Mystery reading list
28 books in this genre assigned in US schools
Alvin's Swap Shop
Clifford B. Hicks
Grades 4–6
Closed for the Season
Mary Downing Hahn
Grades 3–8
Down the Rabbit Hole
Peter Abrahams
Grades 2–8
Framed!
James Ponti
Grades 3–8
Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective
Janet Tashjian
Grades 3–6
How to Survive Your Murder
Danielle Valentine
Grades 9–12
Middlemarch
George Eliot
Grades 11–12
Nightmare Mountain
Peg Kehret
Grades 3–6
Not Quite Dead Yet
Holly Jackson
Grades 7–12
Pie
Sarah Weeks
Grades 3–8
Skeleton Creek
Patrick Carman
Grades 3–8
Skeleton Man
Joseph Bruchac
Grades 3–8
