The most popular missing persons books

Someone vanishes, and the search begins. In these books a child, a wife or a friend disappears without a trace, and the people left behind refuse to give up. Novels and true cases alike are driven by one question: what happened? The answers are rarely simple.

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Northern Lights
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Northern Lights

Philip Pullman

1995 · 2021 edition

397 pages

Paper Towns
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Paper Towns

John Green

2008 · 2017 edition

376 pages

Clockwork Angel
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Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare

2010 · 2021 edition

490 pages

Pretty Girls
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Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter

2015 · 2025 edition

592 pages

Scarlet
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Scarlet

Marissa Meyer

2013 · 2025 edition

384 pages

The Amber Spyglass
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The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman, Jakob J. Kenda

2000 · 2021 edition

522 pages

Carry On
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Carry On

Rainbow Rowell

2014 · 2021 edition

528 pages

The Silkworm
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The Silkworm

Robert Galbraith

2014 · 2017 edition

592 pages

Jar of Hearts
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Jar of Hearts

Jennifer Hillier

2018 · 2019 edition

320 pages