11 must-read realistic fiction books like Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1) by James Patterson

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Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

By: James Patterson

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Patterson has just created the most spine-tingling, creepy-crawling, giggle-producing kid’s d…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1) by James Patterson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Vanished! (Framed, #2) by James Ponti

1. Vanished! (Framed, #2)

By: James Ponti

4.49

Format: 289 pages,

Florian Bates—the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ mo… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's Vanished! (Framed, #2) book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • juvenile
Cover of Dead City (Dead City, #1) by James Ponti

2. Dead City (Dead City, #1)

By: James Ponti

4.00

Format: 321 pages, ebook

A tween takes on undead New Yorkers in this paranormal action-adventure that "breathes new life int… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's Dead City (Dead City, #1) book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Slugfest by Gordon Korman

3. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
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4. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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5. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Superteacher Project book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • audiobook
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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6. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Cover of The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G.Z. Schmidt

7. The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby

By: G.Z. Schmidt

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Amadeuses were always considered somewhat strange. Even before the incident. When six-year-old… read more

Similar categories in G.Z. Schmidt's The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Knowledge, someone once said, was power—and the fewer children with power, the better."

-G.Z. Schmidt, The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby

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8. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • juvenile
Cover of The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) by Alyson Gerber

9. The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1)

By: Alyson Gerber

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY bestseller! Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the pr… read more

Similar categories in Alyson Gerber's The Liars Society (The Liars Society #1) book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1) by James  Patterson

10. Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

By: James Patterson

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Patterson has just created the most spine-tingling, creepy-crawling, giggle-producing kid’s d… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1) book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • juvenile
Cover of You Are Here: Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh

11. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's You Are Here: Connecting Flights book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

Cover of Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

12. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

13. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key by Tracy Occomy Crowder

14. Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key

By: Tracy Occomy Crowder

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

It's 2008, and ten-year-old Montgomery "Monty" Carver is out to find the origin of a golden key fou… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Occomy Crowder's Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of Secrets and Sidekicks (Katie the Catsitter, #3) by Colleen A.F. Venable

15. Secrets and Sidekicks (Katie the Catsitter, #3)

By: Colleen A.F. Venable

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Library Binding

Still training to be a sidekick, Katie protects the city against mysterious robot attacks--while tr… read more

Similar categories in Colleen A.F. Venable's Secrets and Sidekicks (Katie the Catsitter, #3) book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord

16. Home Away From Home

By: Cynthia Lord

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything ar… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Lord's Home Away From Home book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • juvenile
Cover of Faker by Gordon Korman

17. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • juvenile
Cover of The Way I Say It by Nancy Tandon

18. The Way I Say It

By: Nancy Tandon

4.52

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Rory still can’t say his r’s, but that’s just the beginning of his troubles. First Rory’s ex-best-f… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Tandon's The Way I Say It book and James Patterson's Minerva Keen's Detective Club (MK's Detective Club, 1)

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • juvenile

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