OK, I'll confess! I LOVE a good mystery! I had a mystery-themed birthday party when I turned 12. Clue is one of my all-time favorite movies (and my favorite board game.) And of course, I love mystery books.
Books have an amazing ability to take you in to another world - one with new people, places, and adventures. I think part of the allure of mysteries is that readers can participate. You can help the characters find clues and crack the case.
I can’t remember the first mystery series I read, but I’m pretty sure it was one of The Baby-Sitter’s Club Mysteries or Super Mysteries. I can say with certainty that once I uncover a mystery series I like, I read as many as I could get my hands on.
In honor of Mystery Series Week, here are some of my picks for mysteries:
- Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars by Tracy Mack and Michael Citrin
- Cam Janson by David A. Adler
- Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- The 39 Clues (various authors)
- A Dog and His Girl Mysteries by Jane B. Mason and Sarah Hines-Stephens
- Nate the Great, by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
- 24-7 Mystery Files
For more book suggestions, check out this post on Scholastic Parent’s Raise a Reader blog!
