# Books about murder assigned in US schools

**9** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _murder_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 2–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/murder
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore murder

- [Joan Lowery Nixon](https://readinglist.school/author/joan-lowery-nixon) (3 books)
- [Betsy Cromer Byars](https://readinglist.school/author/betsy-cromer-byars)
- [Mary Downing Hahn](https://readinglist.school/author/mary-downing-hahn)
- [Willo Davis Roberts](https://readinglist.school/author/willo-davis-roberts)

## murder canon

- [A Deadly Game of Magic](https://readinglist.school/book/a-deadly-game-of-magic) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Closed for the Season](https://readinglist.school/book/closed-for-the-season) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Down the Rabbit Hole](https://readinglist.school/book/down-the-rabbit-hole) by Peter Abrahams _(Grades 2–8)_
- [One of Us Is Lying](https://readinglist.school/book/one-of-us-is-lying) by Karen M. McManus _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Tarot Says Beware](https://readinglist.school/book/tarot-says-beware) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Name of the Game Was Murder](https://readinglist.school/book/the-name-of-the-game-was-murder) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Stalker](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stalker) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer](https://readinglist.school/book/theodore-boone-kid-lawyer) by John Grisham _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Twisted Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/twisted-summer) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 6–8)_

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