Books like The Dollhouse Murders

Looking for books like The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright (Mystery · grades 4–7)? It’s most often read for its themes of mystery, family, and ghosts. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Dollhouse Murders

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Why each is a match

All the Lovely Bad Onesgrades 5–8
Shares themes of mystery, family, and ghosts and overlapping grades (5–8).
Not Quite Dead Yetgrades 7–12
Shares themes of mystery and family, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (7–12).
The Reappearance of Rachel Pricegrades 7–12
Shares themes of mystery and family, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (7–12).
City of Ghostsgrades 4–7
Shares themes of family and ghosts and overlapping grades (4–7).
Cryptid Huntersgrades 5–8
Shares themes of mystery and family and overlapping grades (5–8).
Final Word (The Winterton Deception #1)grades 3–7
Shares themes of mystery and family and overlapping grades (3–7).
Fowl Playgrades 3–6
Shares themes of mystery and family and overlapping grades (3–6).
Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead Housegrades 3–7
Shares themes of mystery and family and overlapping grades (3–7).
Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detectivegrades 3–6
Shares themes of mystery, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It Allgrades 3–6
Shares themes of mystery and family and overlapping grades (3–6).

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