# Books like Truly Devious

**10** books similar to *Truly Devious* by Maureen Johnson (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:** schools, mystery and detective stories, boarding schools, vermont, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Plague Year](https://readinglist.school/book/plague-year) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of schools and mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [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, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [One of Us Is Lying](https://readinglist.school/book/one-of-us-is-lying) by Karen M. McManus _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Naturals](https://readinglist.school/book/the-naturals) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of mystery and detective stories, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [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, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Inheritance Games](https://readinglist.school/book/the-inheritance-games) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes _(Grades 9–12)_ — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Fake ID](https://readinglist.school/book/fake-id) by L. R. Giles _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s).
- [Daughter of the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/daughter-of-the-stars) by Phyllis A. Whitney _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Mystery) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Eat Your Heart Out](https://readinglist.school/book/eat-your-heart-out) by Kelly deVos _(Grades 9–12)_ — 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)_ — Same genre (Mystery) and overlapping grades (9–12).

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