8 must-read paranormal books like Dust & Grim by Chuck Wendig

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Dust & Grim

By: Chuck Wendig

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade adventure about rival siblings running a monster mortuary.​Thirteen-year-old Molly d…

If you liked the paranormal plot in Dust & Grim by Chuck Wendig , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The School Between Winter and Fairyland by Heather Fawcett

1. The School Between Winter and Fairyland

By: Heather Fawcett

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A fresh and exciting twist on magical boarding schools, the well-loved Chosen One trope, and the na… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The School Between Winter and Fairyland book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Lumara by Melissa Landers

2. Lumara

By: Melissa Landers

3.73

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The answers lie within. Boarding school student Talia Morris has no idea her boyfriend, Nathaniel,… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Landers's Lumara book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights (The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights, #1) by Alexandria Rogers

3. The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights (The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights, #1)

By: Alexandria Rogers

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Ellie can’t help that she’s a witch, the most hated member of society. Determined t… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Rogers's The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights (The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Clackity (Blight Harbor) by Lora Senf

4. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Clackity (Blight Harbor) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

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5. The Nighthouse Keeper (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Evie once again leaves her world behind to rescue Blight Harbor’s ghosts in this second book in the… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Nighthouse Keeper (Blight Harbor) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
Cover of Tumble by Celia C. Pérez

6. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon

7. Chester Keene Cracks the Code

By: Kekla Magoon

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta S… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's Chester Keene Cracks the Code book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Juniper’s Christmas by Eoin Colfer

8. Juniper’s Christmas

By: Eoin Colfer

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, mega-bestselling Eoin Colfer comes a heartwarming, adventurous Christmas the p… read more

Similar categories in Eoin Colfer's Juniper’s Christmas book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1)

By: Kevin Sands

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Five kids with unusual talents are brought together to commit an impossible crime. A magic-infus… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton

10. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

By: Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Rain Rising by Courtne Comrie

11. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

12. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

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13. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dust & Grim by Chuck Wendig

14. Dust & Grim

By: Chuck Wendig

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade adventure about rival siblings running a monster mortuary.​Thirteen-year-old Molly d… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • urban fantasy
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller

15. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

By: Tae Keller

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens. Sometimes m… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?"

-Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

Cover of The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown

16. The Girl in the Lake

By: India Hill Brown

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more

Similar categories in India Hill Brown's The Girl in the Lake book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. Concealed

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ivette Joanna And now: Katrina Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't k… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Concealed book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

18. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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19. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1) by Julie Kagawa

20. Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1)

By: Julie Kagawa

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl is the first book in a globe-trotting adventure that com… read more

Similar categories in Julie Kagawa's Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. Spineless

By: Samantha San Miguel

3.62

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This exciting middle-grade adventure is Hoot for the Gilded Age—with scientific discoveries, secret… read more

Similar categories in Samantha San Miguel's Spineless book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Language of Seabirds by Will  Taylor

22. The Language of Seabirds

By: Will Taylor

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside su… read more

Similar categories in Will Taylor's The Language of Seabirds book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Rules for Vampires by Alex Foulkes

23. Rules for Vampires

By: Alex Foulkes

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Nevermoor series meets Hotel Transylvania in this dazzling debut middle grade adventure set in … read more

Similar categories in Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) by Olivia Abtahi

24. Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

By: Olivia Abtahi

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lock-Eater by Zack Loran Clark

25. The Lock-Eater

By: Zack Loran Clark

3.97

Format: None pages, None

For fans of Nevermoor and Howl's Moving Castle comes an epic middle grade fantasy about a girl with… read more

Similar categories in Zack Loran Clark's The Lock-Eater book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki

26. Tales to Keep You Up at Night

By: Dan Poblocki

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits, comes a spectacul… read more

Similar categories in Dan Poblocki's Tales to Keep You Up at Night book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1) by Kalynn  Bayron

27. The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1)

By: Kalynn Bayron

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the world of the Vanquishers, vampires were history . . . until now.Malika “Boog” Wilson and her… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack

28. Black Bird, Blue Road

By: Sofiya Pasternack

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more

Similar categories in Sofiya Pasternack's Black Bird, Blue Road book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) by Alex London

29. City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

By: Alex London

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground drag… read more

Similar categories in Alex London's City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • urban fantasy
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Secrets between friends are like dragon bile."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"Um..." Abel feared "um" was officially his catchphrase."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"WW3D" they added, which was a code they used whenever one of them was feeling nervous about something."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"How do you know it's a him?" Abel asked. "He's not wearing his pronouns on a name tag." "Male Sunrise Reapers have orange eyes," Roa said. "Females have red or yellow." "But what if he's nonbinary?" …"

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

Cover of The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by James  Bird

30. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

By: James Bird

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more

Similar categories in James Bird's The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Swag Is in the Socks by Kelly J. Baptist

31. The Swag Is in the Socks

By: Kelly J. Baptist

4.15

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Xavier Moon is stepping out of the shadows when his great uncle gifts his with outlandish socks and… read more

Similar categories in Kelly J. Baptist's The Swag Is in the Socks book and Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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3.94

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4.04

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Melissa Landers

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Kayvion Lewis

3.88

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Heather Fawcett

4.13

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Frances Hardinge

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