8 must-read mystery books like Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1) by Chris Priestley

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Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1)

By: Chris Priestley

3.74

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Mildew and Sponge don’t think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom­laden, gargoyle-infested…

If you liked the mystery plot in Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1) by Chris Priestley , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.57

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's at… read more

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"We make our own music to celebrate our dead where we must."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

"Home is where the heart begins, but not where the heart stays."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

"It is a luxury to see some violence as terror and other violence as necessary."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

"It's in the spirit of male loneliness to imagine that someone has to suffer for it."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

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2. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

By: Sun-mi Hwang , Chi-Young Kim , Nomoco

3.99

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

A Korean Charlotte's Web This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs … read more

Similar categories in Sun-mi Hwang's The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly book and Chris Priestley's Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1)

  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
"لا أدري لماذا حياتي صعبة هكذا. هل يحصل هذا معي لأن لدي حلمًا؟"

-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

"كانت حياتي قاسية, لكنني كنت سعيدة جدًا, وتمكنت من البقاء حية بسبب ذلك الحلم"

-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

"كان المكان هادئًا رغم انتهاء حياةٍ غاليةٍ على قلبها. كانت الأشجار والنجوم والقمر و العشب كلها هادئة, وكأنها تتظاهر بأنها لم تشاهد أي شيء."

-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

"Nur weil man zur selben Art gehört, heißt das nicht, dass man eine große glückliche Familie ist. Das Wichtigste ist, dass man sich versteht. Das ist Liebe!"

-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

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3. Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

By: Jim Butcher

4.14

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition with a different page count exists here. Harry Dresden - Wizard Lo… read more

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  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Bob,"

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"Murphy,"

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"God save me from idealists."

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"Ease off the martyr throttle."

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

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4. Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)

By: Jim Butcher

3.97

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

For the 1st printing edition of this ISBN, see . HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARD Lost items found. Paranor… read more

Similar categories in Jim Butcher's Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4) book and Chris Priestley's Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1)

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

6. Well-Schooled in Murder (Inspector Lynley, #3)

By: Elizabeth George

3.73

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public sch… read more

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7. City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab

3.88

Format: 272 pages, ebook

From number-one New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab comes a sweeping, spooky, evocati… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Stories have power,"

-Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

"You don't think about how unnerving silence is until it's everywhere."

-Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

"There's a difference between wanting to stay and being too afraid to let go."

-Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

"No shame in being scared. But there’s a difference between being scared and being scared away ."

-Victoria Schwab, City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

8. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

By: Tim Burton

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burtonhas … read more

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9. The Door-to-Door Bookstore

By: Carsten Henn

4.14

Format: 239 pages, Hardcover

The charming international bestseller about an elderly bookseller who delivers his recommendations … read more

Similar categories in Carsten Henn's The Door-to-Door Bookstore book and Chris Priestley's Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1)

  • fiction
"If you can tell when a book is good, why don’t you write one yourself?"

-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore

"You need to read more. It makes the brain flexible, so that anything can fit into it."

-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore

"She didn't need to believe in God; it was entirely sufficient that God believed in her."

-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore

"It has been said that books find their own readers—but sometimes they need someone to show them the way."

-Carsten Henn, The Door-to-Door Bookstore

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10. Men Who Hate Women

By: Laura Bates

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more

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"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"

-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women

"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"

-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women

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11. She and Her Cat: Stories

By: Makoto Shinkai

3.89

Format: 135 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs and Murata Sayaka’s Earthlings, this Japanese bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Makoto Shinkai's She and Her Cat: Stories book and Chris Priestley's Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1)

  • fiction
"I recalled that rainy day when I'd rescued Chobi-or so I'd arrogantly believed at the time. Actually, I was the one who'd been rescued."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat: Stories

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12. Win Lose Kill Die

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.61

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

An explosive new YA thriller, from the author of Last One To Die. The students at Morton Academy ar… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1) by Kayvion Lewis

13. Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1)

By: Kayvion Lewis

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat compe… read more

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  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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14. Der Spurenfinder

By: Marc-Uwe Kling

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

»Elos von Bergen war nicht einfach irgendein Spurensucher. Er war es, der das Rätsel des Obelisken … read more

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  • humor
  • childrens
  • fantasy
Cover of The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1) by Hannah Hendy

15. The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1)

By: Hannah Hendy

3.27

Format: 290 pages, ebook

Murder is a dish best served ice cold... Margery and Clementine are enjoying a peaceful middle-a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Hendy's The Dinner Lady Detectives (Dinner Lady Detectives, #1) book and Chris Priestley's Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
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16. Sörensen sieht Land (Kommissar Sörensen, #4)

By: Sven Stricker

4.31

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

In Katenbüll gibt es nicht viel zu feiern. Umso schlimmer, als eine der seltenen Festlichkeiten ein… read more

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17. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

By: Eleanor Janega

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more

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Cover of The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1) by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

18. The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

By: Jack Meggitt-Phillips

4.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Beauty comes at a price. And no one knows that better than Ebenezer Tweezer, who has stayed beautif… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"ren’t you going to say ‘Whoa!’ or ‘Gosh!’?"

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"It can be rather a nasty shock when you realize that you’ve been behaving badly."

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"Yes, I am a handsome devil, and yes, I can do it! After all, what’s three days in the life of a 511-year-old anyway?"

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

"A good night’s sleep can do wonders for the brain. It can help sharpen your thinking, and if you are lucky, it can bring you answers to the most troublesome questions."

-Jack Meggitt-Phillips, The Beast and the Bethany (The Beast and the Bethany, #1)

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19. There Are Trans People Here

By: H. Melt

4.19

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

There are trans people here in the past, the present, and the future. H. Melt's writing centers the… read more

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20. The Midnight Game

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.86

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

A classic horror story for a new generation. Six strangers. One night. But how many survivors? … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1) by Chris Priestley

21. Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1)

By: Chris Priestley

3.74

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Mildew and Sponge don’t think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom­laden, gargoyle-infested… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy

13 must-read fiction books like Curse of the Werewolf Boy (Maudlin Towers #1) by Chris Priestley

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The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly

Sun-mi Hwang , Chi-Young Kim , Nomoco

3.99

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Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

Jim Butcher

4.14

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Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4)

Jim Butcher

3.97

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

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How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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Natasha Preston

3.85

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Holly Jackson

4.13

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Kathryn Foxfield

3.36

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