Middle Grade Mystery reading list
11 books in this genre assigned in US schools
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall
Jasmine Warga
Grades 3–6
Final Word (The Winterton Deception #1)
Janet Sumner Johnson
Grades 3–7
Fowl Play
Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
Grades 3–6
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
Grades 4–6 · Lexile 700L
Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House
R.L. Stine
Grades 3–7
The Boxcar Children
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Grades 2–4 · Lexile 490L
The Liars Society
Alyson Gerber
Grades 3–6
The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
Grades 4–8
The Parker Inheritance
Varian Johnson
Grades 6–8 · Lexile 610L
The Sherlock Society
James Ponti
Grades 4–8
What Happened to Rachel Riley?
Claire Swinarski
Grades 6–8
