers with high school settings and pacing that’ll keep you up way later than you intended!

Everything We Never Said by Sloan Harlow (5/28)

Months after an accident killed her best friend, Hayley, Ella still blames herself. After returning to school, Ella finds herself in love with Hayley’s boyfriend, Sawyer. When Ella finds Hayley’s journal, she finds that Sawyer has some dark secrets and their relationship was far from perfect. Still, Ella cannot stay away from Sawyer and finds herself questioning if he had anything to do with Hayley’s death.

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Stay Dead by April Henry (5/28)

When a car accident claims the life of her senator father, Milan is kicked out of boarding school and is chartered back home to be with her mother. On the plane, a bomb causes the plane to crash and Milan’s mother gives her a key that could unlock the evidence Milan needs to prove why her father was killed. Forced to survive, her mother informs her the only way she can live is if she lets everyone believe she died on the plane. Facing the brutal elements of nature, Milan has to fight for not only survival, but to put the pieces of a chilling puzzle together.

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Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine (6/4)

Olivia was born during the infamous Camp Lost Lake murders and now at seventeen-years-old, she finds out the man she believes to be her dad is not her biological father. In order to find out where she really came from, Olivia decides to search Camp Lost Lake. Meanwhile, Reagan’s life was turned upside down when her mother was found guilty of the Camp Lost Lake murders and the two have been on the run for years. When Camp Lost Lake reopens, Reagan and Olivia’s lives are about to clash as the two desperately search for answers.

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It’s Only a Game by Kelsea Yu (7/9)

Marina Chan has been on the run for a while and fears that her past will be discovered. When her online gaming team is offered a tour of their favorite gaming company, Marina takes a risk and goes anyway. During the tour, the creator of the game is murdered and the killer sets their eyes on Marina and her friends for the murder…that is unless they can win a dangerous game. If Marina and her friends can trespass, lie, and steal in this game, they are free; even if winning the game could destroy Marina’s life.

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City of Graves by Rebecca Rook (7/18)

Finch Marlowe is gifted and privileged, but no one knows she belongs to the city’s urban exploration community, involving putting her life at risk by exploring abandoned buildings. When Finch finds a body in one of the buildings, she finds a connection between the body and the community she’s been relying on. Now, Finch finds herself the next target of the killer and must go to any length to save herself.

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The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington (7/30)

Devon is sick of living in the shadows of her twin sister, the genius Drew. With Drew planning to leave for college a year early, Devon wants to make sure they have the best summer ever….until their group of friends plays with a Ouija board and they think they are being haunted by a demon. The truth is, this is no demon. Someone is going after them trying to create a slasher movie and Devon is blonde, which means she’s up first to die.

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Under the Surface by Diana Urban (8/13)

On a trip to Paris, Ruby is scared to admit she has feelings for Sean, and Sean is willing to wait until Ruby is ready to take their friendship further. When Ruby’s friend sneaks out to meet a boy, Ruby and her two friends go looking for her and find themselves looking for his mysterious party in the Paris catacombs. When something chases them in the catacombs, the friends find themselves lost. Meanwhile, aboveground Sean will stop at nothing to save the girl he loves.

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Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare (8/20)

Now that Quinn has survived another encounter with Frendo, the murderous clown, she knows it’s far from over. From the target on her back and all of the innocent lives lost, Quinn believes now the only way to put an end to all of this is to go after the Frendo followers herself.

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One House Left by Vincent Ralph (8/27)

Nate Campbell is a sixteen-year-old who grew up on Murder Road, a street that has been haunted by the spirit of Hiding Boy. For nearly six decades, a different house on the street is targeted by this spirit and tragedy strikes. When Nate and his family move to a new town to try and avoid the curse, he is pulled into something completely different in an urban legend club that combines both new and old haunting tales.

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Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker (8/27)

Fern, Jaq, and Mallory’s friendship existed due to their emerging identities and the three could all relate to each other that they weren’t able to come out to their families. When any of the friends needed safety, they would hide in the woods in an abandoned house. After being at the house one night, Mallory never made it home and Fern and Jaq were left with no memory of what happened that night. Five years later, Fern and Jaq are close to graduating and leading straight, cisgender lives. When a spirit that looks like Mallory begins to appear, the two friends feel not only haunted, but something is trying to get them to remember who they really are.

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