Books like How to Survive Your Murder

Looking for books like How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine (Mystery · grades 9–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of mystery, survival, and family. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to How to Survive Your Murder

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Why each is a match

Not Quite Dead Yetgrades 7–12
Shares themes of mystery and family, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (7–12).
That's Not My Namegrades 9–12
Shares themes of mystery and survival, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
The Reappearance of Rachel Pricegrades 7–12
Shares themes of mystery and family, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (7–12).
Under the Surfacegrades 7–12
Shares themes of mystery and survival, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (7–12).
The Agathasgrades 9–12
Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
Refugee800L
Shares themes of survival and family and overlapping grades (5–9).
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time1090L
Shares themes of mystery and family and overlapping grades (8–12).
Everything We Never Hadgrades 7–12
Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (7–12).
Never Thought I'd End Up Heregrades 7–12
Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (7–12).
Ruby Lost and Foundgrades 6–9
Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (6–9).

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