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Top authors writing young adult crime
Kyle Keyes
4.32 · 100 ratings
fiction · mystery · epic · contemporary · book · crime · drama · suspense · young-adult · action-adventure · new-adult · dark · psychological · middle-grade · transgressive-mc · cults · spirituality · thriller · humor · teens
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T.L. Payne
4.30 · 192 ratings
fiction · dystopia · post-apocalyptic · book · young-adult · sci-fi · apocalyptic · horror · suspense · crime · action-adventure · kidnapping · terrorism · audiobook · survival · violent-conflict · death · travel · tragedy · military
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Holly Jackson
4.30 · 205 ratings
fiction · young-adult · book · murder · crime · contemporary · thriller · mystery · suspense · audiobook · killer · female-author · horror · law-enforcement · female-mc · whodunit · dark · realistic · high-school · family
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Robin Stevens
4.26 · 203 ratings
children · young-adult · middle-grade · mystery · crime · murder · fiction · action-adventure · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · children-books · historical · book · whodunit · friendship · boarding-school · audiobook · killer · cozy · female-author
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Robert Muchamore
4.22 · 568 ratings
action-adventure · fiction · book · young-adult · law-enforcement · espionage · thriller · political-intrigue · children · crime · contemporary · mystery · humor · middle-grade · realistic · children-books · suspense · high-school · male-mc · teens
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Mark Walden
4.21 · 205 ratings
young-adult · book · sci-fi · action-adventure · fiction · middle-grade · children-books · espionage · political-intrigue · mystery · super-powered · children · friendship · crime · dystopia · audiobook · humor · urban-fantasy · boarding-school · contemporary
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J.M. Darhower
4.17 · 353 ratings
contemporary · fiction · new-adult · romance · book · organized-crime · alpha-mc · crime · angst · dark · young-adult · mystery · drama · suspense · forbidden-love · action-adventure · steamy · anti-hero · family · abuse
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Julie Campbell
4.05 · 132 ratings
mystery · fiction · young-adult · action-adventure · children-books · children · book · middle-grade · crime · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · classics · literary · friendship · audiobook · contemporary · female-author · cozy · humor · anthologies
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Sarah Brianne
4.05 · 178 ratings
romance · book · fiction · crime · dark · contemporary · alpha-mc · organized-crime · steamy · new-adult · drama · angst · abuse · young-adult · mystery · enemies-to-lovers · audiobook · anti-hero · university · insta-love
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Ellie Marney
4.03 · 128 ratings
young-adult · fiction · book · crime · mystery · romance · contemporary · friendship · suspense · family · law-enforcement · action-adventure · killer · murder · friends-to-lovers · realistic · historical · historical-fiction · secrets · female-mc
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Ashley Elston
4.00 · 124 ratings
fiction · book · contemporary · friendship · family · high-school · realistic · young-adult · suspense · crime · female-mc · romance · coming-of-age · drama · mystery · thriller · audiobook · multi-pov · action-adventure · law-enforcement
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Alan Bradley
3.96 · 397 ratings
cozy · mystery · crime · historical · fiction · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · young-adult · audiobook · suspense · thriller · book · whodunit · action-adventure · children · middle-grade · killer · humor · amateur-sleuth
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Karen M. McManus
3.90 · 303 ratings
fiction · mystery · murder · crime · young-adult · contemporary · killer · book · friendship · audiobook · suspense · whodunit · thriller · high-school · law-enforcement · realistic · coming-of-age · family · drama · horror
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April Henry
3.86 · 319 ratings
fiction · book · mystery · suspense · audiobook · contemporary · young-adult · crime · law-enforcement · action-adventure · realistic · thriller · female-mc · survival · horror · murder · friendship · family · killer · death
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Kara Thomas
3.85 · 158 ratings
fiction · book · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · suspense · young-adult · murder · realistic · high-school · contemporary · killer · friendship · audiobook · female-mc · thriller · family · psychological · mental-illness · horror
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Y.S. Lee
3.85 · 102 ratings
young-adult · fiction · mystery · crime · romance · action-adventure · female-mc · poc-mc · steampunk · industrial-era · historical · realistic · historical-fiction · female-author · book · poc-author · regency · audiobook · political-intrigue · feminism
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Sara Shepard
3.85 · 970 ratings
fiction · contemporary · book · young-adult · mystery · suspense · womens-fiction · realistic · murder · crime · drama · friendship · female-mc · law-enforcement · high-school · audiobook · romance · killer · female-author · multi-pov
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Amy Engel
3.84 · 104 ratings
audiobook · fiction · family · book · suspense · drama · female-mc · murder · contemporary · young-adult · action-adventure · horror · new-adult · mystery · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · coming-of-age · dark · survival
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Barry Lyga
3.83 · 333 ratings
fiction · young-adult · book · mystery · crime · contemporary · suspense · male-mc · audiobook · horror · realistic · family · thriller · high-school · friendship · serial-killers · murder · drama · action-adventure · dark
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Sidney Sheldon
3.79 · 658 ratings
fiction · book · suspense · thriller · drama · crime · mystery · contemporary · action-adventure · audiobook · young-adult · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · literary · classics · murder · womens-fiction · conspiracies · female-mc · literary-fiction
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Kimberly McCreight
3.73 · 172 ratings
book · suspense · fiction · psychological · contemporary · thriller · audiobook · family · friendship · mystery · young-adult · killer · crime · horror · death · drama · dark · murder · secrets · realistic
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Marisha Pessl
3.72 · 138 ratings
contemporary · audiobook · suspense · book · fiction · mystery · family · young-adult · female-author · horror · death · dark · dark-academia · crime · 21st-century · paranormal · supernatural · gothic · psychological · law-enforcement
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Megan Miranda
3.69 · 349 ratings
book · fiction · suspense · contemporary · murder · audiobook · thriller · crime · psychological · mystery · young-adult · female-mc · death · horror · friendship · adult · killer · realistic · drama · family
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Kevin Brooks
3.67 · 217 ratings
young-adult · fiction · realistic · contemporary · book · mystery · crime · action-adventure · drama · teens · suspense · high-school · mental-illness · family · psychological · dark · male-mc · romance · coming-of-age · survival
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Rachel Ward
3.67 · 107 ratings
fiction · book · mystery · crime · contemporary · young-adult · action-adventure · survival · supernatural · death · suspense · paranormal · dystopia · urban-fantasy · fantasy · psychics · family · futuristic · audiobook · post-apocalyptic
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Gretchen McNeil
3.66 · 182 ratings
young-adult · fiction · horror · book · contemporary · mystery · suspense · killer · high-school · crime · friendship · dark · thriller · action-adventure · audiobook · law-enforcement · realistic · death · survival · murder
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Natalie D. Richards
3.62 · 166 ratings
fiction · young-adult · book · suspense · mystery · contemporary · horror · thriller · realistic · law-enforcement · audiobook · high-school · crime · killer · friendship · action-adventure · psychological · drama · coming-of-age · survival
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Edgar Cantero
3.51 · 100 ratings
fantasy · fiction · humor · mystery · spooky · horror · young-adult · contemporary · crime · action-adventure · comedy · book · supernatural · urban-fantasy · suspense · paranormal · audiobook · lgbtq · dark · magical-realism
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