This Riot Recommendation listing great books about secrets is sponsored by Amazon Publishing, publishers of Only Ever Her by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen.

When a young bride goes missing, her loved ones are forced to question how well they knew her… and how well they know themselves. From Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, the author of When We Were Worthy, comes a riveting new novel about big family secrets laid bare in a small southern town. Read Only Ever Her.

Juicy. Scandalous. Dangerous. Heartbreaking. Friendship ending. We’re talking about secrets, of course, and all the things they can be and consequences to come once they are told. And we wanted to hear about them—well, specifically, we wanted to hear about great books about secrets! Which is why we asked you to tell us which great books about secrets you’ve loved and turned your recommendations into this juicy secret packed list. Yeah, we can’t keep a secret.

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Secret Place by Tana French

The Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom

Atonement by Ian McEwan

My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk

Summer of Katya by Trevanian

The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

V.C. Andrews

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Bluebird, Bluebird by by Attica Locke

Fallen Mountains by Kimi Cunningham Grant

A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Night in Question by Nic Joseph

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim