22 Best fiction books like The Peacock Detectives by Carly Nugent

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The Peacock Detectives

By: Carly Nugent

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street and Waiting for Normal, this charming middle …

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1. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart , Diana Sudyka

4.21

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Children You must not come STOP Dangerous The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new … read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
"It's not going to be over until we say so."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"There was a unique pleasure in knowing a friend so well, Reynie reflected, rather like sharing a secret code."

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

"Good grief! They're going to call us inside soon, and Sticky hasn't even met Madge yet!" "Who's Madge?" Sticky asked. "Her Majesty the Queen!"

-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

Cover of Whichwood (Furthermore, #2) by Tahereh Mafi

2. Whichwood (Furthermore, #2)

By: Tahereh Mafi

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A new adventure about a girl who is fated to wash the bodies of the dead in this companion to Furth… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"She did not allow the opinions of others to dictate who she was."

-Tahereh Mafi, Whichwood (Furthermore, #2)

"He was a man who felt too much, and his heart was so large that things got lost in it"

-Tahereh Mafi, Whichwood (Furthermore, #2)

"Beauty is easily forgotten in the face of death, decrepitude, and general unpleasantness."

-Tahereh Mafi, Whichwood (Furthermore, #2)

"A piece of advice, sweet son of mine: Never, ever again tell a woman she's not strong enough."

-Tahereh Mafi, Whichwood (Furthermore, #2)

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3. Hour of the Bees

By: Lindsay Eagar

3.80

Format: 245 pages, ebook

Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them. . . . While her friends are spending th… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
Cover of Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4) by Robin Stevens

4. Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4)

By: Robin Stevens

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The fantastic new mystery from the author of Murder Most Unladylike. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong hav… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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5. Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secre… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

6. The Arrival

By: Shaun Tan

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to… read more

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7. Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend

By: Steven Herrick

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

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8. Sunny Side Up

By: Jennifer L. Holm , Matthew Holm , Lark Pien

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first sh… read more

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9. Crow Country

By: Kate Constable

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of the Chanters of Tremaris series comes a contemporary time travel fantasy, ground… read more

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10. The Magic Finger

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.70

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To … read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Just look at that beastly duck cooking at my stove!" Cried Mrs Gregg as she flew past the kitchen window. "How dare she!"

-Roald Dahl, The Magic Finger

11. The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1)

By: None

3.78

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who esc… read more

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12. Within These Walls

By: Robyn Bavati

4.00

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Whatever is coming, we'll face it together, as a family. As long as we're together, we'll be okay. … read more

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13. 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

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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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14. Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

By: Lisa Schneidau

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magi… read more

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  • fiction
"In the old days, there were bogles, the horrid things, creeping in the darkness, ready to take people. And even in the daytime, when there weren't bogles, people were always fretting about them, or s…"

-Lisa Schneidau, Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

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15. Everywhere Blue

By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
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16. 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

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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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17. From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

By: Janae Marks

4.29

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • family
"I’d already waited twelve years to speak to Marcus. How much longer would I have to wait for the truth?"

-Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

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18. The Smartest Kid in the Universe (The Smartest Kid in the Universe, #1)

By: Chris Grabenstein

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Library Binding

"For centuries, humans have consumed information through their eyes and our ears," said Dr. Backbri… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2) by Katherine Arden

19. Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2)

By: Katherine Arden

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in this fo… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
"It will be dark in a few hours. Ghosts are stronger in the dark."

-Katherine Arden, Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2)

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20. Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

By: Anna James

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A magical adventure to delight the imagination. The curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a series from a … read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Do not wait too long for something special to present itself. Go out and find it."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"Words can mean much more, or less, than they seem, and we can put them to such creative uses."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"But not really at your service, you understand, it’s a symbolic thing. I’m a prince – I’m not going to actually help you with anything."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"Books aren't interested in who is reading them... A book will welcome any reader; any age, any background, any point of view. Books don't care if you can't understand every word in them, or if you wa…"

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

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21. Song for a Whale

By: Lynne Kelly

4.23

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A sound can move anything if it's strong enough."

-Lynne Kelly, Song for a Whale

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22. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Carly Nugent's The Peacock Detectives

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of 12 to 22: POV You Wake Up in the Future! by Jen Calonita

23. 12 to 22: POV You Wake Up in the Future!

By: Jen Calonita

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A smart and funny modern day 13 Going on 30 from New York Times bestselling author Jen Calonita! A … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart by Samera Kamaleddine

25. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

By: Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
  • contemporary
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26. Exit Through the Gift Shop

By: Maryam Master

4.10

Format: None pages, ebook

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. On Air with Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #2)

By: Janae Marks

4.25

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Two years ago, Zoe Washington helped clear Marcus' name for a crime he didn't commit. Now her birth… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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28. Magicborn

By: Peter Bunzl

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Curse is changed. You'll never know. The truth is lost. The lie will grow. The year is 1726… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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29. Tweet

By: Morris Gleitzman

3.58

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The people of the world are puzzled. Birds everywhere are sitting on highways, on buildings, on BBQ… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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30. The Peacock Detectives

By: Carly Nugent

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street and Waiting for Normal, this charming middle … read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • family
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31. Rewitched

By: Lucy Jane Wood

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark . . . but she hasn’t seen it in a while, either… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary

9 Best contemporary books like The Peacock Detectives by Carly Nugent

Transform Your Habits

From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

Janae Marks

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Song for a Whale

Lynne Kelly

4.23

Transform Your Habits

12 to 22: POV You Wake Up in the Future!

Jen Calonita

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Those Kids from Fawn Creek

Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

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16 Top fiction books like From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) by Janae Marks

Transform Your Habits

Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

Kelly Yang

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Other Words for Home

Jasmine Warga

4.42

Transform Your Habits

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Janae Marks

4.29

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