If they loved InvestiGators
Books like InvestiGators
Comic mysteries, spy capers and adventures packed with puns, for fans of Mango and Brash.
InvestiGators works because it's three things at once: a mystery, a spy caper and a relentless pun machine. A child who loves it tends to love the combination: a plot to solve, gadgets and disguises, and a joke buried in every other panel.
The list below leans into that. It opens with the books closest to Mango and Brash's world, including their own spin-off, then broadens to other funny comic mysteries and high energy adventure series with the same quick wit. Most are full colour graphic novels pitched around seven to ten, with a couple of slightly older options for a reader racing ahead. If the appeal was the detective work, the silliness, or both, there's a next read here.
How we choose these books
Every list here is shaped by hand. We begin from our catalogue’s structured data, age fit, tone, theme and reading load, then read back through the candidates and keep only the titles that genuinely belong, in an order that helps a child grow into the subject. Nothing is generated and left to stand; a person decides what stays.
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Questions parents ask
- What age are these books for?
- The titles on this list suit roughly ages 5–11, though every child reads at their own pace; the age on each book is a guide, not a rule.
- What should my child read after InvestiGators?
- Good next reads include Agents of S.U.I.T., The Bad Guys, Dog Man, chosen here because they share what makes InvestiGators work, matched by age and reading confidence.
- How were these books chosen?
- We start from our catalogue's structured data, age fit, tone, theme and reading load, then read back through the candidates by hand and keep only the ones that genuinely belong, ordered to help a child grow into the subject.