Books, books, books, and more books!

Thread Games
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We’re doing it with movies & TV, so I thought maybe books would be fun too. Propose a category, and after 10 entries, it’s done. Last entrant posts a new one.

Since it’s books, please, no in-fighting. If poster 1 thinks it fits, it fits. In he case of blatant abuse of this non-rule, contact a mod. They can ask me, but mostly, I’m going bow to their judgment, mostly so it dovetails with the other category games.

Please be nice, and do not post really obscure topics, even when you checked, and there are 10.

First one is easy.

YA (ie, chapter books, but kids’ books) books that are “mysteries and detective stories.”

  1. The Westing Game
Misread thread titles
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  1. The Westing Game
  2. A Wrinkle In Time
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  1. The Westing Game
  2. A Wrinkle In Time
  3. The Flickering Torch Mystery

The Hardy Boys

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4. Firestarter

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Is Firestarter a young adult book, that is a “mystery or detective story”? Let’s wait for @RivkahChaya to make a call on that one.

In the meantime …

YA (ie, chapter books, but kids’ books) books that are “mysteries and detective stories.”

  1. The Westing Game
  2. A Wrinkle In Time
  3. The Flickering Torch Mystery
  4. The Thirteenth Pearl

Nancy Drew.

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RivkahChaya has not read ii, however, she has a feeling that it is not shelved with the YA books in the library.

I’m not saying a YA would never read it-- and most people reading from the “YA” section are 8-14-- just saying a librarian wouldn’t shelve it there.

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Here’s two more-- one new, one classic, in case I picked a hard topic (I thought it was easy)[quote]
YA (ie, chapter books, but kids’ books) books that are “mysteries and detective stories.”
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  1. The Westing Game
  2. A Wrinkle In Time
  3. The Flickering Torch Mystery
  4. The Thirteenth Pearl
  5. One of Us Is Lying
  6. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
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YA (ie, chapter books, but kids’ books) books that are “mysteries and detective stories.”

  1. The Westing Game
  2. A Wrinkle In Time
  3. The Flickering Torch Mystery
  4. The Thirteenth Pearl
  5. One of Us Is Lying
  6. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
  7. The Castle of Adventure

By Enid Blyton; part of her “Adventure” series. It is a mystery I read as a young adult, so it should qualify.

Thanks for the clarification, Rivkah. We’ll make it through this one, I’m sure. I must say, I do like the topic, as I love books.

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YA (ie, chapter books, but kids’ books) books that are “mysteries and detective stories.”

  1. The Westing Game
  2. A Wrinkle In Time
  3. The Flickering Torch Mystery
  4. The Thirteenth Pearl
  5. One of Us Is Lying
  6. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
  7. The Castle of Adventure
  8. Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes

A slight stretch as it’s more sort of “YA spy story” but it’s basically a mystery/detective story anyway. And I’d recommend all six Ruby Redfort books by Lauren Childs.

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YA (ie, chapter books, but kids’ books) books that are “mysteries and detective stories.”

  1. The Westing Game
  2. A Wrinkle In Time
  3. The Flickering Torch Mystery
  4. The Thirteenth Pearl
  5. One of Us Is Lying
  6. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
  7. The Vanishing Shadow
  8. The Castle of Adventure
  9. Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes
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If you would find it in the card catalogue under “Mystery and Detective stories,” it’s fine.

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YA (ie, chapter books, but kids’ books) books that are “mysteries and detective stories.”

  1. The Westing Game
  2. A Wrinkle In Time
  3. The Flickering Torch Mystery
  4. The Thirteenth Pearl
  5. One of Us Is Lying
  6. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
  7. The Vanishing Shadow
  8. The Castle of Adventure
  9. Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes
  10. The Shrieking Staircase

First Books in a Fantasy Series

  1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
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First Books in a Fantasy Series

  1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
  2. Storm Front - Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series
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  1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
  2. Storm Front - Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowlings Harry Potter series
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First Books in a Fantasy Series

  1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
  2. Storm Front - Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowlings Harry Potter series
  4. The Book of Three - Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain series
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First Books in a Fantasy Series

  1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
  2. Storm Front - Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowlings Harry Potter series
  4. The Book of Three - Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain series
  5. Into the Storm - Taylor Anderson’s Destroyermen series
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First Books in a Fantasy Series

  1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
  2. Storm Front - Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowlings Harry Potter series
  4. The Book of Three - Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain series
  5. Into the Storm - Taylor Anderson’s Destroyermen series
  6. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet

If it was good enough for the first round, it’s good enough for this one.

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First Books in a Fantasy Series

  1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
  2. Storm Front - Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowlings Harry Potter series
  4. The Book of Three - Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain series
  5. Into the Storm - Taylor Anderson’s Destroyermen series
  6. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet
  7. Elric of Melniboné - Michael Moorcock’s Elric series
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First Books in a Fantasy Series

  1. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
  2. Storm Front - Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series
  3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowlings Harry Potter series
  4. The Book of Three - Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain series
  5. Into the Storm - Taylor Anderson’s Destroyermen series
  6. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet
  7. Elric of Melniboné - Michael Moorcock’s Elric series
  8. The Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold’s Chalion series
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My apologies. I clearly misunderstand how this works

Y’all carry on. I’ll just follow along, silently :slightly_smiling_face: