The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: If you liked Thirteen Reasons Why, you'll love this

In sharp and assured prose, roving among characters, Lindsey Lee Johnson plumbs the terrifying depths of a half-dozen ultraprivileged California high school kids. I read The Most Dangerous Place on Earth in two chilling gulps. It’s a phenomenal first book. - Anthony Doerr

An astonishing debut novel … With a stunning constellation of characters’ voices and a fiercely compelling story, it’s impossible to put down, or to forget. - Megan Abbott

The characters in Lindsey Lee Johnson’s debut novel affected me in a way I can’t remember feeling since I binge-watched all five seasons of Friday Night Lights… . You’ll walk away feeling like you could revisit a hallway drama armed with bulletproof perspective. - Glamour US

In her stunning debut, Johnson … explores the fallout among a group of teens-an alpha girl turned stoner, a striving B student, an Ivy League wannabe-who prove, in the end, less entitled than simply empty and searching. An eye-opener. - People (Book of the Week)

Gripping … Each chapter offers a vignette into a more complicated interior life-ones that involve inappropriate student-teacher relationships, cheating on SATs, drugs, sex, and house parties… . Lindsey Lee Johnson works a convincing assortment of different voices into her debut. - GQ

In her superb first novel, Lindsey Lee Johnson deftly illuminates a certain strain of privileged American adolescence and the existential minefield these kids are forced to navigate. Elegantly constructed and beautifully written, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth reads like Jane Austen for this anxious era. - Seth Greenland