Books like Something Upstairs

Something Upstairs by Avi reads as eerie, adventurous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Doll in the Garden

Mary Downing Hahn · 1989

Both explore time travel & friendship

82% genome match

The Dollhouse Murders

Betty Ren Wright · 1983

Same mystery feel

83% genome match

Spooksville - The Howling Ghost

Christopher Pike · 1995

Both explore friendship

66% genome match

Cry of the Cat

Robert Lawrence Stine · 1998

Same ya feel

62% genome match

More Short & Shivery

Robert D. San Souci · 1994

Same ya feel

64% genome match

Ghosts of Fear Street - How To Be a Vampire

Katy Hall · 1996

Both explore friendship

61% genome match

Witch Water

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 1977

Both explore friendship

63% genome match

The Seance

Joan Lowery Nixon · 1980

Both explore ghosts & friendship

76% genome match

Ghostly Gallery

Alfred Hitchcock · 1962

Both explore ghosts & justice

76% genome match

The TALE OF THE RESTLESS HOUSE (ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK 3)

John Peel · 1995

Both explore ghosts & friendship

75% genome match

The Thieves of Ostia (The Roman Mysteries #1)

Caroline Lawrence · 2001

Both explore friendship & slavery

73% genome match

The Truth About Stone Hollow

Zilpha Keatley Snyder · 1974

Both explore friendship

61% genome match