At the B&N Reads blog
Jeff Somers tagged six "novels [that] make you
think you know what’s going on, only to completely twist you up when you’re done reading," including:
We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
This YA novel is a corker of a bookish puzzle that will blow minds of all ages. Cadence Eastman spends her childhood summers on a small island owned by her incredibly wealthy grandfather. Her first 14 summers there are idyllic, spent romping with the “Liars,” Cadence’s cousins and and a beloved family friend. The fifteenth summer, however, is different: Cadence wakes up after a mysterious accident, suffering from a host of mental problems, including amnesia. She spends a summer away from the island, then returns, only to find everything has changed. As Cadence delves into the mystery of what happened to her, the reader will be fooled right up until the last moment—and then will feverishly flip back to the front to see how they could possibly have missed the clues along the way.
Read about
the other entries on the list.
We Were Liars is among
Avery Hastings's five favorite books featuring unreliable narrators,
Darren Croucher's five favorite YA novels featuring liars,
Michael Waters's six must-read YA books for Mr. Robot fans,
Lindsey Lewis Smithson's top seven sob-inducing books that deserve to be made into movies,
Ruth Ware's top ten psychological thrillers, and
Meredith Moore's five favorite YA thrillers.
--Marshal Zeringue
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