Books like The assassin game by Kirsty McKay
At Cate’s isolated boarding school, the Killer Game is a long‑standing tradition that invites a select group of students to play a series of thrilling pranks while trying to avoid being killed and to identify the murderer. This year, the game takes a darker turn: the pranks become genuinely lethal, and Cate herself is the next target. The students must work together to uncover the killer before the danger escalates further.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Kirsty McKay
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 (0 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for The assassin game by Kirsty McKay are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to The assassin game (17 similar books)
In Suzanne Collins’ debut dystopian novel, 16‑year‑old Katniss Everdeen of Panem faces the annual Hunger Games—a televised, death‑match competition in which one boy and one girl from each of the nation’s twelve districts are chosen by lottery.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A boy with broken memory wakes in a stone‑walled maze, where he meets other children who call it the Glade. When the first girl arrives, secrets about survival, cooperation, and the maze’s mystery begin to surface.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Six of Crows is a fantasy novel in the Grishaverse that follows a crew of thieves in the city of Ketterdam, a Dutch‑inspired port, told through the third‑person viewpoints of seven characters.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In a future Earth crowded with humans and androids, cyborg mechanic Cinder, a second‑class citizen, must uncover her hidden past to protect a planet threatened by plague and an alien threat, all while navigating a forbidden romance with Prince Kai.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In a world split by blood, a lowly Red named Mare Barrow discovers a hidden power that threatens the ruling Silver elite, forcing her into the palace as a fake princess while she secretly fuels a rebellion.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In a society split by blood color, Mare Barrow, a low‑born Red, discovers she can forge a blade from glass and joins the rebellion against the Silver rulers.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Rugby team trouble and teenage heartbreak set in a boarding school where Ryan Dean West faces challenges in interpersonal relationships, academics, and his newfound athletic life at the varsity level.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A sixteen‑year‑old assassin, Boy Nobody, struggles with a secret mission that forces him to confront his longing for a normal life.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A boarding‑school adventure game turns deadly when Edward confronts the tyrannical headmaster and an evil doctor, bringing a supernatural fantasy battleground to the school’s hallways.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
M Freeman leaves the Lawless School, training children of criminals, to fight a looming weapon threat. She joins the Fulbright Academy, where secrets abound, and must decide whether to continue her criminal past or become a champion of law and order.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
At St. Aidan the Great School (S.T.A.G.S.), scholarship student Greer MacDonald battles exclusion by the popular Medievals while navigating school life and secret societies.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
At Rotten School, Bernie Bridges discovers that his classmates are trapped in a game called Wungo Warriors, where they assume roles such as warriors, princesses, and knights. He must outwit the wealthy student Sherman Oaks before a real battle destroys the school.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A young child's quest to save the world from a malevolent artificial intelligence genius and the villainous forces he serves, set in a sci-fi universe where the line between good and evil is thin and the stakes are high.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Three siblings in an alternate New York city team up to unravel a modern‑world puzzle and navigate a city‑wide treasure hunt.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
The Enemy by Charlie HigsonThe Fearless by Emma Mills
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!