Insular Friend Group Books | Summaries & Audio

The Hunting Party

by Lucy Foley • 2018

Old friends gather at a remote Scottish lodge and a blizzard traps them with a body.

3.60

368k+

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🖤 Toxic Friendship ❄️ Snowbound Tension 🏔️ Remote Lodge 👤 Stalker Narrative

The Hunting Party 87%

Old friends gather at a remote Scottish lodge and a blizzard traps them with a body.

by Lucy Foley 2018

3.60

368k+ ratings

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🖤 Toxic Friendship ❄️ Snowbound Tension 🏔️ Remote Lodge 👤 Stalker Narrative

The Swell

by Allie Reynolds • 2022

A woman follows her best friend into a remote Australian surf cult where backpackers vanish.

3.53

7k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔥 Cult Dynamics 🏝️ Isolated Setting 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏄 Surf Culture

The Swell 87%

A woman follows her best friend into a remote Australian surf cult where backpackers vanish.

by Allie Reynolds 2022

3.53

7k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔥 Cult Dynamics 🏝️ Isolated Setting 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏄 Surf Culture

The Guest List

by Lucy Foley • 2020

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

3.79

1.3M+

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Guest List 87%

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

by Lucy Foley 2020

3.79

1.3M+ ratings

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt • 1992

An outsider joins an elite Greek class. His new friends killed a farmer during a ritual.

4.15

1.1M+

🕯️ Dark Academia 📖 Literary Thriller 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🍂 Moral Decay 🔪 Murder Among Friends

The Secret History 87%

An outsider joins an elite Greek class. His new friends killed a farmer during a ritual.

by Donna Tartt 1992

4.15

1.1M+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 📖 Literary Thriller 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🍂 Moral Decay 🔪 Murder Among Friends

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 87%

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

Suicidas

by Raphael Montes • 2012

A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.

4.05

10k+

🎭 Metafiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Suicidas 86%

A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.

by Raphael Montes 2012

4.05

10k+ ratings

🎭 Metafiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Summer Sisters

by Judy Blume • 1998

A quiet girl, a dazzling wild child: Vineyard summers that bind them through betrayal and decades.

3.85

138k+

🕰️ Lifelong Friendship 💎 Rich Girl Poor Girl 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia ⚡ Friendship Rivalry 🌊 Summer Coming Of Age

Summer Sisters 86%

A quiet girl, a dazzling wild child: Vineyard summers that bind them through betrayal and decades.

by Judy Blume 1998

3.85

138k+ ratings

🕰️ Lifelong Friendship 💎 Rich Girl Poor Girl 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia ⚡ Friendship Rivalry 🌊 Summer Coming Of Age

So Thirsty

by Rachel Harrison • 2024

A stale marriage, a chaotic best friend, a lake house party where the hosts never age.

3.48

30k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 👯 Female Friendship 🩸 Found Family 😈 Reluctant Monster 🔗 Codependent Friendship

So Thirsty 86%

A stale marriage, a chaotic best friend, a lake house party where the hosts never age.

by Rachel Harrison 2024

3.48

30k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 👯 Female Friendship 🩸 Found Family 😈 Reluctant Monster 🔗 Codependent Friendship

Priklijuoti

by John David Anderson • 2017

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

3.90

9k+

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words ⚠️ School Bullying 👥 Friend Group Dynamics

Priklijuoti 86%

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

by John David Anderson 2017

3.90

9k+ ratings

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words ⚠️ School Bullying 👥 Friend Group Dynamics

All-Night Party

by R.L. Stine • 1997

Six teens trapped on an island realize the killer is one of them.

3.76

2k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 👤 Killer Among Us 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 🏝️ Remote Island Cabin

All-Night Party 86%

Six teens trapped on an island realize the killer is one of them.

by R.L. Stine 1997

3.76

2k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 👤 Killer Among Us 💔 Friend Group Betrayal 🏝️ Remote Island Cabin

Catherine House

by Elisabeth Thomas • 2020

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

3.11

29k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

Catherine House 86%

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

by Elisabeth Thomas 2020

3.11

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

Bunny

by Mona Awad • 2019

A grad student joins a clique whose sweet nicknames mask rituals that blur flesh and fantasy.

3.45

342k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🐇 Cult-Like Clique 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Fever Dream 🩸 Body Horror

Bunny 86%

A grad student joins a clique whose sweet nicknames mask rituals that blur flesh and fantasy.

by Mona Awad 2019

3.45

342k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🐇 Cult-Like Clique 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Fever Dream 🩸 Body Horror

So Old, So Young

by Grant Ginder • 2026

Mia boarded a plane with seventeen years of photos and one funeral she wasn't ready for.

3.75

28k+

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend Group Saga 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Unrequited Love

So Old, So Young 86%

Mia boarded a plane with seventeen years of photos and one funeral she wasn't ready for.

by Grant Ginder 2026

3.75

28k+ ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend Group Saga 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Unrequited Love

Reckless Girls

by Rachel Hawkins • 2022

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

3.55

159k+

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery 🏹 Survival Thriller ☀️ Sun-Drenched Horror

Reckless Girls 86%

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

by Rachel Hawkins 2022

3.55

159k+ ratings

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery 🏹 Survival Thriller ☀️ Sun-Drenched Horror

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2018

She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.

3.60

580k+

👤 Female Misanthrope 🗣️ Toxic Friendship 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😐 Deadpan Satire 🌫️ Eerie Calm

My Year of Rest and Relaxation 86%

She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018

3.60

580k+ ratings

👤 Female Misanthrope 🗣️ Toxic Friendship 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😐 Deadpan Satire 🌫️ Eerie Calm

Five Survive

by Holly Jackson • 2022

Six friends. A broken-down RV. A sniper outside demanding the secret one of them is keeping.

4.08

286k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🪓 Survival Thriller 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 🛣️ Road Trip Gone Wrong 🐈‍⬛ Cat And Mouse

Five Survive 86%

Six friends. A broken-down RV. A sniper outside demanding the secret one of them is keeping.

by Holly Jackson 2022

4.08

286k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🪓 Survival Thriller 🤫 Secrets Among Friends 🛣️ Road Trip Gone Wrong 🐈‍⬛ Cat And Mouse

The New Girl

by Meg Cabot • 2008

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

3.86

3k+

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

The New Girl 86%

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

by Meg Cabot 2008

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

The Gifted School

by Bruce Holsinger • 2019

A gifted school opens in their Colorado town, and four mothers who shared everything become rivals.

3.71

43k+

🏆 Competitive Parenting 💔 Friend Group Unraveling 📚 Academic Pressure 🏘️ Dark Suburban Drama 💬 Witty Social Commentary

The Gifted School 86%

A gifted school opens in their Colorado town, and four mothers who shared everything become rivals.

by Bruce Holsinger 2019

3.71

43k+ ratings

🏆 Competitive Parenting 💔 Friend Group Unraveling 📚 Academic Pressure 🏘️ Dark Suburban Drama 💬 Witty Social Commentary

Clutch

by Emily Nemens • 2026

Five college friends reunite in Palm Springs, each hiding a crisis beneath her polished surface.

3.30

4k+

🖤 Female Friendship 🏜️ College Reunion 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💼 Ambitious Women 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Clutch 86%

Five college friends reunite in Palm Springs, each hiding a crisis beneath her polished surface.

by Emily Nemens 2026

3.30

4k+ ratings

🖤 Female Friendship 🏜️ College Reunion 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💼 Ambitious Women 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Heaven

by Mieko Kawakami • 2009

Two outcasts pass secret notes in class, building a hidden world that feels like the only salvation.

3.78

92k+

🖊️ Epistolary Friendship 🤝 Outsider Solidarity ✊ Bullying Survivor 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏫 School Cruelty

Heaven 86%

Two outcasts pass secret notes in class, building a hidden world that feels like the only salvation.

by Mieko Kawakami 2009

3.78

92k+ ratings

🖊️ Epistolary Friendship 🤝 Outsider Solidarity ✊ Bullying Survivor 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏫 School Cruelty

The Knockout Queen

by Rufi Thorpe • 2020

Two suburban misfits bond over drag shows. One of them will kill for the other.

3.74

16k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🫂 Found Family 💄 Drag Culture 💔 Tragic Friendship

The Knockout Queen 86%

Two suburban misfits bond over drag shows. One of them will kill for the other.

by Rufi Thorpe 2020

3.74

16k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🫂 Found Family 💄 Drag Culture 💔 Tragic Friendship

Her Last Breath

by Taylor Adams • 2026

Two best friends descend into a remote cave where a masked stranger is already waiting.

4.15

30k+

🕳️ Cave Horror 🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 📦 Claustrophobic 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Her Last Breath 86%

Two best friends descend into a remote cave where a masked stranger is already waiting.

by Taylor Adams 2026

4.15

30k+ ratings

🕳️ Cave Horror 🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 📦 Claustrophobic 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Rich and Pretty

by Rumaan Alam • 2016

One marries into Manhattan privilege, the other stagnates. Their lifelong friendship starts to fray.

2.77

11k+

🫂 Female Friendship 🛤️ Diverging Paths 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🗽 New York City 📖 Book Club Fiction

Rich and Pretty 86%

One marries into Manhattan privilege, the other stagnates. Their lifelong friendship starts to fray.

by Rumaan Alam 2016

2.77

11k+ ratings

🫂 Female Friendship 🛤️ Diverging Paths 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🗽 New York City 📖 Book Club Fiction

Chances Are...

by Richard Russo • 2017

Three college friends reunite on Martha's Vineyard, haunted by the woman who vanished decades ago.

3.77

22k+

🕵️ Literary Mystery 👥 Male Friendship 🏠 Friends Reunion 🔍 Unsolved Disappearance 🔐 Secrets And Guilt

Chances Are... 86%

Three college friends reunite on Martha's Vineyard, haunted by the woman who vanished decades ago.

by Richard Russo 2017

3.77

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Literary Mystery 👥 Male Friendship 🏠 Friends Reunion 🔍 Unsolved Disappearance 🔐 Secrets And Guilt

After We Were Stolen

by Brooke Beyfuss • 2022

Her doomsday cult in ashes, a young woman faces the world she was raised to fear.

3.92

9k+

🏚️ Doomsday Compound 🏃 Cult Escape 👥 Found Family 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🌀 Unreliable Memory

After We Were Stolen 86%

Her doomsday cult in ashes, a young woman faces the world she was raised to fear.

by Brooke Beyfuss 2022

3.92

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Doomsday Compound 🏃 Cult Escape 👥 Found Family 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🌀 Unreliable Memory

Tacet a Mortuis

by Amo Jones • 2018

She was adopted into a secret society. Its ruthless heir has claimed her, body and soul.

4.08

16k+

🏛️ Secret Society Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded Love ⛓️ Forbidden Attraction 🖤 Dark Found Family ⚡ Generational Curse

Tacet a Mortuis 86%

She was adopted into a secret society. Its ruthless heir has claimed her, body and soul.

by Amo Jones 2018

4.08

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Secret Society Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded Love ⛓️ Forbidden Attraction 🖤 Dark Found Family ⚡ Generational Curse

If You Tell a Lie

by Lucinda Berry • 2024

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

3.49

44k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

If You Tell a Lie 86%

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lucinda Berry 2024

3.49

44k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

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 86%

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

Слушай песню ветра. Пинбол 1973

by Haruki Murakami • 1980

A fading Japanese summer. Two friends, a bar, and the quiet ache of nowhere to go.

3.53

35k+

🍃 Slice Of Life 🤝 Male Friendship 🚬 Aimless Youth 🌙 Quiet Surrealism 🌫️ Melancholy Drift

Слушай песню ветра. Пинбол 1973 86%

A fading Japanese summer. Two friends, a bar, and the quiet ache of nowhere to go.

by Haruki Murakami 1980

3.53

35k+ ratings

🍃 Slice Of Life 🤝 Male Friendship 🚬 Aimless Youth 🌙 Quiet Surrealism 🌫️ Melancholy Drift

The Celebrants

by Steven Rowley • 2023

After a friend dies young, five college friends vow to celebrate whoever is in freefall.

3.62

56k+

🫂 Found Family 🎓 College Friendships 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Friendship 🩺 Terminal Illness

The Celebrants 86%

After a friend dies young, five college friends vow to celebrate whoever is in freefall.

by Steven Rowley 2023

3.62

56k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🎓 College Friendships 🕰️ Midlife Reckoning 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Friendship 🩺 Terminal Illness

The Hunting Wives

by May Cobb • 2021

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

3.48

94k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔑 Secret Society 🏡 Small Town Secrets 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

The Hunting Wives 86%

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

by May Cobb 2021

3.48

94k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔑 Secret Society 🏡 Small Town Secrets 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

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 🏫 High School Scandal 🛡️ Defending The Innocent

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl 86%

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 🏫 High School Scandal 🛡️ Defending The Innocent

Best of All Worlds

by Kenneth Oppel • 2025

A family wakes to find their summer cottage inside an invisible dome with no way out.

3.62

2k+

🛸 Alien Abduction 🔒 Inescapable Dome 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Generational Captivity 😰 Claustrophobic

Best of All Worlds 86%

A family wakes to find their summer cottage inside an invisible dome with no way out.

by Kenneth Oppel 2025

3.62

2k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Abduction 🔒 Inescapable Dome 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Generational Captivity 😰 Claustrophobic

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake

by Rebekah Faubion • 2026

Five girls survived Dead Refuge Island. Then a body surfaces, and the island calls them back.

3.60

505

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏝️ Isolated Island Horror 🔪 Final Girl Energy 🤐 Pact Of Silence 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake 86%

Five girls survived Dead Refuge Island. Then a body surfaces, and the island calls them back.

by Rebekah Faubion 2026

3.60

505 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏝️ Isolated Island Horror 🔪 Final Girl Energy 🤐 Pact Of Silence 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Immaculate Conception

by Ling Ling Huang • 2025

A scholarship student's obsession with a genius classmate turns monstrous inside a shared mind.

3.89

13k+

🎨 Art World Horror 📚 Literary Dystopia 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 🖼️ Artist And Muse 💰 Class Divide

Immaculate Conception 86%

A scholarship student's obsession with a genius classmate turns monstrous inside a shared mind.

by Ling Ling Huang 2025

3.89

13k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Horror 📚 Literary Dystopia 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 🖼️ Artist And Muse 💰 Class Divide

The View from Saturday

by E.L. Konigsburg • 1996

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

3.76

47k+

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

The View from Saturday 86%

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

by E.L. Konigsburg 1996

3.76

47k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives 🫖 Cozy Gatherings 🏡 Small Town Life

Radio Silence

by Alice Oseman • 2016

Her perfect grades mask a secret fandom life. The podcast's creator is the boy across the street.

4.17

129k+

🎧 Internet Fandom 🎭 Secret Online Identity 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🏠 Found Family 📚 Academic Pressure

Radio Silence 86%

Her perfect grades mask a secret fandom life. The podcast's creator is the boy across the street.

by Alice Oseman 2016

4.17

129k+ ratings

🎧 Internet Fandom 🎭 Secret Online Identity 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🏠 Found Family 📚 Academic Pressure

Flat Earth

by Anika Jade Levy • 2025

A broke graduate student commodifies her body, her labor, her envy of her filmmaker best friend.

3.10

2k+

📝 Autofiction 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 😞 Self Loathing 💰 Transactional Intimacy 🎭 Literary Satire

Flat Earth 86%

A broke graduate student commodifies her body, her labor, her envy of her filmmaker best friend.

by Anika Jade Levy 2025

3.10

2k+ ratings

📝 Autofiction 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 😞 Self Loathing 💰 Transactional Intimacy 🎭 Literary Satire

The Only Survivors

by Megan Miranda • 2023

When a dead survivor's phone surfaces at the annual reunion, Cassidy discovers someone is watching.

3.54

90k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 😔 Survivor Guilt 🤝 Trauma-Bonded Friends 🧠 Unreliable Memories 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

The Only Survivors 86%

When a dead survivor's phone surfaces at the annual reunion, Cassidy discovers someone is watching.

by Megan Miranda 2023

3.54

90k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 😔 Survivor Guilt 🤝 Trauma-Bonded Friends 🧠 Unreliable Memories 🌫️ Ominous Atmosphere

Cut

by Patricia McCormick • 2000

A 15-year-old refuses to speak at a treatment center, hiding the reason she cuts herself.

3.76

60k+

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🏥 Residential Treatment 👥 Girls' Group Therapy 💔 Parental Neglect 🤝 Found Family

Cut 86%

A 15-year-old refuses to speak at a treatment center, hiding the reason she cuts herself.

by Patricia McCormick 2000

3.76

60k+ ratings

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🏥 Residential Treatment 👥 Girls' Group Therapy 💔 Parental Neglect 🤝 Found Family

The Final Girl Support Group

by Grady Hendrix • 2021

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

3.50

190k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Final Girl Support Group 86%

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

by Grady Hendrix 2021

3.50

190k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

We Were Never Here

by Andrea Bartz • 2021

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

3.49

147k+

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

We Were Never Here 86%

A best friend's violence feels like protection until a second body makes her question everything.

by Andrea Bartz 2021

3.49

147k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Suspense 🖤 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Cover Up Gone Wrong 🎭 Gaslighting

One of Us Knows

by Alyssa Cole • 2024

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

3.12

19k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

One of Us Knows 86%

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

by Alyssa Cole 2024

3.12

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

The Thorns

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2025

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

3.47

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Thorns 86%

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2025

3.47

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer • 2013

At arts camp, six teenagers decide they are exceptional. Forty years of ordinary life disagree.

3.60

124k+

🎨 Creative Ambition 💰 Class And Privilege 🕰️ Long Friendship 💔 Unrequited Love 🫂 Found Family

The Interestings 86%

At arts camp, six teenagers decide they are exceptional. Forty years of ordinary life disagree.

by Meg Wolitzer 2013

3.60

124k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Ambition 💰 Class And Privilege 🕰️ Long Friendship 💔 Unrequited Love 🫂 Found Family

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

by Michelle Cuevas • 2017

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

4.19

3k+

🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond 🍂 Letting Go 💔 Bittersweet

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend Summary

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend 86%

His twin sister alone sees him. Jacques Papier is her imaginary friend, yearning to be real.

by Michelle Cuevas 2017

4.19

3k+ ratings

🫥 Imaginary Friend 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy 👯 Twin Bond 🍂 Letting Go 💔 Bittersweet

The Wilderness

by Angela Flournoy • 2025

A grandfather's final choice. A sister's lasting silence. Three friends become her only shelter.

3.47

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The Wilderness 86%

A grandfather's final choice. A sister's lasting silence. Three friends become her only shelter.

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3.47

11k+ ratings

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Six medeians must stop their mentor from tearing open the multiverse, or help him do it.

2.83

34k+

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The Atlas Complex 86%

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by Olivie Blake 2024

2.83

34k+ ratings

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

3.73

85k+

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You'll Be the Death of Me 86%

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3.73

85k+ ratings

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3.96

23k+

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Where Sleeping Girls Lie 86%

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by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2024

3.96

23k+ ratings

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