YA Books About Girls with a Dark Side

Move over good girls. We’re here for these YA books about girls with a dark side! These teen girls have dark secrets to hide, dangerous pasts to contend with, and they’re determined to find answers—no matter how risky it might be.

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake

By Rebekah Faubion

After a group of teens visit a dangerous island where three are left behind, the surviving girls realize they must return to confront the sinister force hunting them. This dark YA thriller is perfect for fans of Yellowjackets.

Eight were lost. Five were found. None will ever be free.

Girls of Dark Divine

By E. V. Woods

A group of hauntingly beautiful girls have been bound together by a cruel curse—and one of them will go to any lengths to save them from their violent dance. Phantom of the Opera meets Black Swan in this breathtakingly gorgeous gothic fantasy about love and control that will never let you go.

Difficult Girls

By Veronica Bane

A teen girl’s attempt at social reinvention takes a deadly turn when a co-worker disappears—and she learns she may have been the last person to see the missing girl—in this razor-sharp, murderously funny thriller debut.

The Library of Lost Girls

By Kristen Pipps

When her sister returns from finishing school a total stranger, a teen seeks out the cause and discovers that the cost of becoming a perfect lady is much higher—and more sinister—than ever expected. A lush, gothic tale that will haunt readers long after they turn the last page.

Hatchet Girls

By Diana Rodriguez Wallach

Set more than one hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive, supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if history were to repeat itself today. Perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers!

The Society for Soulless Girls

By Laura Steven

Welcome to Carvell Academy. . . darkness awaits. This twisty thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates follows two roommates who must solve an infamous cold case on their campus after a new victim is claimed.