# Books like The Name of the Game Was Murder

**10** books similar to *The Name of the Game Was Murder* by Joan Lowery Nixon (Mystery · grades 3–8), 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:** authors, detective and mystery stories, murder, mystery and detective stories
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## Similar books

- [The Stalker](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stalker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Joan Lowery Nixon, the same author, shares themes of detective and mystery stories, murder, and mystery and detective stories, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Spirit Seeker](https://readinglist.school/book/spirit-seeker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_ — Is by Joan Lowery Nixon, the same author, shares themes of detective and mystery stories and mystery and detective stories, and same genre (Mystery).
- [Tarot Says Beware](https://readinglist.school/book/tarot-says-beware) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of detective and mystery stories, murder, and mystery and detective stories, both on the Nevada Young Readers' Award 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 detective and mystery stories and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Terror at the Zoo](https://readinglist.school/book/terror-at-the-zoo) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of detective and mystery stories and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Twisted Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/twisted-summer) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of murder and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Closed for the Season](https://readinglist.school/book/closed-for-the-season) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of murder and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Don't Look Behind You](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-look-behind-you) by Lois Duncan _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of detective and mystery stories and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Down the Rabbit Hole](https://readinglist.school/book/down-the-rabbit-hole) by Peter Abrahams _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of detective and mystery stories and murder, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps](https://readinglist.school/book/ghosts-dont-get-goose-bumps) by Elvira Woodruff _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, both on the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award list, and same genre (Mystery).

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