What books are similar to The Liars Society?

The 10 closest matches to The Liars Society by Alyson Gerber on ReadingList include The Lost Library, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall, The Sherlock Society, Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House, and Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective. Each is scored on shared themes (mystery, friendship, and trust), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 3–6), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like The Liars Society reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 3–6), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like The Liars Society

If you liked The Liars Society, read The Lost Library, A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall, or The Sherlock Society — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes and reading level.

Looking for books like The Liars Society by Alyson Gerber (Middle Grade Mystery · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of mystery, friendship, and trust. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, 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 3–6 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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The Lost Librarygrades 4–8: Shares themes of mystery, friendship, and secrets, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hallgrades 3–6: Shares themes of mystery and friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon →
The Sherlock Societygrades 4–8: Shares themes of mystery and friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead Housegrades 3–7: Shares themes of mystery and friendship, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon →
Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detectivegrades 3–6: Shares themes of mystery and friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon →
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It Allgrades 3–6: Shares themes of mystery and friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon →
A Mischief of Micegrades K–3: Shares themes of mystery and friendship and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon →
Final Word (The Winterton Deception #1)grades 3–7: Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon →
Fowl Playgrades 3–6: Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon →
What Happened to Rachel Riley?grades 6–8: Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon →

Books like The Liars Society for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner · 490L — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (2–4).
A Lot to Like! by Derek Anderson · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (2–5).
Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb · grades K–2 — Shares themes of friendship.
Fox Has a Problem by Corey R. Tabor · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (2–5).
Gibberish by Young Vo · grades K–3 — Shares themes of friendship and overlapping grades (K–3).

Books like The Liars Society for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Dogtown by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg · 700L — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–6).
It Came from the Trees by Ally Russell · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner · 490L — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (2–4).

Books like The Liars Society for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

Under the Surface by Diana Urban · grades 7–12 — Shares themes of mystery and friendship.
Dogtown by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg · 700L — Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Middle Grade Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–6).
It Came from the Trees by Ally Russell · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of friendship, both on the Texas Bluebonnet Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).

Books like The Liars Society for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of mystery and friendship.
Under the Surface by Diana Urban · grades 7–12 — Shares themes of mystery and friendship.
Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of friendship.
How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of mystery.
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson · grades 7–12 — Shares themes of mystery.

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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