This one is like Stand By Me crossed with Stranger Things. But why does it seem like the police and other adults are trying to stop the teen sleuths from getting to the bottom of it? And why does everything suddenly seem so weird…? The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson A string of disappearances in a tiny Nova Scotian town has both the local Teen Detective Club and newcomer Sam on the case. This graphic novel for older teens is like if Nancy Drew had lived in Twin Peaks.

Stranger Things Read-Alikes For Grown-Ups The Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes At first the novelty is fun…but then people start getting sick. Here, a group of teens and others are quarantined in a mall when a strange device is discovered in the air ducts. This book has at least two things in common with season 3 of Stranger Things: a mall and an unlikely group of teens banding together. Fans of this will likely also appreciate The X-Files: Earth Children Are Weird, from the same creative team. Reimagining the 1980s film as an illustrated storybook, this is a fun read for the youngest Stranger Things fans. the Extra-Terrestrial by Jason Rekulak, illustrated by Kim Smith crossed with Mary Poppins, and sure to appeal to the littlest fans of Stranger Things. With all these age ranges in mind, here are some suggestions of Stranger Things read-alikes for ages from infant up to adults! Stranger Things Read-Alikes for the Very Young The Babysitter From Another Planet by Stephen Savage And if their younger siblings wander in the room while it’s on, chances are some of them may be intrigued as well. Tweens and teens, drawn to characters similar in age to themselves, have been captivated by the spooky goings-on much as their parents were by the show’s inspirations like E.T. While Stranger Things was basically lab-created to appeal to the nostalgia of adults who came of age in the 1980s, it’s developed a fanbase much broader than just that.

No Safety in Numbers by Dayna Lorentz