One of Us Is Next
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
A game of Truth or Dare drives the school mystery of “One of Us Is Next”, and its ending catches readers off guard. Some feel the stakes are higher than in “One of Us Is Lying”, some call it a slight follow-up with little plot that the first book did not need, and some see through the scheme long before the characters do.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
One of Us Is Next is a mystery thriller novel by Karen M. McManus and the sequel to One of Us Is Lying (2017). Set a year after the events of the first book, it follows three Bayview High students—Maeve Rojas, Knox Myers, and Phoebe Lawton—as an anonymous texter begins a game of truth or dare that has fatal consequences. First published on January 7, 2020, the novel has received generally positive reviews. A sequel, One of Us Is Back, was published on July 23, 2023.
Reading order · One of Us Is Lying
Full order & progress →- One of Us Is LyingStart here
7.67.6 / 10 - One of Us Is NextThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - One of Us Is BackOne of Us Is Back–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 286 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 66% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 25 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 261 | 91% |
Frequently asked
What age is One of Us Is Next for?
One of Us Is Next 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 384 pages — shorter than 67% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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Same shelf — Thriller — with scores between 7.6 and 8.3, closest to this book.
