#2 in Thriller
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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About the book
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is a young adult mystery crime debut novel by British author Holly Jackson. The novel is the first in a series of three novels and one novella: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2019); Good Girl, Bad Blood (2020); As Good As Dead (2021); and Kill Joy (2021). All books were published by Electric Monkey in the United Kingdom and by Delacorte Press in the United States and ONE Verlag in Germany.
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8.38.3 / 10 - Good Girl, Bad Blood
8.38.3 / 10 - As Good As Dead
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 1,537 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 91% of the weight and the score stays at 8.3 — the Thriller average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 179 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 1.4K | 88% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“I loved this series soo much, but this book was by far my favorite in the series. Personally my favorite type of books are mysteries, so this book was so fun to read. This book can be a bit scary at times and a few…”
“4.25 stars ✨ The only reason this book did not end up as a five star for me is because I felt it was a bit slow at the beginning. Not slow actually, it is because through the Part 1, I did not feel like…”
Frequently asked
What age is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder for?
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 432 pages — longer than 60% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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