Most Anticipated YA Thrillers of 2025 - She Reads (2024)

Looking for a fast-paced thriller that will grab you from it’s first chapter? 2025 has a lot to offer when it comes to YA thrillers and these stories are surely ones that will keep you guessing all year around. From an ode to slasher movies to teen sleuths, you’d be doing your TBR a disservice without adding these to it ASAP!

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally (1/7)

After an incident almost cost her everything, Brooke has worked hard for perfect grades, perfect looks, and a perfect life. When she gets into her dream university, Brooke is so close to a fresh start that she can’t say no to a celebration. On the way home from the bonfire, Brooke and her best friend are followed by an old truck with someone inside who knows the truth about the incident and they plan on exposing everything…if Brooke can even survive the ride.

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The Wilde Trials by Mackenzie Reed (1/21)

Every year, the Wilde Academy holds a competition in which a dozen seniors compete for a million dollars called the Wilde Trials. This year, Chloe Gatti is more than determined to win so she can use the money to help her sick sister. When someone begins sending Chloe threatening messages, she must strike a deal with her ex-boyfriend, Hayes, in order solve the mystery that ultimately led to the death of Hayes’s brother.

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The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman (2/4)

Senior year has begun at Meadowbrook Academy. Amy and her best friend, Sarah, are about to make the most of it in their sleepy Connecticut town. When Sarah and her boyfriend are brutally murdered, Amy becomes the main suspect as she told the police she was the only one there when they died to cover for her boyfriend. The editor of the school newspaper, Liz, believes that she can land a scholarship to college if she uncovers what really happened during the night of the murders. Both Amy and Liz begin to uncover secrets they weren’t expecting, a killer stalks the campus.

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Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours (2/4)

Sariyah Lee Bryant has a secret that only she, her family, and her best friend, Malcolm knows about. She can hear what people need. Shortly after fulfilling a need for her friend Deja, Deja disappears, and Sariyah blames herself. This isn’t her first friend to go missing and she’s determined to not let Deja be another forgotten Black girl. Sariyah must rely on her ability more than ever as she decides to use it as a job to make cash for her family and find out what really happened to Deja.

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The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzalez Rose (2/18)

Luna’s twin sister, Solina, was supposed to be returning to the elite boarding school in Washington and unexpectedly decided to drop out. Then, Solina vanished and was found dead mere hours later. Luna knows that Solina’s death was not an accident and decides that if she “becomes” Solina, she can return to Kingswood Academy as Solina to get to the bottom of what really was going on in Solina’s life and why she was so against returning. When she arrives at the school as Solina, Luna begins to realize that Solina was hiding much more than anyone would ever guess.

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How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans (3/11)

CJ Smith is one of the only survivors of a the Satterville Wolf Man. Now, she just wants to blend in and ignore the Slasherville book series that document the massacre that almost cost CJ her life. When an unpublished Slasherville book is left on CJ’s doorstep that predicts more murders, CJ believes it to be a cruel prank until the events start becoming true. Then, the final girl in the book who is supposed to take down the Wolf Man dies, CJ has no option other than to ignore blending in and begin fighting for her life.

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We Are Villains by Kacen Callender (3/25)

Milo has just returned to Yates Academy with one thing on his mind; get to the bottom of the death of his best friend Arianna. Even though this was ruled an accident, Milo knows there’s more to the story. King of Yates, Liam, has just begun to receive threatening letters that accuse him of Arianna’s murder which could make him lose his reputation. When Liam asks Milo for help in finding out the truth about Arianna’s death, Milo realizes that Liam is hiding something.

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Pride or Die by CL Montblanc (4/15)

All Eleanora wants is to graduate and leave Texas behind. Her peace is disrupted when her LGBTQ+ group meeting coincides with an attack on the head cheerleader at school. Now the members of the club have to band together even more to not only clear their names but keep the group alive as they battle high school and a murder mystery.

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All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis (4/15)

Aiden looks up to his star quarterback brother, Brandon, and wants to play football just like him. When an overstimulation meltdown almost causes Aiden to lose his spot on the team, some of the other players are less than welcoming as they wonder if his autism will get in the way of them winning on game day. When a fight breaks out and Brandon interferes with Aiden, Brandon is charged with felony assault on an officer. As the trial looms, Aiden is determined to save Brandon and clear his name after he tries to piece together what really happened that night.

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