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logic and deduction

Books about logic and deduction for readers of all ages.

Cover of The hound of the Baskeryvilles

The hound of the Baskeryvilles

J. R. Parks

Ages 8–14mysterydetective work

Cover of Kindaichi Case Files, The Smoke and Mirrors (Kindaichi Case Files (Graphic Novels))

Kindaichi Case Files, The Smoke and Mirrors (Kindaichi Case Files (Graphic Novels))

Kanari Yozaburo, Sato Fumiya

Ages 9–14mysterydetective work

Cover of Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet / Valley of Fear)

Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet / Valley of Fear)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–18mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of Short Stories (Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter)

Short Stories (Murders in the Rue Morgue / Purloined Letter)

Edgar Allan Poe

Ages 10–16mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of The Secret Secret Passage (Clue, #2)

The Secret Secret Passage (Clue, #2)

Eric Weiner

Ages 8–12mysterydetective work

Cover of Crime Classics

Crime Classics

Rex Burns, Mary Rose Sullivan, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jacques Futrelle, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Susan Glaspell, Dashiell Hammett, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Cornell Woolrich, William Faulkner, Jorge Luis Borges, Ellery Queen, Flannery O'Connor, Ross Macdonald, Evan Hunter

Ages 12–18mysterydetective work

Cover of Could Dracula live in Woodford?

Could Dracula live in Woodford?

Mary Howarth

Ages 9–13mysterysupernatural

Cover of Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–18mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of Death of a Peer

Death of a Peer

Ngaio Marsh

Ages 12–16mysterydetective work

Cover of Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)

Works (Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of Wisteria Lodge / Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of the Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes / Return of Sherlock Holmes / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–18mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories [11 stories]

Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories [11 stories]

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–18mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [adaptation]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [adaptation]

Malvina G. Vogel

Ages 8–14mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories [11 stories]

Sherlock Holmes Selected Stories [11 stories]

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–16mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of The case of the lame canary

The case of the lame canary

Erle Stanley Gardner

Ages 10–16mysterydetective work

Cover of Who Killed Mr. Boddy? (Clue, #1)

Who Killed Mr. Boddy? (Clue, #1)

Eric Weiner

Ages 8–12mysterydetective work

Cover of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries [22 stories]

Sherlock Holmes Mysteries [22 stories]

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–16mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of Sherlock Holmes Short Stories [19 stories]

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories [19 stories]

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–16mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of Scooby-Doo and you

Scooby-Doo and you

Warner Bros Consumer Products (UK) Ltd. Staff

Ages 6–11mystery solvingteamwork

Cover of Detective stories

Detective stories

Philip Pullman, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Isaac Asimov, E. C. Bentley, Erich Kästner, Dorothy L. Sayers, Raymond M. Smullyan, Damon Runyon, Michael Underwood, Ellery Queen, Italo Calvino, Tony Fletcher, Andrew Vachss, Stephen Leacock

Ages 10–15mysteryproblem-solving

Cover of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [adaptation]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [adaptation]

Chris Sasaki

Ages 8–12mysterydetective work

Cover of Works (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of The Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Works (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Hound of The Baskervilles / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–16mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]

The Complete Sherlock Holmes [4 novels, 56 stories]

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ages 10–18mysterylogic and deduction

Cover of Hickory Dickory Death

Hickory Dickory Death

Agatha Christie

Ages 12–18mysterydetective work

Cover of Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie

Ages 12–18mysterylogic and deduction