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The Inheritance Games

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Book 1 in The Inheritance Games

Subject
Mysteries & Detective Stories
Age
Teen
Format
Trade Paperback
Pages
400
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Size
13.7 cm × 20.8 cm
ISBN
9780759555402

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Don't miss this New York Times bestselling "impossible to put down" (Buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets—perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out.

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why—or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.

To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch—and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.

Catch every thrilling twist and turn of The Inheritance Games Saga, including the Grandest Game, the thrilling new series set in the world of the Inheritance Games:

The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games #1)The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games #2)The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games #3)The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games #4)Games UntoldThe Grandest Game (The Grandest Game #1)Glorious Rivals (The Grandest Game #2)The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)The Same Backward as Forward


For more unputdownable reads from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, don’t miss the killer The Naturals series, and The Debutantes duet.

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What reviewers said

Praise for The Inheritance Games:
A New York Times and Indiebound Bestseller
Edgar Award Nominee, Best Young Adult Mystery
GoodReads Choice Awards, Best YA Fiction finalist
A Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and New York Public LibraryBest YA Book of the Year
An Amazon Top 100 Book of 2020
“Barnes is a master of puzzles and plot twists. The Inheritance Games was the most fun I’ve had all year.”
E. Lockhart, bestselling author of We Were Liars and Again Again
"Impossible to put down."
Buzzfeed
"Prickly, witty, and stubborn as a mule, Avery is an eminently likable protagonist, and her savvy ability to manage the obnoxiously privileged people she suddenly finds herself surrounded by is admirable, helped plenty by her quippy one-liners that level even the snobbiest among them."
BCCB
"this strong, Knives Out-esque series opener...provides ample enjoyment."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Part The Westing Game, part We Were Liars, completely entertaining."
Kirkus, starred review
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