Books Like A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

🌶️ 1/5 PropulsiveTrue Crime AdjacentYA Energy

Pip is convinced the murder case that rocked her small town five years ago was solved wrong. For her senior capstone project, she's going to reinvestigate it. A genuinely propulsive YA thriller that r

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So A Good Girl's Guide to Murder wrecked you. Welcome to the club. Whether it was the propulsive vibes, the amateur detective, or Holly Jackson's ability to make you forget you have a life outside these pages — we've been there. These aren't random "if you liked X" picks. Every book on this page was matched element by element against what made A Good Girl's Guide to Murder hit different. Same energy, new stories.

12 Books Matched to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Grouped by the elements that made A Good Girl's Guide to Murder unforgettable.

The Magic That Made Everything Else Feel Flat

Listen for the Lie

by Amy Tintera

🌶️ 1/5 · 320p

You loved A Good Girl's Guide to Murder for the small town secrets? Listen for the Lie is your next obsession. Same emotional frequency, different story — and Amy Tintera might just become your new auto-buy author.

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Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan

🌶️ 1/5 · 116p

If A Good Girl's Guide to Murder's small town secrets energy had you one-clicking at midnight, Small Things Like These delivers the same rush. Claire Keegan knows exactly what you're craving.

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All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker

🌶️ 1/5 · 560p

All the Colors of the Dark hits the same small town secrets notes that made A Good Girl's Guide to Murder impossible to put down. Chris Whitaker brings epic and emotional to every page.

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The Prose That Made You Stop and Reread

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng

🌶️ 1/5 · 338p · Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Little Fires Everywhere hits the same small town secrets notes that made A Good Girl's Guide to Murder impossible to put down. Celeste Ng brings tense and thoughtful to every page.

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Our #1 Pick After A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera — 🌶️ 1/5 spice, 320 pages

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Questions About Books Like A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder include Listen for the Lie, Small Things Like These, All the Colors of the Dark. Each matches on specific elements like propulsive and true crime adjacent that made A Good Girl's Guide to Murder resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera — it shares A Good Girl's Guide to Murder's core Propulsive energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

Yes — A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is part of the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series (book 6). Check Holly Jackson's author page for the full reading order.

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder has a spice level of 1/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is already a low-spice read (1/5). Most similar books on this page have comparable heat levels.

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