50 Books like Framed!

Spy School

by Stuart Gibbs

A boy recruited to a spy academy discovers he's the decoy in a lethal mole hunt.

4.10

38k+

🕵️ Mole Hunt 🏫 Spy Training 💪 Girl Saves The Boy 🤡 Incompetent Adults 🎭 Comedic Thriller

Spy School 92%

A boy recruited to a spy academy discovers he's the decoy in a lethal mole hunt.

by Stuart Gibbs 2012

4.10

38k+ ratings

🕵️ Mole Hunt 🏫 Spy Training 💪 Girl Saves The Boy 🤡 Incompetent Adults 🎭 Comedic Thriller

The Fairfleet Affair

by K.H. Saxton • 2023

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

4.06

185

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Museum Setting 🎨 Art Forgery

The Fairfleet Affair 95%

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

by K.H. Saxton 2023

4.06

185 ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Museum Setting 🎨 Art Forgery

The Guggenheim Mystery

by Robin Stevens • 2017

When a Kandinsky vanishes at the Guggenheim, a pattern-minded boy must clear his framed aunt.

4.07

2k+

🎨 Art Heist Mystery 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔍 Kid Detective Squad 🏛️ Museum Setting 🗽 New York City

The Guggenheim Mystery 95%

When a Kandinsky vanishes at the Guggenheim, a pattern-minded boy must clear his framed aunt.

by Robin Stevens 2017

4.07

2k+ ratings

🎨 Art Heist Mystery 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔍 Kid Detective Squad 🏛️ Museum Setting 🗽 New York City

Hunting for Hidden Gold

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1928

Summoned to Montana, two brothers hunt for buried gold as a ruthless gang closes in.

3.93

7k+

⛏️ Gold Prospecting Mystery 🔍 Sibling Sleuths 🗺️ Hidden Treasure Hunt 🧠 Amnesia Plot 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Hunting for Hidden Gold 92%

Summoned to Montana, two brothers hunt for buried gold as a ruthless gang closes in.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1928

3.93

7k+ ratings

⛏️ Gold Prospecting Mystery 🔍 Sibling Sleuths 🗺️ Hidden Treasure Hunt 🧠 Amnesia Plot 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein • 2013

An eccentric game-maker locks twelve kids in his library and dares them to escape.

4.12

62k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📚 Library Adventure 🤝 Team Competition 🎩 Eccentric Benefactor ✨ Whimsical Adventure

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Summary

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 92%

An eccentric game-maker locks twelve kids in his library and dares them to escape.

by Chris Grabenstein 2013

4.12

62k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📚 Library Adventure 🤝 Team Competition 🎩 Eccentric Benefactor ✨ Whimsical Adventure

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass • 2006

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

4.02

20k+

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey 👴 Eccentric Mentor 👫 Best Friends Duo

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Summary

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life 92%

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

by Wendy Mass 2006

4.02

20k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey 👴 Eccentric Mentor 👫 Best Friends Duo

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

by Robin Stevens • 2022

A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.

4.15

2k+

🔍 Child Sleuths 🇬🇧 Wartime England 🏛️ Country House Mystery 🕵️ Kid Spies 🔒 Closed Circle

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 92%

A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.

by Robin Stevens 2022

4.15

2k+ ratings

🔍 Child Sleuths 🇬🇧 Wartime England 🏛️ Country House Mystery 🕵️ Kid Spies 🔒 Closed Circle

Unplugged

by Gordon Korman • 2021

A spoiled tech heir, a forbidden lizard, a candy ring: summer camp just got criminal.

4.02

8k+

🏕️ Summer Camp 🦎 Secret Pet 💛 Found Family 🕵️ Kid Detective 🎭 Comic Caper

Unplugged 92%

A spoiled tech heir, a forbidden lizard, a candy ring: summer camp just got criminal.

by Gordon Korman 2021

4.02

8k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp 🦎 Secret Pet 💛 Found Family 🕵️ Kid Detective 🎭 Comic Caper

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin • 1978

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

3.99

237k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👥 Eccentric Ensemble Cast

The Westing Game 92%

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

by Ellen Raskin 1978

3.99

237k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👥 Eccentric Ensemble Cast

One False Note

by Gordon Korman • 2008

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

3.90

55k+

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies ⚔️ Family Feud 🔑 Code Breaking

One False Note 92%

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

by Gordon Korman 2008

3.90

55k+ ratings

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies ⚔️ Family Feud 🔑 Code Breaking

Greenglass House

by Kate Milford • 2014

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

3.99

29k+

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo 🎭 Secret Identities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Greenglass House 91%

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

by Kate Milford 2014

3.99

29k+ ratings

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo 🎭 Secret Identities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Secret Seven

by Enid Blyton • 2006

A children's secret club investigates a midnight van and discovers a racehorse hidden in a cellar.

3.9

12k+

🕵️ Secret Club Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 🌙 Nighttime Adventures 🧠 Kids Outwit Adults 🧸 Wholesome Mystery

The Secret Seven 91%

A children's secret club investigates a midnight van and discovers a racehorse hidden in a cellar.

by Enid Blyton 2006

3.9

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Club Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 🌙 Nighttime Adventures 🧠 Kids Outwit Adults 🧸 Wholesome Mystery

Wrecker

by Carl Hiaasen • 2023

Blackmailed by smugglers, a Key West teen hides their counterfeit cargo in the cemetery he scrubs.

4.05

5k+

🐠 Ecological Mystery 🪦 Inherited Guilt ⛵ Nautical Adventure 🔍 Teen Sleuthing Duo 🕯️ Graveyard Atmosphere

Wrecker 91%

Blackmailed by smugglers, a Key West teen hides their counterfeit cargo in the cemetery he scrubs.

by Carl Hiaasen 2023

4.05

5k+ ratings

🐠 Ecological Mystery 🪦 Inherited Guilt ⛵ Nautical Adventure 🔍 Teen Sleuthing Duo 🕯️ Graveyard Atmosphere

Murder at Twilight

by Fleur Hitchcock • 2018

A missing rich boy, a flooded estate, and the nanny's daughter racing to save them both.

3.86

318

🕵️ Kidnapping Mystery 🏚️ Class Outsider 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏰 English Country Estate 🤫 Community Secrets

Murder at Twilight 91%

A missing rich boy, a flooded estate, and the nanny's daughter racing to save them both.

by Fleur Hitchcock 2018

3.86

318 ratings

🕵️ Kidnapping Mystery 🏚️ Class Outsider 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏰 English Country Estate 🤫 Community Secrets

Found

by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2008

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

3.98

42k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🤝 Found Family

Found 91%

A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2008

3.98

42k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔍 Kid Investigators 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🤝 Found Family

The Mystery of Locked Rooms

by Lindsay Currie • 2024

Facing foreclosure, three escape-room prodigies hunt treasure inside a legendary abandoned funhouse.

3.92

3k+

🧩 Escape Room Puzzles 💰 Hidden Treasure 🫂 Found Family 😰 Anxiety Representation 🏚️ Abandoned Places

The Mystery of Locked Rooms 91%

Facing foreclosure, three escape-room prodigies hunt treasure inside a legendary abandoned funhouse.

by Lindsay Currie 2024

3.92

3k+ ratings

🧩 Escape Room Puzzles 💰 Hidden Treasure 🫂 Found Family 😰 Anxiety Representation 🏚️ Abandoned Places

The Thief Lord

by Cornelia Funke • 2000

Two runaway brothers join Venice's child thieves and discover a magical secret on a hidden island.

3.99

103k+

🫂 Found Family 🏃 Runaway Children 👥 Band Of Misfits 💰 Heist Adventure 🛶 Venice

The Thief Lord 90%

Two runaway brothers join Venice's child thieves and discover a magical secret on a hidden island.

by Cornelia Funke 2000

3.99

103k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🏃 Runaway Children 👥 Band Of Misfits 💰 Heist Adventure 🛶 Venice

Chasing Vermeer

by Blue Balliett • 2004

A stolen Vermeer, a coded letter, and two kids who see patterns where adults see coincidence.

3.72

31k+

🎨 Art History Mystery 🕵️ Child Sleuths 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 👀 Keen Observation 🍎 Unconventional Teacher

Chasing Vermeer 94%

A stolen Vermeer, a coded letter, and two kids who see patterns where adults see coincidence.

by Blue Balliett 2004

3.72

31k+ ratings

🎨 Art History Mystery 🕵️ Child Sleuths 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 👀 Keen Observation 🍎 Unconventional Teacher

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

by Chanel Miller • 2024

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

4.18

4k+

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All 93%

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

by Chanel Miller 2024

4.18

4k+ ratings

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

Stormbreaker

by Anthony Horowitz

Blackmailed by MI6, a boy spy discovers a bioweapon hidden in a billionaire's free school computers.

3.98

109k+

🕶️ Teen Spy ⛓️ Coerced Spy 🕹️ Spy Gadgets 🦠 Bioweapon Threat 💰 Evil Billionaire

Stormbreaker 89%

Blackmailed by MI6, a boy spy discovers a bioweapon hidden in a billionaire's free school computers.

by Anthony Horowitz 2000

3.98

109k+ ratings

🕶️ Teen Spy ⛓️ Coerced Spy 🕹️ Spy Gadgets 🦠 Bioweapon Threat 💰 Evil Billionaire

Villainous

by Matthew Cody • 2014

An ordinary boy in a superpowered town must find the real villains before a burning comet strikes.

4.23

501

🏫 Superhero School 🙅 Powerless Protagonist ⚔️ Superhero Rivalry 💖 Friends To Lovers 👪 Found Family

Villainous 90%

An ordinary boy in a superpowered town must find the real villains before a burning comet strikes.

by Matthew Cody 2014

4.23

501 ratings

🏫 Superhero School 🙅 Powerless Protagonist ⚔️ Superhero Rivalry 💖 Friends To Lovers 👪 Found Family

Skulduggery Pleasant

by Derek Landy • 2007

A twelve-year-old inherits a skeleton detective and a secret war over an ancient relic.

4.18

73k+

🔍 Occult Detective 🗝️ Secret Magical World 🗿 Ancient Artifact Quest 💬 Witty Banter 🖤 Dark Humor

Skulduggery Pleasant 90%

A twelve-year-old inherits a skeleton detective and a secret war over an ancient relic.

by Derek Landy 2007

4.18

73k+ ratings

🔍 Occult Detective 🗝️ Secret Magical World 🗿 Ancient Artifact Quest 💬 Witty Banter 🖤 Dark Humor

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene • 1930

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

3.97

85k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy 🕰️ Hidden Will 🗝️ Secret Compartment

The Secret of the Old Clock 90%

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

by Carolyn Keene 1930

3.97

85k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy 🕰️ Hidden Will 🗝️ Secret Compartment

City of Orphans

by Avi • 2011

With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.

3.97

4k+

🏠 Found Family 🔍 Kid Detectives 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🗽 Street Kids 🏛️ Gilded Age

City of Orphans 90%

With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.

by Avi 2011

3.97

4k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🔍 Kid Detectives 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🗽 Street Kids 🏛️ Gilded Age

Time is Money

by Gina LaManna • 2021

An ice-cream-truck body drags a detective through mobsters, lovers, and a phantom thief.

4.57

2k+

🚔 Police Procedural 💕 Romantic Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Master Thief 👀 Hidden In Plain Sight

Time is Money 90%

An ice-cream-truck body drags a detective through mobsters, lovers, and a phantom thief.

by Gina LaManna 2021

4.57

2k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 💕 Romantic Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 🎭 Master Thief 👀 Hidden In Plain Sight

Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission

by Thea Stilton • 2013

The Thea Sisters at a flamenco festival hunt a stolen fan hiding treasure and a rift.

4.30

2k+

🐭 Animal Mystery ⚔️ Family Feud 🪭 Heirloom Mystery 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🤝 Reconciliation

Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission Summary

Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission 90%

The Thea Sisters at a flamenco festival hunt a stolen fan hiding treasure and a rift.

by Thea Stilton 2013

4.30

2k+ ratings

🐭 Animal Mystery ⚔️ Family Feud 🪭 Heirloom Mystery 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🤝 Reconciliation

The Rise of Flynn Rider

by Jen Calonita • 2021

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

3.89

604

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty 🎭 Secret Identity 🗝️ Reluctant Thief

The Rise of Flynn Rider 90%

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

by Jen Calonita 2021

3.89

604 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty 🎭 Secret Identity 🗝️ Reluctant Thief

Museum of Thieves

by Lian Tanner • 2010

A chained girl escapes into a living museum, where the wildness her city buried is waking.

3.92

6k+

🏛️ Living Museum 🌪️ Wild Magic 🗡️ Thief Training 🤝 Found Family 🐾 Loyal Beast Companion

Museum of Thieves 90%

A chained girl escapes into a living museum, where the wildness her city buried is waking.

by Lian Tanner 2010

3.92

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Living Museum 🌪️ Wild Magic 🗡️ Thief Training 🤝 Found Family 🐾 Loyal Beast Companion

Simply Lies

by David Baldacci • 2023

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

3.96

59k+

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

Simply Lies 90%

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

by David Baldacci 2023

3.96

59k+ ratings

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

In the Market for Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2015

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

4.12

17k+

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets 🍄 Poison Murder 🏡 Quirky Village

In the Market for Murder 90%

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

by T.E. Kinsey 2015

4.12

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets 🍄 Poison Murder 🏡 Quirky Village

The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer • 2006

Enola Holmes follows her missing mother's cipher into London, where a marquess has been kidnapped.

3.78

45k+

🕵️ Girl Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Sherlock Holmes Adjacent 🏃 Runaway Protagonist 📜 Encoded Messages

The Case of the Missing Marquess Summary

The Case of the Missing Marquess 90%

Enola Holmes follows her missing mother's cipher into London, where a marquess has been kidnapped.

by Nancy Springer 2006

3.78

45k+ ratings

🕵️ Girl Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Sherlock Holmes Adjacent 🏃 Runaway Protagonist 📜 Encoded Messages

Masterminds

by Gordon Korman • 2015

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

4.31

14k+

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia 📹 Hidden Surveillance 👥 Kids Vs Adults

Masterminds 89%

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

by Gordon Korman 2015

4.31

14k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia 📹 Hidden Surveillance 👥 Kids Vs Adults

Kill Joy

by Holly Jackson • 2021

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

3.72

177k+

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Kill Joy 89%

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

by Holly Jackson 2021

3.72

177k+ ratings

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket • 1999

Three gifted orphans face a wicked guardian who stages a play to steal their inheritance.

4.03

575k+

🖤 Orphaned Siblings 🧠 Resourceful Orphans 👹 Wicked Guardian 💀 Macabre Humor 📖 Narrator Intrusion

The Bad Beginning 89%

Three gifted orphans face a wicked guardian who stages a play to steal their inheritance.

by Lemony Snicket 1999

4.03

575k+ ratings

🖤 Orphaned Siblings 🧠 Resourceful Orphans 👹 Wicked Guardian 💀 Macabre Humor 📖 Narrator Intrusion

We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman

A bodyguard is framed with her own blood when her influencer clients are killed around the world.

4.05

197k+

🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths ⚖️ Framed For Murder 💬 Witty Banter 🌍 International Intrigue ❤️ Found Family

We Solve Murders 89%

A bodyguard is framed with her own blood when her influencer clients are killed around the world.

by Richard Osman 2024

4.05

197k+ ratings

🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths ⚖️ Framed For Murder 💬 Witty Banter 🌍 International Intrigue ❤️ Found Family

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2012

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

4.37

20k+

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Orphan Prodigy 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict Summary

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict 93%

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2012

4.37

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Orphan Prodigy 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Book Scavenger

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman • 2015

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

4.14

18k+

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages 👥 Unlikely Detectives 🌉 San Francisco Setting

Book Scavenger 92%

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 2015

4.14

18k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages 👥 Unlikely Detectives 🌉 San Francisco Setting

Death in the Cards

by Mia P. Manansala • 2025

Blamed for a classmate's disappearance, a teen tarot reader joins the family detective agency.

3.70

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detective 🃏 Tarot Readings 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🔍 Missing Person Case

Death in the Cards 89%

Blamed for a classmate's disappearance, a teen tarot reader joins the family detective agency.

by Mia P. Manansala 2025

3.70

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detective 🃏 Tarot Readings 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🔍 Missing Person Case

The Lifters

by Dave Eggers • 2018

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

3.61

2k+

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family

The Lifters 89%

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

by Dave Eggers 2018

3.61

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano • 2021

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

3.99

243k+

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It 89%

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

by Elle Cosimano 2021

3.99

243k+ ratings

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson • 1993

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

4.13

491k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

Along Came a Spider 89%

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

by James Patterson 1993

4.13

491k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

All Four Stars

by Tara Dairman • 2014

Mistaken for an adult food writer, an eleven-year-old must secretly review a Manhattan bistro.

4.18

4k+

🍳 Foodie Middle Grade 📝 Secret Passion 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👩‍🏫 Supportive Teacher

All Four Stars 89%

Mistaken for an adult food writer, an eleven-year-old must secretly review a Manhattan bistro.

by Tara Dairman 2014

4.18

4k+ ratings

🍳 Foodie Middle Grade 📝 Secret Passion 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👩‍🏫 Supportive Teacher

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick • 2007

A Paris station orphan repairs a broken automaton to unlock a message from his dead father.

4.22

190k+

🎨 Illustrated Middle Grade ⚙️ Mechanical Invention 🕰️ Clockwork Mystery 🔑 Secret Orphan 👴 Reluctant Guardian

The Invention of Hugo Cabret 89%

A Paris station orphan repairs a broken automaton to unlock a message from his dead father.

by Brian Selznick 2007

4.22

190k+ ratings

🎨 Illustrated Middle Grade ⚙️ Mechanical Invention 🕰️ Clockwork Mystery 🔑 Secret Orphan 👴 Reluctant Guardian

Truly, Devious

by Maureen Johnson • 2018

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

3.88

184k+

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

Truly, Devious 89%

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

by Maureen Johnson 2018

3.88

184k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

5k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

In the Best Families 89%

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950

4.30

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo 🧠 Criminal Mastermind 🎭 Undercover Operation

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

by Gigi Pandian • 2018

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

3.92

299

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories Summary

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories 89%

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

by Gigi Pandian 2018

3.92

299 ratings

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley • 2009

An eleven-year-old chemist turns detective when a corpse appears in her family's cucumber patch.

3.82

180k+

🕵️ Child Detective 🏚️ Crumbling Manor 🌳 English Countryside 🗝️ Family Secrets 🇬🇧 1950s England

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Summary

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 89%

An eleven-year-old chemist turns detective when a corpse appears in her family's cucumber patch.

by Alan Bradley 2009

3.82

180k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Detective 🏚️ Crumbling Manor 🌳 English Countryside 🗝️ Family Secrets 🇬🇧 1950s England

Scritch Scratch

by Lindsay Currie • 2020

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

3.91

5k+

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

Scritch Scratch 89%

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

by Lindsay Currie 2020

3.91

5k+ ratings

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Secret Adversary 89%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

by Geronimo Stilton • 2004

A timid mouse editor is thrust into a high-seas treasure hunt by his sister's mysterious map.

4.09

16k+

🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure 🐭 Anthropomorphic Animals 😰 Reluctant Adventurer 👫 Sibling Adventure ✨ Whimsical

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye Summary

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye 89%

A timid mouse editor is thrust into a high-seas treasure hunt by his sister's mysterious map.

by Geronimo Stilton 2004

4.09

16k+ ratings

🗺️ Treasure Hunt Adventure 🐭 Anthropomorphic Animals 😰 Reluctant Adventurer 👫 Sibling Adventure ✨ Whimsical

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