6 best-selling mystery books like Let the Monster Out: A Novel by Chad Lucas

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Let the Monster Out: A Novel

By: Chad Lucas

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An equal parts heart-pounding and heartfelt middle-grade mystery about facing––and accepting––your …

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1. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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2. Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2)

By: Kevin Sands

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dying friend, a terrible bargain, an underwater quest, and dangerous magic . . . this adventure p… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Seekers of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #2) book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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4. The Other Side of Perfect

By: Melanie Florence

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Two kids from two different worlds form an unexpected friendship in this lens into the interworking… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Florence's The Other Side of Perfect book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult
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5. Walking in Two Worlds (The Floraverse)

By: Wab Kinew

3.51

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds, both real and virtual, in the YA fantasy debu… read more

Similar categories in Wab Kinew's Walking in Two Worlds (The Floraverse) book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • canada
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Eight Days

By: Teresa Toten

3.85

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Governor General's award-winning author Teresa Toten's story about one girl's transformative eight-… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Toten's Eight Days book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
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7. Let the Monster Out: A Novel

By: Chad Lucas

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An equal parts heart-pounding and heartfelt middle-grade mystery about facing––and accepting––your … read more

Similar categories in Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • science fiction
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8. Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel

By: Leisl Adams

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In Leisl Adams’s fun debut graphic novel, Batter Royale , a talented young chef is selected to part… read more

Similar categories in Leisl Adams's Batter Royale: A Graphic Novel book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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9. Fly

By: Alison Hughes

3.84

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

A novel in free verse about a middle schooler who discovers he’s not the only one grappling with th… read more

Similar categories in Alison Hughes's Fly book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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10. Sorry For Your Loss

By: Joanne Levy

4.11

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Evie Walman is not obsessed with death. She does think about it a lot, though, but only because her… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Levy's Sorry For Your Loss book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult
"Someone else’s grief is not for you to solve."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"But even though I didn’t think he liked me very much, at least he hadn’t called me any names or told me I smelled like death. So that was an improvement."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"I took some comfort in thinking about how when I grew up and became a funeral director like my parents, I wouldn’t have to worry about my clients being mean to me. Because they’d already be dead."

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

"Part of being a good funeral director— and even a good friend—is knowing that someone may not want to be consoled. They may not welcome your words of support, and you need to respect that. Someone el…"

-Joanne Levy, Sorry For Your Loss

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11. The Ribbon Leaf

By: Lori Weber

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Would you risk your life to help a friend? In Nazi Germany, friendship between an Aryan German girl… read more

Similar categories in Lori Weber's The Ribbon Leaf book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • young adult
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12. Ghostlight

By: Kenneth Oppel

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One teen's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidenta… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Oppel's Ghostlight book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
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13. Forever Birchwood

By: Danielle Daniel

3.97

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle Daniel Adventurous, tr… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Daniel's Forever Birchwood book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Under the Iron Bridge (The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers 2021, 19)

By: Kathy Kacer

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

It's 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last … read more

Similar categories in Kathy Kacer's Under the Iron Bridge (The Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers 2021, 19) book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • young adult
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15. Apartment 713

By: Kevin Sylvester

4.26

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to the Regency, where even time moves… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sylvester's Apartment 713 book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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16. The Stone Child (The Misewa Saga, #3)

By: David Alexander Robertson

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

It's a race against time to save Eli, in this third book in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indi… read more

Similar categories in David Alexander Robertson's The Stone Child (The Misewa Saga, #3) book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Bear House

By: Meaghan McIsaac

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a gritty medieval world where the ruling houses are based on the constellations, betrayal, intri… read more

Similar categories in Meaghan McIsaac's The Bear House book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • middle grade
  • young adult
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18. Berani

By: Michelle Kadarusman

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An honest and stirring novel about the choices made by young environmental activists, and the balan… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Kadarusman's Berani book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
  • young adult
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19. Sneaks

By: Catherine Egan

3.91

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Men in Black meets middle school! A school project takes an alien turn when three kids uncover a se… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Egan's Sneaks book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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20. Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton

By: Anita Daher

3.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Nominated for a 2023/24 Red Cedar Award Nominated for the 2024 MYRCA Sundogs! When twelve-year-old … read more

Similar categories in Anita Daher's Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • middle grade
  • canada
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21. Ravenous Things

By: Derrick Chow

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kieran Viola and Cassidy Leyendecker at Disney Hyperion have acquired at auction debut middle grade… read more

Similar categories in Derrick Chow's Ravenous Things book and Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror

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4.39

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4.25

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4.06

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