# 12th grade Mystery books

**18** mystery books commonly assigned to 12th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 12th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 12th grade  ·  **Genre:** Mystery
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 12th grade Mystery reading list

- [The Inheritance Games](https://readinglist.school/book/the-inheritance-games) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2020)_
- [Good Girl's Guide to Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/good-girls-guide-to-murder) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2019)_
- [One of Us Is Lying](https://readinglist.school/book/one-of-us-is-lying) by Karen M. McManus _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2014)_
- [That's Not My Name](https://readinglist.school/book/thats-not-my-name) by Megan Lally _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2023)_
- [The Reappearance of Rachel Price](https://readinglist.school/book/the-reappearance-of-rachel-price) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 7–12 · pub 2024)_
- [Daughter of the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/daughter-of-the-stars) by Phyllis A. Whitney _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1994)_
- [Eat Your Heart Out](https://readinglist.school/book/eat-your-heart-out) by Kelly deVos _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2021)_
- [Fake ID](https://readinglist.school/book/fake-id) by L. R. Giles _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2014)_
- [How to Survive Your Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/how-to-survive-your-murder) by Danielle Valentine _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_
- [Not Quite Dead Yet](https://readinglist.school/book/not-quite-dead-yet) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 7–12 · pub 2025)_
- [Plague Year](https://readinglist.school/book/plague-year) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1990)_
- [The Agathas](https://readinglist.school/book/the-agathas) by Kathleen Glasgow _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_
- [The Man in the Woods](https://readinglist.school/book/the-man-in-the-woods) by Rosemary Wells _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1984)_
- [The Naturals](https://readinglist.school/book/the-naturals) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2013)_
- [Thirteen Reasons Why](https://readinglist.school/book/thirteen-reasons-why) by Jay Asher _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2007)_
- [Truly Devious](https://readinglist.school/book/truly-devious) by Maureen Johnson _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2018)_
- [Under the Surface](https://readinglist.school/book/under-the-surface) by Diana Urban _(Grades 7–12 · pub 2024)_
- [Middlemarch](https://readinglist.school/book/middlemarch) by George Eliot _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1800)_

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