If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Check out these read-alikes for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Updated July 20, 2023
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The strange case of Origami Yoda
Angleberger, Tom.
Paper Book
In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren't strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient....
The last kids on Earth
Brallier, Max
Paper Book
Forty-two days ago I was an ordinary kid, living an uneventful life. But now it's TOTAL MONSTER ZOMBIE CHAOS and I'm battling beasts on a daily basis. Crazy, right? But I know exactly how to make it through the zombie apocalypse.    Jack Sullivan's ULTIMATE FEATS OF...
Frindle
Clements, Andrew
Paper Book
How to train your dragon
Cowell, Cressida.
Paper Book
Read the HILARIOUS books that inspired the HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON films! Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan...
The Odd Squad : bully bait
Fry, Michael
Paper Book
A hilarious debut about beating the bullies from renowned cartoonist Michael Fry - perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid. 'Funny and sweet with a steely centre.' - Neil Gaiman
The 13-story treehouse
Griffiths, Andy
Paper Book
The 13-Storey Treehouse is the first bestselling book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton's wacky treehouse adventures, packed full of comic book style illustrations! Perfect for fans of Dog Man and Bunny vs. Monkey, this book will make you laugh-out-loud on every page....
Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
Kinney, Jeff
Paper Book
THE ONE WHERE IT ALL BEGINS! The first book in the global phenomenon from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney - 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide! 'Let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL not a...
Amelia's notebook
Moss, Marissa.
Paper Book
Amelia is not happy. She's been forced to move away from her old home, her old friends and her old school - and her mother seems to think that writing things down in some stupid notebook will solve everything. Soon, however, Amelia realises how much fun scribbling down her thoughts can actually be.
Mistakes were made
Pastis, Stephan.
Paper Book
Meet Timmy Failure, founder of the 'best' detective agency in town - Total Failure, Inc. Timmy may only be 11, but with the help of his polar bear, Total, he already has plans for world domination. Plans that will make his mother rich and unpaid bills a thing of the past. And plans that will defeat...
Middle school, the worst years of my life
Patterson, James
Paper Book
Rafe Khatchadorian is getting the Hollywood treatment in a film version of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life starring Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle and Thomas Barbusca. Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of...
The brilliant world of Tom Gates
Pichon, Liz.
Paper Book
Warning: Do not attempt to read this in public. You will snigger loudly. When my teacher, Mr Fullerman, doesn't have his BEADY EYES on me, I like to draw pictures and write stories about stuff, like when we had the worst holiday ever (camping sucks), and when my parents came to school for parents'...
Stuntboy, in the meantime
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
Russell, Rachel Renee.
Paper Book
Nikki Maxwell is not popular, in fact Nikki Maxwell is the opposite of popular; she's a total dork! But Nikki's hoping that by moving to a new school she might just stand a chance of making some friends and leaving her old lame-ways in the past. But life is never that simple! Follow...
Dragonbreath
Vernon, Ursula.
Ebook
Danny Dragonbreath can't breathe fire, but he has no fear. And that comes in handy when a bad grade at school inspires him to enlist his cousin the sea-serpent's help with a research project. Using a hybrid of comic-book panels and text, Ursula Vernon introduces an irresistible set of characters...

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