# 6th grade Mystery books **38** mystery books commonly assigned to 6th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 6th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula. **Reading difficulty:** the typical 6th grade band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 1 titles here with a Lexile score, 0 are grade-level, 1 more accessible, and 0 a stretch. **Grade:** 6th grade · **Genre:** Mystery **Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/mystery/grade/6 **License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing. **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 ## 6th grade Mystery reading list - [The Dollhouse Murders](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dollhouse-murders) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–7 · pub 1983)_ - [Swindle](https://readinglist.school/book/swindle) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 4–7 · pub 2008)_ - [Skeleton Man](https://readinglist.school/book/skeleton-man) by Joseph Bruchac _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2001)_ - [The Westing Game](https://readinglist.school/book/the-westing-game) by Ellen Raskin _(750L · Grades 5–7 · pub 1978)_ - [Christina's Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/christinas-ghost) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1985)_ - [Nightmare Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-mountain) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1989)_ - [Pie](https://readinglist.school/book/pie) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2011)_ - [Terror at the Zoo](https://readinglist.school/book/terror-at-the-zoo) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1992)_ - [Closed for the Season](https://readinglist.school/book/closed-for-the-season) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2009)_ - [Dead Man in Indian Creek](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-man-in-indian-creek) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1990)_ - [Don't Look Behind You](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-look-behind-you) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1989)_ - [Framed!](https://readinglist.school/book/framed) by James Ponti _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2016)_ - [Something Upstairs](https://readinglist.school/book/something-upstairs) by Avi _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1988)_ - [The Name of the Game Was Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/the-name-of-the-game-was-murder) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 3–8 · pub 1993)_ - [The Other Side of Dark](https://readinglist.school/book/the-other-side-of-dark) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1986)_ - [Whispers from the Dead](https://readinglist.school/book/whispers-from-the-dead) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9 · pub 1989)_ - [Alvin's Swap Shop](https://readinglist.school/book/alvins-swap-shop) by Clifford B. Hicks _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1976)_ - [Bigfoot](https://readinglist.school/book/bigfoot) by Hal George Evarts _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1973)_ - [Down the Rabbit Hole](https://readinglist.school/book/down-the-rabbit-hole) by Peter Abrahams _(Grades 2–8 · pub 2005)_ - [Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective](https://readinglist.school/book/hannah-sharpe-cartoon-detective) by Janet Tashjian _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2023)_ - [It Found Us](https://readinglist.school/book/it-found-us) by Lindsay Currie _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2023)_ - [Mystery at the Club Sandwich](https://readinglist.school/book/mystery-at-the-club-sandwich) by Doug Cushman _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2004)_ - [Scared Stiff](https://readinglist.school/book/scared-stiff) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1991)_ - [Skeleton Creek](https://readinglist.school/book/skeleton-creek) by Patrick Carman _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2009)_ - [Sniper](https://readinglist.school/book/sniper) by Theodore Taylor _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1991)_ - [Spirit Seeker](https://readinglist.school/book/spirit-seeker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1995)_ - [Tarot Says Beware](https://readinglist.school/book/tarot-says-beware) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–8 · pub 1995)_ - [The Apothecary](https://readinglist.school/book/the-apothecary) by Maile Meloy _(Grades 2–8 · pub 2011)_ - [The Curse of the Blue Figurine](https://readinglist.school/book/the-curse-of-the-blue-figurine) by John Bellairs _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1983)_ - [The Dark and Deadly Pool](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-and-deadly-pool) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1987)_ - [The Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9 · pub 1998)_ - [The Jigsaw Jungle](https://readinglist.school/book/the-jigsaw-jungle) by Kristin Levine _(Grades 6–8 · pub 2018)_ - [The Maze of Bones](https://readinglist.school/book/the-maze-of-bones) by Rick Riordan _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2008)_ - [The Stalker](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stalker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1985)_ - [The Third Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-third-eye) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1984)_ - [Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer](https://readinglist.school/book/theodore-boone-kid-lawyer) by John Grisham _(Grades 4–6 · pub 2010)_ - [Twisted Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/twisted-summer) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1998)_ - [Three Times Lucky](https://readinglist.school/book/three-times-lucky) by Sheila Turnage _(Grades 4–7 · pub 2012)_ --- _Generated from primary-source citations indexed on ReadingList.school. 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