Books with plot twists. Spoilers.

[Miss Mara]

I'm looking to fill one of my Goodreads shelves with books that have plot twists.

Some examples include:

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...)

also

(Don't You) Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...)

Thanks!!

[Kris]

This "Best Twists" list might have some good ideas - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...

Are you looking for anything more specific - young adult vs. older adult, romance vs. no romance, etc.?

[Miss Mara]

I'm fine with any genre, and thank you!

[Mrsbooks]

Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom

[Rosa]

Little Lord Fauntleroy

[Keith]

Some good ones from the sci-fi and fantasy genres:

Brandon Sanderson's The Final Empire
Iain M. Banks' Use of Weapons
Patricia McKillip's Riddle-Master (I normally think of this as a single book as that's how I read it, but the first big twist is at the end of the first individual book).

[Lauren]

Genesis has a big plot twist at the end. Also, while it's only 150 pages, don't let the length fool you, it is very deep.

[Pamela]

Savvy by Ingrid LawSavvy

The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold The Warrior's Apprentice

Guards! Guards! by Terry PratchettGuards! Guards!

[CraftyChara]

The Eyre Affair
The Last Dragonslayer
My Sister's Keeper
Gone Girl
Shutter Island
The Westing Game
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Gerd]

Philip E. High, used to incorporate some nice plot twists in his stories.

Reality Forbidden
Butterfly Planet

[Pamela]

A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz A Drowned Maiden's Hair

In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden In This House of Brede

Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Really one story split into two books.) Hyperion

[Michele]

Lauren wrote: "Genesis has a big plot twist at the end. Also, while it's only 150 pages, don't let the length fool you, it is very deep.
"

Ooh yes. Great suggestion.

[Pamela]

This Star Shall Abide by Sylvia Louise Engdahl This Star Shall Abide

[Chrissy]

The Lost Sisterhood
The House of Memories
The Loyal Heart
The Cairo Codex
Astor Place Vintage
Graceling
The Forgotten Garden
Really anything by Kate Morton

[Rosa]

Who Censored Roger Rabbit?

[Pamela]

The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel The Boundless

[Rosa]

A Clockwork Orange

[Steph (loves water)]

The Other by Tom Tryon. One of my top 3 favorite books of all time.

[Michele]

Rosa wrote: "A Clockwork Orange"

But it has to be the version that includes chapter 21!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Mercury

[Trillian]

Fingersmith by Sarah waters has a good plot twist, right in the middle.

[Michele]

An Instance of the Fingerpost is twisty, for sure. It presents essentially the same sequence of events but from four or five different viewpoints, and by the end you realize that what you thought happened might not be what happened at all.

Gosh, I need to re-read that...

[Kris]

Spoiler alert added to the topic header.

[Ceilidh]

I'll toss in some for younger audiences:
White Cat by Holly Black (the next two books in the series are very twisty as well)
Return to Exile by E.J. Patten
The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen (although I think pretty much everyone knows that)
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (not so much for an individual instance, but the creepiness of the book and the uncertainty of everything)
Kingdom of Ash and Briars by Hannah West (I thought it was clever; many people disagree)

Hope that helps!

[Patricia]

Thomas by Robin Jarvis has several twists, including a major one near the end that changes how you view the previous events.

[Kris]

Sandra Brown's goal is to have a major plot twist in every novel.

[Rosa]

Anger Management
Competition by Donald Wells for the click.

[CraftyChara]

Innocent

[Natasha]

The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer

Code Name Verity

Fingersmith

Atonement

[Rosa]

Dancing Shoes

[C.]

I absolutely LOVED,LOVED,LOVED~

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Uncle Silas

Good gothic novel. A very innocent teenage girl who has come into an inheritance, a very suspicious governess, a bizarre uncle, a long carriage ride that seems to be going somewhere (BUT IS IT???)....brace yourself for the shocks!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

A Compass Error

[Rosa]

Planet of the Apes
And it's not the same twist as the movie, if you've seen that.

[Rosa]

Witch Week

[Barbara]

Rebecca

[Tanya]

The lightkeepers daughters has twist in it.
If you don't mind ya you should check out we were liars. Another ya that is kinda twisty is the female of species, it is kind of dark.

[Rosa]

Rebecca
The Lightkeeper's Daughter
We Were Liars
The Female of the Species for Barbara and Anya's suggestions.

[Soren]

Hidden Gem by Lissa Kasey has some twists in it

[Kaion]

Laura

[Moloch]

The Egyptologist

[KMichelleC87]

Pretty much anything written by Jodi Picoult has a shocking twist near the end

[[deleted user]]

The Other Typist
The Pale Horse

[C.]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Uncle Silas

Good gothic novel. A very innocent teenage girl who has come into an inheritance, a very suspicious governess, a bizarre uncle, a long carriage ride that seems to be going..."

Sounds sooo good, thanks for the suggestion! :D

[The Reading Raccoon]

Red Rising

A lot of double-crossing and twists in this series

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Fadeout

[Michele]

@Pamela, yes, This Star Shall Abide -- great rec.

also Donna Tartt, The Secret History

[Heather]

Try The Girl on the Train


Rachel Watson obsesses over her ex husband (Tom), his new wife (Anna), and their new daughter (Evie). She spends her days following their every move and calling the house. A struggling alcoholic, involves herself further into her ex husband's life when she sees the family nanny kissing a man that is not her husband. Through following her ex, Rachel discovers hidden secrets about her marriage that paint her in a new light.

[Rosa]

Flowers for Algernon

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Care of Wooden Floors