34 Books like The Obsession

A Twisted Love Story

by Samantha Downing • 2023

His ex cries stalker. A detective digs. A body surfaces. Their toxic love won't die.

3.21

14k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 💔 Toxic Relationship 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🔫 Partners In Crime 👁️ Stalking

A Twisted Love Story 93%

His ex cries stalker. A detective digs. A body surfaces. Their toxic love won't die.

by Samantha Downing 2023

3.21

14k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 💔 Toxic Relationship 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🔫 Partners In Crime 👁️ Stalking

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

The New Girl

by R.L. Stine • 1989

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

3.57

10k+

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

The New Girl 93%

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

by R.L. Stine 1989

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

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 93%

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

Always You

by Kirsty Moseley • 2012

He's the biggest player and her fiercest protector; falling for him could shatter their friendship.

3.89

22k+

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔺 Love Triangle 👰 Young Marriage 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Always You 93%

He's the biggest player and her fiercest protector; falling for him could shatter their friendship.

by Kirsty Moseley 2012

3.89

22k+ ratings

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔺 Love Triangle 👰 Young Marriage 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Five Total Strangers

by Natalie D. Richards • 2020

Four strangers, one SUV, a blizzard. Mira's phone disappears, and someone inside is hunting her.

3.29

93k+

🌨️ Snowbound Thriller 🖤 Obsessive Stalker 🚗 Road Trip Gone Wrong 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 🔒 Claustrophobic Tension

Five Total Strangers 93%

Four strangers, one SUV, a blizzard. Mira's phone disappears, and someone inside is hunting her.

by Natalie D. Richards 2020

3.29

93k+ ratings

🌨️ Snowbound Thriller 🖤 Obsessive Stalker 🚗 Road Trip Gone Wrong 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 🔒 Claustrophobic Tension

I Will Break You

by Gigi Styx • 2024

She jilted a mass murderer on execution day. His ghost now claims her every night.

4.03

18k+

🖤 Stalker Romance 🌀 Gaslighting 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Plot 🔗 Possessive Hero

I Will Break You 93%

She jilted a mass murderer on execution day. His ghost now claims her every night.

by Gigi Styx 2024

4.03

18k+ ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🌀 Gaslighting 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Revenge Plot 🔗 Possessive Hero

The Scammer

by Tiffany D. Jackson • 2025

At an HBCU, four freshmen's sisterhood becomes a cult under a roommate's charming brother.

3.91

17k+

🕯️ Cult Recruitment 🏛️ HBCU Campus 🗡️ Revenge Quest 💕 Fake Dating To Real 🎭 Charismatic Predator

The Scammer 93%

At an HBCU, four freshmen's sisterhood becomes a cult under a roommate's charming brother.

by Tiffany D. Jackson 2025

3.91

17k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Recruitment 🏛️ HBCU Campus 🗡️ Revenge Quest 💕 Fake Dating To Real 🎭 Charismatic Predator

Hunting Pretty

by Sienna Blake • 2025

She wants the masked intruder in her room. He's been waiting for her to fight back.

3.95

3k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 🧠 Repressed Memories

Hunting Pretty 93%

She wants the masked intruder in her room. He's been waiting for her to fight back.

by Sienna Blake 2025

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 🧠 Repressed Memories

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 92%

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 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

Tell Me What You Did

by Carter Wilson • 2025

A stalker invades her podcast. He wants one confession: the murder she got away with.

3.71

93k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🐈 Cat And Mouse

Tell Me What You Did 92%

A stalker invades her podcast. He wants one confession: the murder she got away with.

by Carter Wilson 2025

3.71

93k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🐈 Cat And Mouse

Psychotic Obsession

by Leigh Rivers • 2025

A scientist's fling with her charming assistant turns dangerous when his obsession follows her home.

4.20

44k+

🖤 Stalker Romance 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Psychological Horror 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Love Triangle

Psychotic Obsession 92%

A scientist's fling with her charming assistant turns dangerous when his obsession follows her home.

by Leigh Rivers 2025

4.20

44k+ ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Psychological Horror 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Love Triangle

What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

by Amy Doak • 2025

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

3.72

393

🏫 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? 92%

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

by Amy Doak 2025

3.72

393 ratings

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

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 1

by Syougo Kinugasa • 2015

His school pays for obedience, expels failure. He's a genius hiding as average. The class is broke.

4.11

5k+

📖 Light Novel 🗾 Japanese High School 🏫 Elite Academy 📚 Academic Thriller 🧠 Hidden Genius

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 1 Summary

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 1 92%

His school pays for obedience, expels failure. He's a genius hiding as average. The class is broke.

by Syougo Kinugasa 2015

4.11

5k+ ratings

📖 Light Novel 🗾 Japanese High School 🏫 Elite Academy 📚 Academic Thriller 🧠 Hidden Genius

Tiny Pretty Things

by Sona Charaipotra • 2015

At a cutthroat ballet school, an outsider wins the lead, triggering a rival's sabotage campaign.

3.67

16k+

🩰 Ballet Boarding School 💀 Toxic Ballet Culture 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 🔪 Sabotage Among Dancers 😱 Paranoid Atmosphere

Tiny Pretty Things 92%

At a cutthroat ballet school, an outsider wins the lead, triggering a rival's sabotage campaign.

by Sona Charaipotra 2015

3.67

16k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Boarding School 💀 Toxic Ballet Culture 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 🔪 Sabotage Among Dancers 😱 Paranoid Atmosphere

Bald-Faced Liar

by Victoria Helen Stone • 2025

A woman who reinvented herself to escape a childhood scandal is hunted by a stalker who remembers.

3.76

8k+

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

Bald-Faced Liar 92%

A woman who reinvented herself to escape a childhood scandal is hunted by a stalker who remembers.

by Victoria Helen Stone 2025

3.76

8k+ ratings

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

Cruel King

by Rina Kent • 2019

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

3.89

103k+

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🏰 Elite Private School 💔 Angsty Romance

Cruel King 92%

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

by Rina Kent 2019

3.89

103k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🏰 Elite Private School 💔 Angsty Romance

The Woman in the Window

by A.J. Finn • 2018

An agoraphobic psychologist sees a stabbing, but the body vanishes and the victim reappears alive.

3.94

895k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Voyeur Thriller 🧠 Psych Suspense 🥃 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting

The Woman in the Window 92%

An agoraphobic psychologist sees a stabbing, but the body vanishes and the victim reappears alive.

by A.J. Finn 2018

3.94

895k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Voyeur Thriller 🧠 Psych Suspense 🥃 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting

Lessons in Power

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2016

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

4.31

13k+

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Lessons in Power 92%

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016

4.31

13k+ ratings

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

The Liar's Daughter

by Megan Cooley Peterson • 2019

Rescued from a cult, a teenager discovers her entire identity was built on a kidnapping.

3.89

6k+

🏚️ Cult Survivor Story 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Kidnapped Child 🚧 Isolated Compound 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Liar's Daughter 92%

Rescued from a cult, a teenager discovers her entire identity was built on a kidnapping.

by Megan Cooley Peterson 2019

3.89

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivor Story 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Kidnapped Child 🚧 Isolated Compound 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Naturals

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2013

A teen profiler joins an FBI cold case squad, and a serial killer starts leaving her messages.

4.22

358k+

🕵️ Teen Investigators 🔍 Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏠 Found Family

The Naturals 92%

A teen profiler joins an FBI cold case squad, and a serial killer starts leaving her messages.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013

4.22

358k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Investigators 🔍 Criminal Profiling 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🏠 Found Family

Prey Drive

by Jen Stevens • 2023

Her secluded cottage came with a secret: the owner is a killer who watches her sleep.

3.79

4k+

👁️ Stalker Romance 🐺 Predator Prey Dynamic 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🌌 Alternate Realities

Prey Drive 92%

Her secluded cottage came with a secret: the owner is a killer who watches her sleep.

by Jen Stevens 2023

3.79

4k+ ratings

👁️ Stalker Romance 🐺 Predator Prey Dynamic 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🌌 Alternate Realities

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did

by Monica Murphy • 2021

At an elite boarding school, her bully steals her diary. His silence demands her total surrender.

3.56

68k+

🖤 Bully Romance 📚 Dark Academia ⛓️ Blackmail Bargain 🔒 Possessive Hero 🔥 Mutual Obsession

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did Summary

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did 92%

At an elite boarding school, her bully steals her diary. His silence demands her total surrender.

by Monica Murphy 2021

3.56

68k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 📚 Dark Academia ⛓️ Blackmail Bargain 🔒 Possessive Hero 🔥 Mutual Obsession

Kill Joy

by Holly Jackson • 2021

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

3.72

177k+

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Kill Joy 92%

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

by Holly Jackson 2021

3.72

177k+ ratings

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Influence

by Sara Shepard • 2020

A newbie influencer wakes beside her dead rival with no memory and a million followers watching.

3.39

4k+

📱 Social Media Thriller ✨ Influencer Culture 🔍 Whodunit Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌈 Coming Out Journey

Influence 92%

A newbie influencer wakes beside her dead rival with no memory and a million followers watching.

by Sara Shepard 2020

3.39

4k+ ratings

📱 Social Media Thriller ✨ Influencer Culture 🔍 Whodunit Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌈 Coming Out Journey

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

Hate

by Tate James • 2020

Framed for a riot, she comes home to find the three guilty men have moved in.

4.17

66k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎓 College Romance

Hate 92%

Framed for a riot, she comes home to find the three guilty men have moved in.

by Tate James 2020

4.17

66k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎓 College Romance

[We All Fall Down] (By

by Robert Cormier • 1991

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

3.80

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

[We All Fall Down] (By 92%

A trashed home, a comatose girl, and the silent watcher who has already killed once.

by Robert Cormier 1991

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🏚️ Home Invasion 😔 Teen Perpetrators

Pretty Little Liars

by Sara Shepard • 2006

Four friends bury their secrets alongside a vanished queen bee. Then the stalker's texts begin.

3.84

214k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👑 Queen Bee 👁️ Anonymous Stalker 💔 Forbidden Romance ✨ Glossy Suspense

Pretty Little Liars 92%

Four friends bury their secrets alongside a vanished queen bee. Then the stalker's texts begin.

by Sara Shepard 2006

3.84

214k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👑 Queen Bee 👁️ Anonymous Stalker 💔 Forbidden Romance ✨ Glossy Suspense

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 92%

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

The Thrashers

by Julie Soto • 2025

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

4.01

18k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Thrashers 92%

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

by Julie Soto 2025

4.01

18k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Nightshade

by Autumn Woods • 2025

At a gothic university, she hunts her parents' killer and falls for his son.

4.08

62k+

🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Gothic University 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Tortured Hero

Nightshade 92%

At a gothic university, she hunts her parents' killer and falls for his son.

by Autumn Woods 2025

4.08

62k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Gothic University 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Tortured Hero

Ace of Spades

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2021

An anonymous texter targets the only Black students at an elite academy, uniting unlikely allies.

4.13

102k+

🎭 Dark Academia 🏫 Elite Private School 📲 Anonymous Texter 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚖️ Systemic Racism

Ace of Spades 92%

An anonymous texter targets the only Black students at an elite academy, uniting unlikely allies.

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2021

4.13

102k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Academia 🏫 Elite Private School 📲 Anonymous Texter 🤝 Unlikely Allies ⚖️ Systemic Racism

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