🎓 High School Scandal

Novels where secrets, lies, and social hierarchies collide in the pressure cooker of adolescence. Readers are hooked by the way a single revelation can shatter reputations and reshape entire communities overnight.

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2002

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

3.32

6k+

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy 🛡️ Defending The Innocent 🗣️ Rumor Mill

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl 89%

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2002

3.32

6k+ ratings

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy 🛡️ Defending The Innocent 🗣️ Rumor Mill

Accountable

by Dashka Slater • 2023

A racist Instagram account shatters a progressive high school, laying bare the cost of online hate.

4.23

6k+

⚖️ Restorative Justice 😳 Public Shaming 💻 Online Hate 🎙️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Accountable 88%

A racist Instagram account shatters a progressive high school, laying bare the cost of online hate.

by Dashka Slater 2023

4.23

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Restorative Justice 😳 Public Shaming 💻 Online Hate 🎙️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Legacy

by Kate Brian • 2008

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

4.04

7k+

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Legacy 87%

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

by Kate Brian 2008

4.04

7k+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Losing the Field

by Abbi Glines • 2018

Tallulah plans revenge on the injured football star who broke her heart. But he's already shattered.

3.71

12k+

🏈 Small Town Football 💔 Revenge To Lovers 🩹 Wounded Athlete ⚠️ Predatory Teacher ✨ Body Transformation

Losing the Field 87%

Tallulah plans revenge on the injured football star who broke her heart. But he's already shattered.

by Abbi Glines 2018

3.71

12k+ ratings

🏈 Small Town Football 💔 Revenge To Lovers 🩹 Wounded Athlete ⚠️ Predatory Teacher ✨ Body Transformation

One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus • 2017

A high school gossip's death in detention turns four classmates with secrets into murder suspects.

3.91

1.1M+

🏫 High School Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Allies 👀 Multiple Perspectives 💞 Opposites Attract

One of Us Is Lying 87%

A high school gossip's death in detention turns four classmates with secrets into murder suspects.

by Karen M. McManus 2017

3.91

1.1M+ ratings

🏫 High School Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Allies 👀 Multiple Perspectives 💞 Opposites Attract

Bad City

by Paul Pringle • 2022

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

4.21

4k+

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Bad City 86%

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

by Paul Pringle 2022

4.21

4k+ ratings

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

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 86%

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

Big Girl Small

by Rachel DeWoskin • 2011

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

3.34

3k+

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗣️ Witty Narrator

Big Girl Small 86%

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

by Rachel DeWoskin 2011

3.34

3k+ ratings

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗣️ Witty Narrator

Broken Prince

by Erin Watt • 2016

Ella fled Reed's betrayal. Back with the Royals, she's trapped in a house where secrets kill.

3.96

115k+

🏫 Prep School Romance 🙇 Groveling Hero 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl

Broken Prince 86%

Ella fled Reed's betrayal. Back with the Royals, she's trapped in a house where secrets kill.

by Erin Watt 2016

3.96

115k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School Romance 🙇 Groveling Hero 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl

You'll Be the Death of Me

by Karen M. McManus • 2021

Three ex-friends play hooky, find a classmate's corpse, and become prime suspects in his murder.

3.73

85k+

🕵️ Teen Sleuth Trio 🤝 Estranged Friends Reunion 🚫 Teacher-Student Affair ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💊 School Drug Ring

You'll Be the Death of Me 86%

Three ex-friends play hooky, find a classmate's corpse, and become prime suspects in his murder.

by Karen M. McManus 2021

3.73

85k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Sleuth Trio 🤝 Estranged Friends Reunion 🚫 Teacher-Student Affair ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 💊 School Drug Ring

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4

by Syougo Kinugasa • 2016

One student turns a cruise ship test into a chess match where classmates are pawns.

4.28

3k+

🎓 School Thriller 🎭 Social Deduction 🕵️ Manipulative Hero 💔 Bullying Survivor 🔄 Shifting Loyalties

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4 Summary

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4 86%

One student turns a cruise ship test into a chess match where classmates are pawns.

by Syougo Kinugasa 2016

4.28

3k+ ratings

🎓 School Thriller 🎭 Social Deduction 🕵️ Manipulative Hero 💔 Bullying Survivor 🔄 Shifting Loyalties

The Fill-In Boyfriend

by Kasie West • 2015

Dumped before prom, a girl drafts a stranger as her boyfriend, but the act stirs real feelings.

3.89

69k+

🎭 Pretend Boyfriend 🌟 Prom Night 🐍 Frenemy 👑 High School Clique 📱 Social Media Drama

The Fill-In Boyfriend 86%

Dumped before prom, a girl drafts a stranger as her boyfriend, but the act stirs real feelings.

by Kasie West 2015

3.89

69k+ ratings

🎭 Pretend Boyfriend 🌟 Prom Night 🐍 Frenemy 👑 High School Clique 📱 Social Media Drama

Evermore

by B.B. Reid • 2019

He’s her secret boyfriend, and her friend’s fake fiancé. One newspaper photo could shatter it all.

4.20

2k+

💕 Secret Relationship 💍 Fake Engagement 😢 Angst 📰 Public Humiliation 🖤 Possessive Hero

Evermore 86%

He’s her secret boyfriend, and her friend’s fake fiancé. One newspaper photo could shatter it all.

by B.B. Reid 2019

4.20

2k+ ratings

💕 Secret Relationship 💍 Fake Engagement 😢 Angst 📰 Public Humiliation 🖤 Possessive Hero

The Academy

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2025

A boarding school outsider discovers a hidden speakeasy and a romance that demands her silence.

3.65

132k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Prep School Drama ⚠️ Teacher-Student Affair 💔 Forbidden Romance 🎭 Morally Gray Love

The Academy 86%

A boarding school outsider discovers a hidden speakeasy and a romance that demands her silence.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2025

3.65

132k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Prep School Drama ⚠️ Teacher-Student Affair 💔 Forbidden Romance 🎭 Morally Gray Love

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by E. Lockhart • 2008

Her boyfriend's secret society won't admit her, so she runs its pranks from the shadows.

3.80

51k+

🏫 Boarding School 🤫 Secret Society 🧠 Teen Mastermind ✨ Golden Boy ✊ Feminist Rebellion

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Summary

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks 85%

Her boyfriend's secret society won't admit her, so she runs its pranks from the shadows.

by E. Lockhart 2008

3.80

51k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School 🤫 Secret Society 🧠 Teen Mastermind ✨ Golden Boy ✊ Feminist Rebellion

Defy

by L.J. Shen • 2016

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

3.84

49k+

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Defy 85%

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

by L.J. Shen 2016

3.84

49k+ ratings

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

After the Game

by Abbi Glines • 2017

A scorned teen mother returns home: the quarterback who ran her off wants a second chance.

3.90

19k+

🏘️ Small Town Scandal 👶 Teen Mother 🌟 Golden Boy X Outcast 💔 Trauma Recovery 🛡️ Protective Hero

After the Game 85%

A scorned teen mother returns home: the quarterback who ran her off wants a second chance.

by Abbi Glines 2017

3.90

19k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Scandal 👶 Teen Mother 🌟 Golden Boy X Outcast 💔 Trauma Recovery 🛡️ Protective Hero

The Perfectionists

by Sara Shepard • 2014

At a high-pressure high school, five girls prank a golden boy and become murder suspects.

3.78

15k+

🔪 High School Murder 😈 Deadly Prank 🗂️ Blackmail 🤐 Friend Group Suspicion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Perfectionists 85%

At a high-pressure high school, five girls prank a golden boy and become murder suspects.

by Sara Shepard 2014

3.78

15k+ ratings

🔪 High School Murder 😈 Deadly Prank 🗂️ Blackmail 🤐 Friend Group Suspicion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

XOXO

by Axie Oh • 2021

Moving to Seoul, a cellist discovers her LA crush is a K-pop idol forbidden from dating.

3.79

49k+

🎤 K-Pop Romance 🎭 Performing Arts School 🤫 Secret Dating 💫 Idol X Civilian 💔 Forbidden Romance

XOXO 85%

Moving to Seoul, a cellist discovers her LA crush is a K-pop idol forbidden from dating.

by Axie Oh 2021

3.79

49k+ ratings

🎤 K-Pop Romance 🎭 Performing Arts School 🤫 Secret Dating 💫 Idol X Civilian 💔 Forbidden Romance

Mean Girls

by Micol Ostow • 2017

A zoologist's daughter enters American high school and agrees to infiltrate the queen bee's clique.

3.87

1k+

🎭 High School Comedy 🪞 Social Satire 🏫 New Girl At School 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 💅 Mean Girl Clique

Mean Girls 85%

A zoologist's daughter enters American high school and agrees to infiltrate the queen bee's clique.

by Micol Ostow 2017

3.87

1k+ ratings

🎭 High School Comedy 🪞 Social Satire 🏫 New Girl At School 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 💅 Mean Girl Clique

Sweet Heartbreak

by Alexandra Moody • 2022

Hiding her past at boarding school, she falls for the one heir who demands truth.

3.59

12k+

🏫 Boarding School Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Mean Girl Drama

Sweet Heartbreak 85%

Hiding her past at boarding school, she falls for the one heir who demands truth.

by Alexandra Moody 2022

3.59

12k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Mean Girl Drama

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 85%

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

Hollywood Babylon

by Kenneth Anger • 1959

Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.

3.65

7k+

🎬 Early Hollywood 🥂 Hollywood Scandals 🎟️ Hays Code Era ⭐ Star System 🗞️ Scandal Journalism

Hollywood Babylon 85%

Morphine, sex crimes, unsolved murders: real silent Hollywood, exposed by a 1959 tell-all.

by Kenneth Anger 1959

3.65

7k+ ratings

🎬 Early Hollywood 🥂 Hollywood Scandals 🎟️ Hays Code Era ⭐ Star System 🗞️ Scandal Journalism

Night School

by C.J. Daugherty • 2012

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

4.07

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Night School 85%

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

by C.J. Daugherty 2012

4.07

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 85%

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

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 85%

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

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 85%

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

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron • 2023

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

3.90

13k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

This Book Kills 85%

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

by Ravena Guron 2023

3.90

13k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Aces Up

by Lauren Barnholdt • 2010

An underage casino waitress is recruited by a secret society planning to fix a poker tournament.

3.40

5k+

🎭 Secret Double Life ♠️ Casino Underworld 💕 Friends To Lovers 💸 Family Money Troubles 😰 Anxious Protagonist

Aces Up 85%

An underage casino waitress is recruited by a secret society planning to fix a poker tournament.

by Lauren Barnholdt 2010

3.40

5k+ ratings

🎭 Secret Double Life ♠️ Casino Underworld 💕 Friends To Lovers 💸 Family Money Troubles 😰 Anxious Protagonist

Paper Princess

by Erin Watt • 2016

An orphan enters a billionaire's mansion and a dangerous war with his cruel, irresistible son.

3.91

172k+

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl 🚫 Forbidden Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

Paper Princess 85%

An orphan enters a billionaire's mansion and a dangerous war with his cruel, irresistible son.

by Erin Watt 2016

3.91

172k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl 🚫 Forbidden Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

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 85%

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

This Beautiful Life

by Helen Schulman • 2011

After a teen forwards a classmate's explicit video, his Manhattan family faces public ruin.

3.03

6k+

👁️ Public Shaming 🏚️ Family Crisis 🗽 Manhattan Elite 🔥 Teen Recklessness 💔 Marriage In Crisis

This Beautiful Life 85%

After a teen forwards a classmate's explicit video, his Manhattan family faces public ruin.

by Helen Schulman 2011

3.03

6k+ ratings

👁️ Public Shaming 🏚️ Family Crisis 🗽 Manhattan Elite 🔥 Teen Recklessness 💔 Marriage In Crisis

A Different Blue

by Amy Harmon • 2013

Everyone in school calls her a slut. Her history teacher calls her by her name.

4.24

39k+

🚫 Student Teacher Romance 💔 Foster Care Survivor 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🎨 Healing Through Art 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Different Blue 85%

Everyone in school calls her a slut. Her history teacher calls her by her name.

by Amy Harmon 2013

4.24

39k+ ratings

🚫 Student Teacher Romance 💔 Foster Care Survivor 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🎨 Healing Through Art 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Rebel of Raleigh High

by Callie Hart • 2019

One party branded Silver as prey. The scarred new boy chose to stand with her instead.

4.09

12k+

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Sexual Assault Recovery 🔫 School Shooting 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma

The Rebel of Raleigh High 85%

One party branded Silver as prey. The scarred new boy chose to stand with her instead.

by Callie Hart 2019

4.09

12k+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Sexual Assault Recovery 🔫 School Shooting 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma

Blitz

by Devney Perry • 2024

A football coach's anonymous hookup is a student. Their forbidden romance risks both their futures.

3.82

23k+

🔒 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 📚 Coach And Student 🏈 College Sports

Blitz 85%

A football coach's anonymous hookup is a student. Their forbidden romance risks both their futures.

by Devney Perry 2024

3.82

23k+ ratings

🔒 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 📚 Coach And Student 🏈 College Sports

La Leçon du mal

by Yusuke Kishi • 2022

At a Japanese high school, the star teacher locks the doors. His lesson plan: a massacre.

3.59

1k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Charismatic Psychopath 🏫 Japanese High School 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Serial Killer

La Leçon du mal 85%

At a Japanese high school, the star teacher locks the doors. His lesson plan: a massacre.

by Yusuke Kishi 2022

3.59

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Charismatic Psychopath 🏫 Japanese High School 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Serial Killer

Mentira

by Care Santos • 2015

After her virtual romance collapses, a Barcelona teen digs for the truth behind the lies.

3.7

7k+

💻 Online Romance 🎭 Catfishing ⚖️ False Confession 🔒 Juvenile Detention 🔍 Investigative Teen

Mentira 85%

After her virtual romance collapses, a Barcelona teen digs for the truth behind the lies.

by Care Santos 2015

3.7

7k+ ratings

💻 Online Romance 🎭 Catfishing ⚖️ False Confession 🔒 Juvenile Detention 🔍 Investigative Teen

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2024

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

3.96

23k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Where Sleeping Girls Lie 85%

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2024

3.96

23k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The DUFF

by Kody Keplinger • 2010

After the playboy calls her the ugly friend, she sleeps with him in secret to escape.

3.79

196k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 😈 Bad Boy Romance 💔 Body Image Issues 😏 Snarky Heroine

The DUFF 85%

After the playboy calls her the ugly friend, she sleeps with him in secret to escape.

by Kody Keplinger 2010

3.79

196k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 😈 Bad Boy Romance 💔 Body Image Issues 😏 Snarky Heroine

Defending Jacob

by William Landay • 2012

A prosecutor's son is charged with murder. The search for the truth will fracture his family.

4.00

312k+

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🏠 Family Under Suspicion 🤔 Ambiguous Guilt 👀 Community Paranoia

Defending Jacob 85%

A prosecutor's son is charged with murder. The search for the truth will fracture his family.

by William Landay 2012

4.00

312k+ ratings

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🏠 Family Under Suspicion 🤔 Ambiguous Guilt 👀 Community Paranoia

A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime

by Monica Murphy • 2022

A prep school rebel pursues the golden girl who wears a promise ring and means it.

3.74

180k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Good Girl Bad Boy 🏫 Prep School 🤫 Secret Relationship 🎀 Virgin Heroine

A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime Summary

A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime 85%

A prep school rebel pursues the golden girl who wears a promise ring and means it.

by Monica Murphy 2022

3.74

180k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Good Girl Bad Boy 🏫 Prep School 🤫 Secret Relationship 🎀 Virgin Heroine

Riot Rules

by Callie Hart • 2020

New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.

4.02

9k+

🎓 Boarding School Romance 💔 Bully Romance 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity

Riot Rules 85%

New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.

by Callie Hart 2020

4.02

9k+ ratings

🎓 Boarding School Romance 💔 Bully Romance 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity

Spy Schools

by Daniel Golden • 2017

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

3.57

315

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛡️ Counterintelligence 🌐 Foreign Influence

Spy Schools 85%

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

by Daniel Golden 2017

3.57

315 ratings

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛡️ Counterintelligence 🌐 Foreign Influence

Becoming Brigitte

by Xavier Poussard • 2025

No photos before 40. A 53% face match. France jailed the people who asked why.

4.18

281

🏛️ French Politics 📰 Political Scandal 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📺 Media Manipulation 🚫 State Censorship

Becoming Brigitte 85%

No photos before 40. A 53% face match. France jailed the people who asked why.

by Xavier Poussard 2025

4.18

281 ratings

🏛️ French Politics 📰 Political Scandal 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📺 Media Manipulation 🚫 State Censorship

Coach

by Alexa Riley • 2015

A retired NFL star moves in with his best friend and falls for his eighteen-year-old daughter.

3.47

15k+

⏳ Age Gap ⚡ Instalove 🤫 Secret Affair 🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero 💮 Virgin Heroine

Coach 85%

A retired NFL star moves in with his best friend and falls for his eighteen-year-old daughter.

by Alexa Riley 2015

3.47

15k+ ratings

⏳ Age Gap ⚡ Instalove 🤫 Secret Affair 🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero 💮 Virgin Heroine

Two Can Keep a Secret

by Karen M. McManus • 2019

A true-crime fan moves to a town of murdered homecoming queens, just as another girl disappears.

3.91

174k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎧 True Crime Obsession 🏃‍♀️ Missing Girl 🌫️ Creepy Small Town

Two Can Keep a Secret 85%

A true-crime fan moves to a town of murdered homecoming queens, just as another girl disappears.

by Karen M. McManus 2019

3.91

174k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎧 True Crime Obsession 🏃‍♀️ Missing Girl 🌫️ Creepy Small Town

Trinkets

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith • 2013

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

3.40

4k+

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3.90

2k+ ratings

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4.17

14k+ ratings

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