8 Best mystery books like The Legendary Mo Seto by A.Y. Chan

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The Legendary Mo Seto

By: A.Y. Chan

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced, high-kicking debut that’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Stand Up, Yumi Chung a…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Legendary Mo Seto by A.Y. Chan , here is a list of 8 books like this:

1. Mâța Vinerii

By: Doina Ruști

4.01

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Mata Vinerii/The Book of Perilous Dishes tells the story of a magic recipe book and a family of ade… read more

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2. Scareground

By: Angela Kecojevic

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Roll up, roll up, the Scareground is in town! Twelve-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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3. The Only Way Out is Death

By: Varun Gwalani

4.02

Format: None pages, ebook

Twelve powerful people are kidnapped and imprisoned in an empty hotel. Each one of them has thre… read more

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  • mystery
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4. Belly Woman

By: Benjamin Oren Black

4.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Hailed as "a must-read for our times" (Aminatta Forna) and "eye-opening, kind, and inspirational" (… read more

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"The disease moves within human suffering"

-Benjamin Oren Black, Belly Woman

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5. The Book of Uriel: A Heart-Breaking and Unique WW2 Story of Jewish History and Folklore

By: Elyse Hoffman

4.46

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"An otherworldly tale with indelible characters in a realistic wartime setting. Hoffman's nove… read more

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6. The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

By: Kara Jorgensen

3.97

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

A reluctant necromancer, a man killed before his time, and the crime that brings them together. … read more

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  • mystery
"You're dead! I can't let you wander all over the place decomposing."

-Kara Jorgensen, The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

"if you haven't noticed, I don't exactly have a lively social life. I talk to the dead more than the living"

-Kara Jorgensen, The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

"Is this a normal day for you?" "Not really. Why?" "Because you said it so casually, 'Oh, he was eaten by his tiger', like it's completely normal for that to happen"

-Kara Jorgensen, The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

"Felipe, we hace been put on leave. That means, we leave the case and my laboratory alone." "And to think, yesterday you were beginning your life of rule breaking and you've already reformed"

-Kara Jorgensen, The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1)

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7. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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8. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

By: Christopher Lincoln

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Lincoln's The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. The Bletchley Riddle

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Shein… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon

By: Safinah Danish Elahi

4.30

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Zohaib, Misha and Nadia believed they would be in each other's lives forever. As children they play… read more

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11. The Templar Sword

By: Sam Clarke

4.47

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Noah is a typical teenager with a very atypical dream – becoming a modern-day Knight Templar. His e… read more

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12. Anticipation

By: Neil Taylor

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

You are being played. Your every move is being watched by businesses hoping to manipulate your b… read more

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13. Terra Electrica: The Guardians of the North (Terra Electrica, 1)

By: Antonia Maxwell

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The last ice cap has melted, and the world is on the brink of collapse. A deadly force—Terra Electr… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Maxwell's Terra Electrica: The Guardians of the North (Terra Electrica, 1) book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
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14. The Legendary Mo Seto

By: A.Y. Chan

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced, high-kicking debut that’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Stand Up, Yumi Chung a… read more

Similar categories in A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • sports
  • martial arts
  • mystery
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15. Songlight (The Torch Trilogy, #1)

By: Moira Buffini

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Star-crossed lovers, against-all-odds friendship, and a brutally unforgiving world make this first … read more

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16. Immortal

By: Sue Lynn Tan

4.40

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, standalone romantic fantasy filled with dangerous secrets, forbidden magic, and passion… read more

Similar categories in Sue Lynn Tan's Immortal book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • asian literature
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17. The Lightning Bottles

By: Marissa Stapley

4.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The author of New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Lucky returns with a love letter… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Stapley's The Lightning Bottles book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • mystery
  • contemporary
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18. Gamerville

By: Johnnie Christmas

3.70

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A video gamer’s championship aspirations are dashed when his parents send him to Camp Refresh, wher… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Gamerville book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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19. The Sherlock Society (The Sherlock Society, #1)

By: James Ponti

4.50

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's The Sherlock Society (The Sherlock Society, #1) book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • contemporary
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20. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

By: Jasmine Warga

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. May the Best Player Win

By: Kyla Zhao

4.56

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this middle grade novel the clock is ticking for May Li, whose middle-school chess team just ear… read more

Similar categories in Kyla Zhao's May the Best Player Win book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
  • contemporary
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22. Seeing Dead

By: Edgar D. Jackson

4.53

Format: 642 pages, Paperback

Seeing Dead a sci-fi mystery set in Scotland, and it focuses on the mysterious disappearance of a s… read more

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23. No Funeral for Nazia

By: Taha Kehar

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Nazia Sami is a celebrated author, but perhaps her greatest plot twist is yet to be produced. In he… read more

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  • contemporary
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24. The Red Tunic

By: Kate Wiseman

4.68

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

History and gender are intertwined in this fast-paced arresting account of the First World War and … read more

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25. Buffalo Dreamer

By: Violet Duncan

4.40

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating novel about the importance of reclaiming the past, based on the author’s family his… read more

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  • middle grade
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26. The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A boy living on Mars unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider in this first book in the sci-fi and fanta… read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1) book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan

27. Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back

By: Ruth Chan

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of New Kid and A First Time for Everything, a joyful and tearful debut middle grad… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Chan's Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
Cover of House of Elephants (Witchlings, #3) by Claribel A. Ortega

28. House of Elephants (Witchlings, #3)

By: Claribel A. Ortega

4.49

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Claribel A. Ortega comes the third book in the spellbinding … read more

Similar categories in Claribel A. Ortega's House of Elephants (Witchlings, #3) book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
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29. Flightless Falcon

By: James Charles Smith

3.46

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Interstate 70, April 1969 After being in the Air Force Academy for only a year, Sam Roberts has res… read more

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30. The Road to Courage: A Boy's Adventures on America's Last Frontier

By: Roy Taylor

4.14

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Set in the mid-twentieth century, The Road to Courage is narrated by a young boy as he journeys wit… read more

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31. Lost at Windy River: A True Story of Survival

By: Trina Rathgeber

4.23

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

It takes courage and bravery to survive in the barrens. In 1944, thirteen-year-old Ilse Schweder… read more

Similar categories in Trina Rathgeber's Lost at Windy River: A True Story of Survival book and A.Y. Chan's The Legendary Mo Seto

  • middle grade
  • childrens

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Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

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4.21

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