Good Girl, Bad Blood
by Holly Jackson
★ Most-read book of 2020 · #1 on Best Books of 2020
Pip has given up detective work, but her true-crime podcast about a past murder case has gone viral. When Jamie Reynolds vanishes and the police shrug, she returns to investigating and digs up more of her town's secrets.
Best for: Fans of true-crime style mysteries with a missing person and a determined sleuth
Good Girl, Bad Blood is #1 on BookWard's Best Books of 2020, out of 65 2020 books that cleared our data bar.
What Good Girl, Bad Blood is about
Pip swore she was finished with detective work. She and Ravi Singh untangled a murder case together, and the podcast she made about it spread far beyond her town. Now she wants a quieter life, and then someone she knows, Jamie Reynolds, drops out of sight.
He goes missing on the same night the town gathers to remember Andie Bell and Sal Singh, six years after their deaths. The police shrug and do nothing, so Pip goes looking herself. The difference is that she is no longer an unknown teenager asking awkward questions. People are paying attention, and the more she digs, the more buried trouble in her small community comes to the surface. It suits readers who enjoy true-crime stories and wonder what happens when official help never arrives.
Good Girl, Bad Blood on the Best Books of 2020
Good Girl, Bad Blood came out in 2020. Of the 65 books first published in 2020 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #1 on our Best Books of 2020 list.
Why it made the list: 2,091 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (70 ratings); 128 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
It earns Most-read of 2020 and being read right now.
Nearby on the 2020 list
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins, #2
- The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel, #3
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 1,851 want to read it, 128 are reading it now and 112 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.1 out of 5 from 70 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 97 | 55% |
| Reader love | 71 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 98 | 20% |
Questions about Good Girl, Bad Blood
When was Good Girl, Bad Blood published?
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson was first published in 2020.
Was Good Girl, Bad Blood one of the best books of 2020?
Good Girl, Bad Blood is #1 on BookWard's Best Books of 2020, out of 65 2020 books that cleared our data bar. 2,091 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (70 ratings); 128 are reading it right now.
Why is Good Girl, Bad Blood on the Best Books of 2020 list?
2,091 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.1 out of 5 (70 ratings); 128 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2020
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins, #2
- The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel, #3
- The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #4
- Heartstopper, Volume 3 Alice Oseman, #5
- The Midnight Library Matt Haig, #6
- Credence Penelope Douglas, #7
See the full Best Books of 2020, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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