11 best-selling mystery books like The Ghost in Apartment 2R by Denis Markell

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The Ghost in Apartment 2R

By: Denis Markell

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What if there was a ghost in your brother's room? This kid-friendly mystery about three friend…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Ghost in Apartment 2R by Denis Markell , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Wishtree by Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso

1. Wishtree

By: Katherine Applegate , Charles Santoso

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . . Red is an oak tree who is man… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Wishtree book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Here's an idea for you: ideas are a bad idea"

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"I'm not just a tree. I'm a home. A community. - Red"

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"Hollows are proof that something bad can become something good with enough time and care and hope."

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

"My point," Bongo continued, "is that the world's a tough place. Doesn't matter if you're a bunny or a lizard or a kid."

-Katherine Applegate, Wishtree

Cover of The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

2. The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's not what her moth… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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3. The Girl Who Drank the Moon

By: Kelly Barnhill

4.12

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in th… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Sorrow is dangerous."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Magic and madness are link after all."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Death is always sudden, even when it isn't"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

"Some of us...choose love over power. Indeed, most of us do."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

4. Wish

By: Barbara O'Connor

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. Sh… read more

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5. Hello, Universe

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.49

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Hello, Universe book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

6. Dork Diaries 12: Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe

By: Rachel Renée Russell

3.80

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

Nikki Maxwell's adventures continue in the twelfth installment in the blockbuster #1 New York Times… read more

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7. The Wizard Of Ooze (Goosebumps HorrorLand, #17)

By: R.L. Stine

4.32

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Take a little Horror home with you! While visiting HorrorLand, Marco Gonzales and his friend Gabrie… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Stine's The Wizard Of Ooze (Goosebumps HorrorLand, #17) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

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8. 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 Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"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

Cover of City Spies (City Spies #1) by James Ponti

9. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's City Spies (City Spies #1) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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10. Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

By: Katherine Arden

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debu… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"Other than her homework, Ollie was carrying Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, a broken-spined paperback that she'd dug out of he dad's bookshelves. She mostly liked it. Peter Blood outsmarted everyon…"

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

Cover of Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Shea Ernshaw

11. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

By: Shea Ernshaw

3.85

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Jack and Sally are "truly meant to be" ... or are they? Sally Skellington is the official, newl… read more

Similar categories in Shea Ernshaw's Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
"Even if my seams can be broken, that doesn't mean I will be."

-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

"I was born in Dream Town, but I am also the Pumpkin Queen. I will fight for Jack. I will fight to set things right."

-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

"It's a ghastly thing to lose an arm--or any part of yourself, really--to feel disconnected from your body. Not quite whole."

-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

" Your curiosity will kill you , Dr. Finkelstein once told me. Maybe he was right. But instead of killing me, it's taken the man, the skeleton, I love."

-Shea Ernshaw, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

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12. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3) by Katherine Applegate

14. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. We Dream of Space

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

It's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelso… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's We Dream of Space book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2) by Katherine Applegate

16. The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.23

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"You are Bob, untamed and undaunted."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"Seems to me there are lots of ways to be brave, Bob," he said."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"When you've been through the worst with someone, you appreciate the best."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

"Maybe it's easier to forgive others once you've learned how to forgive yourself."

-Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob (The One and Only #2)

Cover of Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) by B.B. Alston

17. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

By: B.B. Alston

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full schol… read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
Cover of Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1) by Stuart Gibbs

18. Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.33

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

From author Stuart Gibbs comes the first novel in a new series about the world’s youngest and smart… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1) by Ally Carter

19. Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1)

By: Ally Carter

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

When 11-year-old April joins a group of kids living at Winterborne Home she doesn't expect to be th… read more

Similar categories in Ally Carter's Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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20. Marshmallow & Jordan

By: Alina Chau

4.22

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Jordan’s days as star player for her school’s basketball team ended when an accident left her paral… read more

Similar categories in Alina Chau's Marshmallow & Jordan book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia   Stephens

22. Artie and the Wolf Moon

By: Olivia Stephens

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

After sneaking out against her mother's wishes, Artie Irvin spots a massive wolf--then watches it d… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Stephens's Artie and the Wolf Moon book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • paranormal
  • fiction
"Now I'm here to be better than you at everything on a full-time bases."

-Olivia Stephens, Artie and the Wolf Moon

Cover of The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton

23. 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 Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra (Charlie Thorne #3) by Stuart Gibbs

24. Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra (Charlie Thorne #3)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.52

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this third installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series—which #1 New York… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra (Charlie Thorne #3) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Charlie Thorne and the Lost City (Charlie Thorne #2) by Stuart Gibbs

25. Charlie Thorne and the Lost City (Charlie Thorne #2)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.40

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Charlie searches for Charles Darwin’s hidden treasure in South America.Charlie Thorne is a genius. … read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Charlie Thorne and the Lost City (Charlie Thorne #2) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla

26. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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27. The Elephant's Girl

By: Celesta Rimington

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An elephant never forgets...but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. When she was a toddler, a… read more

Similar categories in Celesta Rimington's The Elephant's Girl book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
Cover of The Haunted Mustache (Night Frights, #1) by Joe   McGee

28. The Haunted Mustache (Night Frights, #1)

By: Joe McGee

3.60

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

From the author of Junior Monster Scouts comes new spooky and silly series perfect for fans of Goos… read more

Similar categories in Joe McGee's The Haunted Mustache (Night Frights, #1) book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
Cover of The Ghost in Apartment 2R by Denis Markell

29. The Ghost in Apartment 2R

By: Denis Markell

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

What if there was a ghost in your brother's room? This kid-friendly mystery about three friend… read more

Similar categories in Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • new york
  • childrens
  • ghosts
  • jewish
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Forever Neverland by Susan Adrian

30. Forever Neverland

By: Susan Adrian

4.09

Format: 272 pages, ebook

What if Peter Pan wanted to take you to Neverland? Would you go? A contemporary sequel to J. M.… read more

Similar categories in Susan Adrian's Forever Neverland book and Denis Markell's The Ghost in Apartment 2R

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

25 best-selling fiction books like The Ghost in Apartment 2R by Denis Markell

Transform Your Habits

Wishtree

Katherine Applegate , Charles Santoso

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2)

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

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11 best-selling fiction books like Charlie Thorne and the Lost City (Charlie Thorne #2) by Stuart Gibbs

Transform Your Habits

Vanished! (Framed, #2)

James Ponti

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)

James Ponti

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Van Gogh Deception

Deron R. Hicks

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Slugfest

Gordon Korman

4.24

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