Books by Carolyn Keene
3 books by Carolyn Keene have full reviews here; all 190 Carolyn Keene titles and editions in our catalog are rated for reading level and content intensity.
Carolyn Keene has 3 books with full reviews on HootRated, spanning Grade 3–4 reading level. The typical Carolyn Keene book lands at Grade 3, with average content intensity 1.3/5. Carolyn Keene's books span 2 series, including Nancy Drew Notebooks, Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew.
Reading level alone doesn't tell parents whether a Carolyn Keene book is right for a child. All of Carolyn Keene's reviewed titles are at Gentle or Mild intensity — appropriate for sensitive readers or kids reading ahead of their emotional readiness. None are rated Intense or Very Intense. The intensity badges below (green → red) help you match books to your child's emotional readiness, not just their reading ability. See our methodology for how we rate.
Dinosaur alert!
Carolyn Keene
Dinosaur alert!
Carolyn Keene
Level 3 Mild
Chick-napped!
Carolyn Keene
Chick-napped!
Carolyn Keene
Level 3 Gentle
Time thief
Carolyn Keene
Time thief
Carolyn Keene
Level 3-4 Gentle
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- A Race Against Time (Nancy Drew: All New Girl Detective #2) Level 4-5 · Mild
- Action! Level 4-5 · Mild
- April Fool's Day Level 3 · Mild
- Big Top Flop Level 3 · Gentle
- Big Worry in Wonderland Level 3 · Mild
- Blue Lady of Coffin Hall Level 6 · Mild
- Bluebeard Room Level 4-5 · Mild
- Broken promises Level 4-5 · Mild
- Buried in time Level 6 · Mild
- California Schemin' Level 4-5 · Mild
- Captive Witness #64 Level 4-5 · Mild
- Case of the Creative Crime Level 4-5 · Mild
- Case of the Disappearing Deejay Level 4-5 · Mild
- Case of the Sneaky Snowman Level 3 · Gentle
- Cat Burglar Caper Level 3 · Gentle
- Cheating Hearts Level 4-5 · Mild
- Chocolate-Covered Contest Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Choosing sides Level 4-5 · Mild
- Circle of Evil (Nancy Drew Casefiles, Case 18) Level 4-5 · Mild
- Circus Act Level 4-5 · Mild
- Clue Level 6-7 · Gentle
- Clue at Black Creek Farm Level 4-5 · Mild
- Clue in the Camera Level 4-5 · Mild
- Clue of the Gold Doubloons Level 4-5 · Mild
- Courting Disaster Level 6 · Mild
- Crime at the Ch@t Cafe Level 4-5 · Mild
- Crime in the Queen's Court Level 4-5 · Mild
- Crosscurrents Level 4-5 · Mild
- Cupcake Chaos Level 3 · Mild
- Danger Down Under Level 6 · Moderate
- Dangerous Games Level 4-5 · Mild
- Dare at the Fare (Nancy Drew Notebooks #25) Level 4-5 · Mild
- Deadly Intent (Nancy Drew Casefiles, Case 2) Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Don't Look Twice Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Dressed to steal Level 4-5 · Mild
- Dude Ranch Detective Level 4-5 · Mild
- Earth Day Escapade Level 3 · Gentle
- Enemy Match (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories) Level 4-5 · Mild
- False Impressions Level 4-5 · Mild
- False Moves (Nancy Drew Files #9) Level 4-5 · Mild
- Famous Mistakes Level 4-5 · Mild
- Fatal Ransom Level 4-5 · Mild
- Final Scene Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Fishing for Clues Level 4-5 · Mild
- Framed Level 4-5 · Mild
- Ghost Stories Level 6 · Mild
- Girl Who Couldn't Remember Level 4-5 · Mild
- Haunting on Heliotrope Lane Level 4-5 · Mild
- Hidden meanings Level 4-5 · Mild
- High Marks for Malice Level 4-5 · Mild
- High Risk Level 4-5 · Mild
- High stakes Level 6 · Mild
- Hit and Run Holiday Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Hot Tracks Level 4-5 · Mild
- Identity Revealed Level 4-5 · Mild
- In and Out of Love Level 4-5 · Moderate
- It's No Joke! Level 3 · Gentle
- Joker's Revenge Level 4-5 · Mild
- Make No Mistake Level 4-5 · Mild
- Mixed Signals Level 4-5 · Mild
- Model Crime Level 4-5 · Mild
- Model Menace Level 4-5 · Mild
- Most Likely to Die Level 4-5 · Mild
- Murder on Ice Level 4-5 · Mild
- Music Festival Mystery Level 4-5 · Mild
- Mystery At Malachite Mansion Level 4-5 · Mild
- Mystery at Moorsea Manor Level 4-5 · Mild
- Mystery of the Jade Tiger (Nancy Drew 104) Level 4-5 · Mild
- Mystery of the Missing Millionairess Level 4-5 · Mild
- Mystery of the Mother Wolf Level 4-5 · Mild
- Mystery on Maui Level 4-5 · Mild
- Nancy Drew Level 2 · Gentle
- Nancy Drew 75th Anniversary Box Set Level 8 · Mild
- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Level 3 · Gentle
- Nancy Drew Files #01; 51-55 and Supermystery Level 4-5 · Mild
- Nancy Drew Files #02-5 Vol. Boxed-Set Level 4-5 · Mild
- Nancy Drew ghost stories Level 4-5 · Mild
- Never say die Level 4-5 · Mild
- New Year's Evil Level 6 · Mild
- On the trail of trouble Level 4-5 · Mild
- Out of Bounds Level 4-5 · Mild
- Over the Edge Level 4-5 · Mild
- Perfect Cover Level 4-5 · Mild
- Perfect Escape Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Phantom of Venice Level 4-5 · Mild
- Poison Pen Level 4-5 · Mild
- Pony Problems Level 3 · Gentle
- Portrait in Crime (A Summer of Love Trilogy #2) (The Nancy Drew Files, Case 49) Level 4-5 · Mild
- Princess mix-up mystery Level 3 · Gentle
- Quest of the Missing Map #19 (Nancy Drew (Hardcover)) Level 6 · Mild
- Recipe Ruckus Level 4-5 · Mild 2 editions
- Riverboat Roulette Level 4-5 · Mild
- Riverboat Ruse Level 4-5 · Mild
- Sabotage Surrender Level 4-5 · Mild
- Scream for Ice Cream Level 3 · Gentle
- Script for Danger Level 4-5 · Mild
- Secret Identity Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Secret in the Stars Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Secret of the spa Level 4-5 · Mild
- Secret Sabotage Level 4-5 · Mild
- Secrets Can Kill Level 5 · Moderate
- Secrets Can Kill (Nancy Drew Casefiles, Case 1) Level 5 · Moderate
- Serial Sabotage Level 4-5 · Mild
- Sign in the Smoke Level 6 · Mild
- Sisters in crime Level 4-5 · Moderate
- Sleepover Sleuths Level 3 · Gentle
- Smile and say murder Level 4-5 · Mild
- Stalk, Don't Run Level 4-5 · Mild
- Star Witness Level 3 · Mild
- Stay Tuned for Danger Level 4-5 · Mild
- Stolen Bones Level 3 · Mild
- Superstitions of "the Scottish Play" Level 6 · Mild
- Suspect Next Door Level 4-5 · Mild
- Sweet Revenge Level 4-5 · Mild
- Tall, dark and deadly Level 4-5 · Mild
- Target for Terror Level 6 · Mild
- Tell Me the Truth Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Alaskan mystery Level 4-5 · Mild
- The bungalow mystery Level 5-6 · Mild
- The Bunny-Hop Hoax (Nancy Drew Notebooks #64) Level 3 · Gentle
- The case of the floating crime Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Chinese New Year Mystery Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Cinderella Ballet Mystery Level 3 · Gentle
- The Circus Scare Level 3 · Gentle
- The circus scare / Lights, camera...cats! Level 3 · Mild
- The clue in the old album Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Crazy Carnival Case Level 3 · Gentle
- The Crook Who Took the Book Level 3 · Gentle
- The Day Camp Disaster (Nancy Drew Notebooks #55) Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Dollhouse Mystery (Nancy Drew Notebooks #58) Level 3 · Gentle
- The door-to-door deception Level 4-5 · Mild
- The double horror of Fenley Place Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Emerald-Eyed Cat Mystery Level 4-5 · Mild
- The flying saucer mystery Level 2 · Mild
- The fox hunt mystery Level 4-5 · Mild
- The ghost of Blackwood Hall Level 4-5 · Mild
- The haunting of Horse Island Level 2 · Mild
- The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories:# 2) Level 2 · Mild
- The hidden window mystery Level 4-5 · Mild
- The last resort Level 6 · Mild
- The message in the haunted mansion Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Mystery at Magnolia Mansion Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Mystery Of The Ninety Nine Steps Level 4-5 · Mild
- The mystery of the winged lion Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Nancy Drew files Level 8 · Mild
- The Nutcracker Ballet Mystery/Crime in the Queen's Court/The Baby-Sitter Burglaries... Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Orchid Thief Level 4-5 · Gentle
- The Paris connection Level 6 · Mild
- The riddle in the rare book Level 4-5 · Gentle
- The scarlet macaw scandal Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Scarytales Sleepover (Nancy Drew Notebooks #50) Level 4-5 · Mild
- The search for the silver Persian Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Secret in the Old Attic (Nancy Drew Mystery Series) Level 6 · Mild
- The Secret in the Old Lace (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 59) Level 4-5 · Mild
- The secret lost at sea Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 6) Level 2 · Mild
- The secret of Shady Glen Level 4-5 · Mild
- The secret of the forgotten city Level 4-5 · Moderate
- The secret of the scarlet hand Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Secret Santa Level 3 · Gentle
- The Sign of the Twisted Candles (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories) Level 6 · Mild
- The slumber party secret Level 3 · Gentle
- The Snowman Surprise (Nancy Drew Notebooks #63) Level 4-5 · Gentle
- The spider sapphire mystery Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Suspect in the Smoke/Trouble at Lake Tahoe/The Clue on the Silver Screen/The Secret of the Scarlet Hand (Nancy Drew Digest 115, 118, 123 & 124) Level 5 · Mild
- The swami's ring Level 4-5 · Mild
- The TRIPLE HOAX (NANCY DREW 57) Level 4-5 · Mild
- The twin dilemma Level 4-5 · Mild
- The Whispering Statue Level 6 · Mild
- Till Death Do Us Part Level 4-5 · Mild
- Tortoise and the Scare Level 3 · Gentle
- Trial by fire Level 4-5 · Mild 2 editions
- Trouble at Camp Treehouse Level 3 · Gentle
- Trouble takes the cake Level 3 · Gentle
- Two Points to Murder Level 4-5 · Mild
- Unicorn Uproar Level 4-5 · Mild
- Werewolf in a Winter Wonderland Level 4-5 · Mild
- Whispers in the fog Level 4-5 · Mild
- WHITE WATER TERROR (NANCY DREW FILES 6): WHITE WATER TERROR (Nancy Drew Files) Level 2 · Moderate
- Whose pet is best? Level 3 · Mild
- Wicked ways Level 4-5 · Mild
- Wild Cat Crime Level 4-5 · Mild
- Wrong Track Level 4-5 · Mild
Questions about Carolyn Keene's books
- What reading level are Carolyn Keene's books?
- Carolyn Keene's reviewed books range from Grade 3–4, with the typical book at Grade 3. Each title has a separate content intensity score so parents can choose by emotional readiness, not just text difficulty.
- Are Carolyn Keene's books appropriate for sensitive readers?
- All 3 of Carolyn Keene's reviewed books are at Gentle or Mild intensity — safe for sensitive readers. None are rated Intense or Very Intense. Average intensity: 1.3/5.
- What age are Carolyn Keene's books appropriate for?
- Carolyn Keene's reviewed books target Ages 5-8 and Ages 9-12. HootRated rates each book on reading level and content intensity — match both dimensions, not just one.