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Longlegs Read-Alikes

Serial killers, the occult and terrifying killing sprees... This list has it all!

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  • Cassie is a natural at reading people, which is why the FBI has added her to their classified program, where they train and use teens to close infamous cold cases! Now, a new killer is on the loose, and they want to take down The Naturals!
    BookNew York : Hyperion, 2014. — TEEN FICTION BARNES
  • Temple, the kid of a serial killer, is a camp counselor at a camp for true crime enthusiasts while she attempts to unearth the truth surrounding her mom's murder. But a girl is found dead in the woods, which changes everything!
    BookNew York : Amulet Books, 2024. — TEEN FICTION ELLIS
  • Following the murder of their leader and friend, a tight-knit coven of queer teens take on a wish-granting demon lurking in their town! This wildly original and spine-chilling YA debut about queer-found family and love that outlasts death…
    BookNew York : Union Square & Co., 2024. — TEEN FICTION KOLSCH
  • An anthology of horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end.
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2024. — TEEN FICTION BLACK
  • It's "Practical Magic" meets Erika L. Sanchez in this dazzling YA fantasy about a Cuban American family of brujas who get entangled in love, magic and murder, alternating between 1980s Cuba and present-day Miami.
    BookNew York, NY : Zando Young Readers, 2023. — TEEN FICTION MONTALBAN
  • No one survived the party at the penthouse except Athan, who is now the primary suspect in this massacre. To prove his innocence, he must reveal the secret occult society and deadly horrors that are awakening in New York City.
    BookNew York, NY : Push, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., 2023. — TEEN FICTION LA SALA
  • Nora uncovers dangerous secrets and eerie local lore surrounding disappearances in her small town, where a teacher and three teens, including her best friend, go missing — a horror/fantasy crossover with a thin line between make-believe…
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2024. — TEEN FICTION ALBERT
  • Sixteen-year-old, Irish-born Niamh has just arrived in London for the summer and quickly discovers that girls who look frighteningly like her are being attacked.
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, 2024. — TEEN FICTION MURPHY
  • When she wishes her baby brother Owen away to the Lord of the Wood, shame-filled Leah makes a deal with the devilish Lord to bring Owen back, a bargain that unearths her town's secrets, making her question everything she's been taught to…
    BookSalem, MA : Page Street YA, 2024. — TEEN FICTION BOVALINO
  • On the day of her sister's murder trial, Alice is knocked out in the courthouse. She wakes up a year earlier on the day her sister is going to be murdered. Alice has until midnight to save her sister and find the real killer before he…
    BookNew York : Razorbill, 2022. — TEEN FICTION VALENTINE
  • Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder.
    BookChapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, [2014] — TEEN FICTION RITTER
  • Paris, the 19th century: women are being killed. The body count is quickly piling up! Can Nathalie find the killer before the killer finds her?
    BookNew York : Tor Teen, [2019] — TEEN FICTION ZDROK
  • Zuretta goes to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 to find out what happened to her sister. Instead, she hears crying from the walls of her hotel, terrifying whispers in the night and learns that women are constantly disappearing.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire, [2021] — TEEN FICTION MOORE
  • It starts with a group of kids messing around with an Ouija board. Little did they know it would summon an ancient evil. Now, it's up to the Diviners to keep the city of New York safe. This book will make you want to sleep with the lights…
    Downloadable Audiobook[New York] : Listening Library, 2012. — BOUNDLESS EAUDIOBOOK