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Top authors writing young adult crime
Kyle Keyes
100 ratings 4.32 ·
crime · drama · fiction · mystery · epic · book · contemporary · young-adult · action-adventure · suspense · psychological · new-adult · dark · transgressive-mc · middle-grade · cults · thriller · humor · spirituality · fantasy
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Robin Stevens
180 ratings 4.30 ·
friendship · whodunit · book · mystery · crime · historical · action-adventure · young-adult · children · middle-grade · boarding-school · murder · fiction · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · children-books · killer · audiobook · female-author · cozy
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T.L. Payne
135 ratings 4.29 ·
post-apocalyptic · dystopia · fiction · book · sci-fi · young-adult · apocalyptic · horror · suspense · action-adventure · crime · kidnapping · terrorism · survival · audiobook · violent-conflict · death · military · male-mc · contemporary
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Holly Jackson
179 ratings 4.24 ·
young-adult · book · contemporary · fiction · murder · crime · thriller · suspense · mystery · killer · audiobook · whodunit · female-author · law-enforcement · horror · realistic · racism · female-mc · dark · high-school
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Mark Walden
170 ratings 4.21 ·
sci-fi · book · young-adult · action-adventure · fiction · middle-grade · children-books · super-powered · espionage · political-intrigue · mystery · children · friendship · crime · dystopia · audiobook · humor · boarding-school · urban-fantasy · contemporary
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Robert Muchamore
481 ratings 4.20 ·
fiction · book · young-adult · action-adventure · espionage · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · thriller · children · crime · contemporary · mystery · humor · middle-grade · children-books · realistic · suspense · high-school · teens · male-mc
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J.M. Darhower
346 ratings 4.19 ·
contemporary · fiction · romance · new-adult · alpha-mc · book · crime · angst · organized-crime · young-adult · dark · drama · mystery · suspense · forbidden-love · steamy · action-adventure · family · anti-hero · abuse
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Ally Carter
576 ratings 4.10 ·
book · fiction · contemporary · young-adult · mystery · action-adventure · realistic · political-intrigue · espionage · romance · womens-fiction · friendship · female-mc · middle-grade · suspense · high-school · crime · humor · teens · audiobook
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Dot Hutchison
130 ratings 4.05 ·
horror · book · audiobook · fiction · contemporary · crime · drama · thriller · mystery · serial-killers · dark · killer · law-enforcement · psychological · murder · suspense · abuse · friendship · kidnapping · young-adult
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Julie Campbell
126 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · mystery · children · action-adventure · young-adult · children-books · book · middle-grade · historical-fiction · crime · literary · classics · law-enforcement · friendship · audiobook · contemporary · female-author · cozy · humor · fantasy
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Sarah Brianne
158 ratings 4.03 ·
organized-crime · romance · book · contemporary · steamy · alpha-mc · dark · crime · fiction · abuse · new-adult · drama · mystery · enemies-to-lovers · young-adult · audiobook · university · angst · suspense · family
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Ellie Marney
110 ratings 4.03 ·
young-adult · fiction · book · crime · mystery · romance · contemporary · friendship · law-enforcement · suspense · action-adventure · family · realistic · killer · female-mc · murder · coming-of-age · historical · thriller · lgbtq
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
mystery · gothic · fantasy · historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · drama · horror · audiobook · book · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · supernatural
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Ashley Elston
115 ratings 3.98 ·
book · fiction · high-school · realistic · friendship · contemporary · family · young-adult · crime · suspense · romance · mystery · drama · coming-of-age · audiobook · thriller · killer · law-enforcement · female-mc · action-adventure
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Alan Bradley
329 ratings 3.97 ·
whodunit · crime · mystery · historical · cozy · action-adventure · suspense · fiction · murder · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · killer · book · 20th-century · thriller · humor · young-adult · children · audiobook · amateur-sleuth
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Elle Cosimano
156 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · book · contemporary · mystery · murder · suspense · romance · killer · young-adult · action-adventure · paranormal · crime · female-mc · friendship · audiobook · supernatural · urban-fantasy · adult · family · fantasy
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April Henry
269 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · suspense · book · mystery · crime · audiobook · contemporary · young-adult · law-enforcement · action-adventure · realistic · thriller · female-mc · murder · family · horror · killer · survival · friendship · death
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Karen M. McManus
266 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · mystery · contemporary · young-adult · killer · murder · crime · suspense · friendship · audiobook · book · high-school · law-enforcement · realistic · whodunit · thriller · multi-pov · family · coming-of-age · horror
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Sara Shepard
913 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · book · contemporary · suspense · young-adult · mystery · womens-fiction · realistic · drama · murder · crime · high-school · law-enforcement · friendship · female-mc · romance · audiobook · killer · female-author · lgbtq
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Kady Cross
151 ratings 3.85 ·
supernatural · mystery · fiction · book · paranormal · young-adult · romance · historical · magic · historical-fiction · victorian · steampunk · sci-fi · industrial-era · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · crime · alternate-history · friendship · high-school
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Y.S. Lee
102 ratings 3.85 ·
young-adult · crime · fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · industrial-era · action-adventure · realistic · steampunk · female-author · female-mc · romance · historical · poc-mc · law-enforcement · poc-author · feminism · suspense · book · regency
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Kara Thomas
138 ratings 3.85 ·
fiction · mystery · young-adult · crime · book · friendship · law-enforcement · killer · suspense · contemporary · high-school · realistic · murder · psychological · audiobook · family · female-mc · drama · thriller · death
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Amy Engel
104 ratings 3.84 ·
book · fiction · audiobook · family · drama · suspense · thriller · crime · literary-fiction · mystery · new-adult · horror · coming-of-age · female-mc · murder · young-adult · action-adventure · contemporary · futuristic · romance
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Sidney Sheldon
632 ratings 3.79 ·
fiction · suspense · book · mystery · thriller · crime · drama · contemporary · action-adventure · young-adult · audiobook · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · classics · literary · murder · womens-fiction · conspiracies · female-mc · literary-fiction
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Kimberly McCreight
162 ratings 3.72 ·
suspense · fiction · book · contemporary · audiobook · friendship · thriller · mystery · psychological · young-adult · family · killer · horror · death · crime · murder · dark · secrets · drama · realistic
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Kevin Brooks
196 ratings 3.69 ·
fiction · young-adult · book · realistic · contemporary · mystery · crime · action-adventure · drama · teens · high-school · suspense · romance · mental-illness · coming-of-age · male-mc · dark · horror · death · psychological
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Gretchen McNeil
166 ratings 3.68 ·
young-adult · fiction · horror · book · contemporary · mystery · suspense · high-school · killer · crime · dark · friendship · thriller · action-adventure · survival · law-enforcement · audiobook · realistic · lgbtq · supernatural
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Megan Miranda
328 ratings 3.68 ·
fiction · book · suspense · contemporary · audiobook · murder · thriller · crime · mystery · young-adult · psychological · female-mc · death · horror · friendship · killer · realistic · drama · family · dark
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