# Books like All the Lovely Bad Ones

**10** books similar to *All the Lovely Bad Ones* by Mary Downing Hahn (Horror · grades 5–8), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** ghosts, family, mystery
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## Similar books

- [Wait Till Helen Comes](https://readinglist.school/book/wait-till-helen-comes) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–7)_ — Is by Mary Downing Hahn, the same author, shares themes of ghosts and family, and both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+1 more shared list).
- [The Ghost of Graylock](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-graylock) by Dan Poblocki _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts and mystery, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [The Dollhouse Murders](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dollhouse-murders) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, family, and mystery, both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [The Ghost's Grave](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghosts-grave) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Horror).
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia C. DeFelice _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Horror).
- [The Cursed Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cursed-moon) by Angela Cervantes _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of ghosts and family, both on the South Carolina Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Horror).
- [Closed for the Season](https://readinglist.school/book/closed-for-the-season) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 3–8)_ — Is by Mary Downing Hahn, the same author, overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2000s).
- [Night Terrors](https://readinglist.school/book/night-terrors) by Murphy, Jim _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-dead-person-following-my-sister-around) by Vivian Vande Velde _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of ghosts, same genre (Horror), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of ghosts and mystery and overlapping grades (6–9).

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