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Rio Youers

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Rio Youers is the British Fantasy and Sunburst Award–nominated author of Lola on Fire and No Second Chances. His 2017 thriller, The Forgotten Girl, was a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel. He is the writer of Refrigerator Full of Heads, a six-issue comic series from DC Comics, and Sleeping Beauties, a graphic novel based on the number-one bestseller by Stephen King and Owen King. Rio’s latest novel, The Bang-Bang Sisters, will be published by William Morrow in summer 2024.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 13,778 ratings · 2,761 reviews · 89 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sleeping Beauties, Vol. 1 by Rio Youers (Goodreads Author) (Adaptation), Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Owen King (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 1,530 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lola on Fire 3.98 avg rating — 979 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bang-Bang Sisters 3.71 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halcyon 3.87 avg rating — 623 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Westlake Soul 4.29 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forgotten Girl 3.88 avg rating — 576 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Second Chances 4.03 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Refrigerator Full of Heads by Rio Youers (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Tom Fowler (Illustrator), Craig A. Taillefer (Illustrator) 3.54 avg rating — 569 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Refrigerator Full of Heads #1 by Rio Youers (Goodreads Author), Tom Fowler (Artist), Sam Wolfe Connelly (Cover Art), Bill Crabtree (Colorist) 3.82 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mama Fish 4.13 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Goodreads Giveaway Part II

The fine people at Goodreads and William Morrow are offering readers in the US a second chance to snag a copy of my new action thriller, LOLA ON FIRE.

1 of 100 advance reader’s editions are up for grabs. The giveaway will run from Monday, November 2nd to Monday, November 16th, so that’s plenty of time to get your name down.

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Series by Rio Youers

Refrigerator Full of Heads (6 books)
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Mateus Manhanini (Cover Art),

Bill Crabtree (Colorist),

Tom Fowler (Penciller)

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Rio Youers and 1 other person liked Tali's review of The Bang-Bang Sisters: "Fun read! "
Oct 07, 2025 05:10PM · see review
Rio Youers and 1 other person liked Cally's review of The Bang-Bang Sisters: "Overall enjoyed this book, it was clever and kept me reading. But also I think I just don’t like violent books. There was so much violence just for the sake of violence lol whatever "
Oct 07, 2025 05:10PM · see review
Rio Youers liked Amy Ingalls's review of The Bang-Bang Sisters: "Bonkers! Can a book be ultra-violent and super fun all at the same time? Apparently. Don't analyze the plot holes or the absurdity. Just go along for the ride. I won an ARC of this book in a Goodreads Giveaway."
Oct 07, 2025 05:10PM · see review
Rio Youers liked Carrie Wheaton's review of The Bang-Bang Sisters: "What a wild ride!! It’s vigilante type Charlie’s Angels, meets Pulp Fiction meets the Hunger Games!! Wowsers! "
Oct 07, 2025 05:10PM · see review
Rio Youers made a comment on Cole’s review of The Bang-Bang Sisters " Fantastic. Thank you so much! "
Sep 22, 2025 03:51AM · see review
Rio Youers made a comment on Beverly’s review of The Bang-Bang Sisters " Thank you so much, Beverly! "
May 08, 2024 07:30AM · see review
Rio Youers made a comment on Roxane’s review of The Bang-Bang Sisters " The first Goodreads review for THE BANG-BANG SISTERS and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Thanks so much, Roxane! "
Feb 26, 2024 12:58PM · see review
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“Cats manage arrogance and cool better than any creature alive. They have all the qualities you hope to see in people: loyalty, independence, intelligence, cleanliness ...”
― Rio Youers, The Forgotten Girl

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“The man with no hands is crying.”
― Rio Youers, Halcyon

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“Without emotion, they died inside. They became the Dead Ones.”
― Rio Youers, 21st Century Dead

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