# Books like One of Us Is Lying

**10** books similar to *One of Us Is Lying* by Karen M. McManus (Mystery · grades 9–12), 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:** mystery and detective stories, murder, fiction, schools, fiction, murder
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## Similar books

- [Good Girl's Guide to Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/good-girls-guide-to-murder) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories and murder, fiction, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Plague Year](https://readinglist.school/book/plague-year) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [The Man in the Woods](https://readinglist.school/book/the-man-in-the-woods) by Rosemary Wells _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Truly Devious](https://readinglist.school/book/truly-devious) by Maureen Johnson _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Fake ID](https://readinglist.school/book/fake-id) by L. R. Giles _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Haunting](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Whispers from the Dead](https://readinglist.school/book/whispers-from-the-dead) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Daughter of the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/daughter-of-the-stars) by Phyllis A. Whitney _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [How to Survive Your Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/how-to-survive-your-murder) by Danielle Valentine _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [That's Not My Name](https://readinglist.school/book/thats-not-my-name) by Megan Lally _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).

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