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Mystery Books for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Mystery Books for Ages 12–18

Mystery for older readers gets darker, more complex, and more psychologically interesting. Unreliable narrators, cold cases, the kind of puzzle that makes you rethink everything you thought you knew. These 5,625 books are for readers who like being surprised.

5,625 books

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Miss Fortune Cookie

Lauren Bjorkman

Erin doles out wisdom to others on her blog in Chinatown, but she is still searching for her own sense of identity, frie

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Into the Tall, Tall Grass

Two sisters navigate a world of magic as they uncover their family's history and work together to build their own future

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The Forbidden Book: One Book Two Worlds

Angelina van Kemenade

A young girl uncovers a mysterious, magical book that acts as a gateway between two vastly different worlds.

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The Unforgettable Logan Foster #2

The Unforgettable Logan Foster and the Shadow of Doubt

Shawn Peters

Brilliant and neurodivergent Logan finally thinks he has found a home with Gil and Margie, but a looming evil threatens

Ages 8–12

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Dinner at the Brake Fast

Renee Beauregard Lute

Determined to help her depressed father, Tacoma sets off on an unusual adventure to find his stolen memento and bring li

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Daughters of the Lamp

An Egyptian American girl discovers her bicultural identity is the key to a magical mission stretching back to a 10th-ce

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Living in a funeral home is complicated enough for Georgia before she discovers she has the power to wake the dead.

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El fugitivo (Homebird)

Terence Blacker

After running away from boarding school to live on the streets of London, Nicky gets caught in a criminal world that for

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Beverly Gray #2

Beverly Gray, Sophomore

Follow Beverly Gray through her college years as she balances campus romances and academic life before launching a darin

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Beverly Gray #4

Beverly Gray, Senior

Beverly Gray navigates her senior year of college, balancing romance and the start of a reporting career with a series o

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Beverly Gray #3

Beverly Gray, Junior

Follow Beverly Gray from her college days to her career as a reporter as she navigates school life, romance, and high-st

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Beverly Gray #1

Beverly Gray, Freshman

Follow Beverly Gray through her first year of college as she navigates new friendships, early romances, and the start of

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Johnny, My Friend

For the child navigating a deep, complicated friendship where things aren't quite what they seem. A moving look at loyal

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The Adventure Girls #2

The Adventure Girls in the Air

A group of daring friends takes to the skies in the 1930s to navigate high-flying adventures and aerial mysteries.

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The Adventure Girls #1

The Adventure Girls at K Bar O

A group of brave girls heads to the K Bar O ranch for an adventure in the American West in this classic story from the 1

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A Twisted Tale #10

Conceal, Don't Feel

Two sisters separated by a kingdom of ice and forgotten memories must find a way to reconnect when their paths finally c

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K. A. Applegate

For the child grappling with the weight of leadership and the moral complexity of doing what is right when the stakes ar

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Tom Swift Jr. #9

Tom Swift on the Phantom Satellite

Victor Appleton II

Inventive hero Tom Swift blasts off on a high-tech mission to investigate a phantom satellite in this classic adventure

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Tom Swift Jr. #15

Tom Swift and His Deep Sea Hydrodome

Victor Appleton II

High-tech inventions and deep-sea mystery collide in this classic tale of a young inventor pushing the limits of science

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The Railway Series #43

Thomas and the Hurricane

Christopher Awdry

For the child exploring their first crush or navigating the feeling of being different in a small community while facing

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The Liars Society #2

Weatherby and Jack join a powerful secret society built on deception, but their first mission turns into a terrifying fi

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Herculeah Jones Mysteries #1

The Dark Stairs

Young Herculeah Jones dives into a frightening and puzzling mystery to help her private investigator mother crack the ca

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You Better Watch Out... You Better Not Die

A mysterious gift appears every day of December in an abandoned tower, but the countdown grows increasingly dangerous as

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Einstein Anderson, Science Sleuth #2

Shocks His Friends

Scientific logic is the ultimate superpower as Einstein Anderson uses his wits to outsmart bullies and protect fragile s

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