Books like Perfect

Perfect by Sara Shepard reads as suspenseful, dramatic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Pretty Little Liars

Sara Shepard · 2006

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

75% genome match

Bury Me Deep

Christopher Pike · 1991

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

77% genome match

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson · 2019

Shares the academia thread

73% genome match

The Perfect Date

Robert Lawrence Stine · 1996

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

74% genome match

The Mystery at Lilac Inn

Carolyn Keene · 1930

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Playing with fire

Derek Landy · 2008

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Tenth Grade Bleeds

Z Brewer · 2009

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

70% genome match

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J.K. Rowling · 1999

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Genuine fraud

E. Lockhart · 2017

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Exile

Shannon Messenger · 2012

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Hidden Child

Anne Cassidy · 1997

Shares the unreliable thread

72% genome match

Le parfum de la dame en noir

Gaston Leroux · 1908

Shares the unreliable + academia thread

70% genome match