Books Like The Penultimate Peril

Loved The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket? If its series, middle grade and dark comedy hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Into the Gauntlet, The Name of This Book Is Secret and Guards! Guards!. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Penultimate Peril: Series · Middle Grade · Dark Comedy · Orphans · Adventure

Into the Gauntlet
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Puzzles and Riddles · Secret Society · Kids in Danger · Orphans · Conspiracy

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The Name of This Book Is Secret
Pseudonymous Bosch

Puzzles and Riddles · Secret Society · Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Conspiracy

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Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett

Secret Society · Absurdist Humor · Dry Humor · Conspiracy · Dark Comedy

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The Maze of Bones
Rick Riordan

Orphans · Puzzles and Riddles · Kids in Danger · Secret Society · Middle Grade

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The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart

Puzzles and Riddles · Kids in Danger · Orphans · Conspiracy · Middle Grade

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Holes
Louis Sachar

Kids in Danger · Dry Humor · Middle Grade · Adventure · Whimsical

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The Golem's Eye
Jonathan Stroud

Dry Humor · Secret Society · Conspiracy · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll

Absurdist Humor · Puzzles and Riddles · Dry Humor · Adventure · Children's

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain

Orphans · Kids in Danger · Dry Humor · Satirical Humor · Adventure

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Peter and the Starcatchers
Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson

Orphans · Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Whimsical · Adventure

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Fablehaven
Brandon Mull

Secret Society · Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Whimsical · Children's

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Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk

Secret Society · Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor · Dry Humor · Satirical Humor

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The BFG
Roald Dahl

Orphans · Kids in Danger · Adventure · Middle Grade · Absurdist Humor

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Scorpia
Anthony Horowitz

Kids in Danger · Orphans · Conspiracy · Secret Society · Adventure

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick

Orphans · Puzzles and Riddles · Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Adventure

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Welcome to Night Vale
Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

Absurdist Humor · Dry Humor · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Conspiracy

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The Black Circle
Patrick Carman

Puzzles and Riddles · Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Adventure · Orphans

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One False Note
Gordon Korman

Puzzles and Riddles · Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Adventure · Orphans

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The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon

Puzzles and Riddles · Secret Society · Satirical Humor · Conspiracy · Absurdist Humor

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams

Dry Humor · Absurdist Humor · Satirical Humor · Whimsical · Adventure

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