# Books like The Curse of the Blue Figurine

**10** books similar to *The Curse of the Blue Figurine* by John Bellairs (Mystery · grades 6–8), 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:** horror stories, mystery and detective stories, dixon, johnny (personnage fictif), antiquités (objets anciens)
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## Similar books

- [Christina's Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/christinas-ghost) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Don't Look Behind You](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-look-behind-you) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Skeleton Creek](https://readinglist.school/book/skeleton-creek) by Patrick Carman _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of horror stories and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [The Other Side of Dark](https://readinglist.school/book/the-other-side-of-dark) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Dead Man in Indian Creek](https://readinglist.school/book/dead-man-in-indian-creek) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Spirit Seeker](https://readinglist.school/book/spirit-seeker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Nightmare Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-mountain) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Dark and Deadly Pool](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dark-and-deadly-pool) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Third Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-third-eye) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [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).

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