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Books like The Girls
A sun-drenched, dread-soaked fever dream about the intoxicating, dangerous hunger of teenage girlhood. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Girls.
- sun-drenched
- hazy
- dread-soaked
- intoxicating
- 01
Wilder Girls
Rory Power
A visceral, dread-soaked descent into the monstrous beauty of survival and the fierce, feral bonds of girlhood.
- 02
Final Girls
Riley Sager
A cinematic, blood-spattered psychological thriller that peels back the glossy veneer of survival to reveal the lingering horrors beneath.
- 03
What Lies in the Woods
Kate Alice Marshall
A dark, tangled exploration of childhood secrets and the devastating cost of keeping them buried.
- 04
The Burning Girls
C. J. Tudor
A dread-soaked descent into a claustrophobic village where the past refuses to stay buried.
- 05
The incendiaries
R. O. Kwon
A feverish, crystalline exploration of obsessive love, fractured faith, and the terrifying gravity of extreme belief.
- 06
My best friend's exorcism
Grady Hendrix
A neon-soaked, blood-spattered love letter to the fierce, terrifying, and life-or-death intensity of teenage female friendship.
- 07
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix
A sweltering, blood-soaked slice of 1970s feminist horror where desperate girls turn to dark magic to reclaim their stolen futures.
- 08
Ghost Wall
Sarah Moss
A taut, dread-soaked novella that tightens like a snare around your throat as ancient rituals bleed into modern domestic terror.
- 09
Arcadia
Lauren Groff
A bittersweet, earthy exploration of a utopian dream's rise and fall through the eyes of a child growing up inside it.
- 10
Helter Skelter
Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry · 1974
A chilling, methodical descent into the darkest corners of the 1960s counterculture, guided by the prosecutor who brought the monsters to justice.
- 11
Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty
A razor-sharp, sun-drenched suburban mystery that hides devastating secrets behind a facade of schoolyard politics and perfect lattes.
- 12
Lifeguard
Richie Tankersley Cusick
A sun-drenched summer vacation rapidly curdles into a paranoid fight for survival against the very people meant to keep you safe.
