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Read-Alike Collection written by Penny Peck

Children's library staff members are often called upon to do readers' advisory - offering reading selections to a young person based on that person's interests. Many times a reader will offer the title of a favorite book, and want similar books, which we call Read-Alikes. The demand for read-alikes is on the increase, so BayNews now offers a regular column of read-alikes, which is posted in this section of our website.

Some of Our Most Popular Read-Alikes

  • Sword of Summer Series Read-Alikes
  • The Crossover Read-Alikes
  • Flora and Ulysses Read-Alikes

Our Complete Read-Alike Collection

Books

  • "A Universe of Stories"
  • "I Survived" series
  • "It's Showtime at Your Library"
  • "Libraries Rock!"
  • "Reading Takes You Everywhere"
  • 13-Story Treehouse
  • 39 Clues
  • 5th Wave
  • Adventures of Captain Underpants
  • American Born Chinese
  • Among the Hidden
  • Anna Was Here
  • Babysitters Club
  • Bad Guys, The
  • BFG
  • Big Nate
  • Bluebird
  • Book of Three
  • Books Written in the Form of Letters
  • Borrowers
  • Call of the Wild
  • Cat Kid
  • Cat Ninja
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Chasing Vermeer
  • Choose Your Own Adventures
  • Circuit
  • Counting by 7s
  • Crenshaw
  • Crossover
  • Dear Martin
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
  • Dog Man
  • Doll Bones
  • Dork Diaries
  • Dragon Masters
  • Enola Holmes series
  • Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
  • Every Hero Has a Story
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • FGTeev Saves the World!
  • Fish In a Tree
  • Five Feet Apart
  • Five Nights at Freddy's
  • Flipped
  • Flora & Ulysses
  • Fortunately, the Milk
  • Frankie & Bug
  • Freewater
  • Front Desk
  • Fuzzy Mud
  • Ghost
  • Ghost Boys
  • Girl Who Drank the Moon, The
  • Giver, The
  • Gone to the Woods
  • Goosebumps
  • Harry Potter
  • Harry Potter
  • Hatchet
  • Hattie Big Sky
  • Hunger Games
  • Hunger Games
  • Hunger Games
  • I Funny
  • I Know Someone With Dyslexia
  • Inheritance Games
  • Invention of Hugo Cabret
  • Iveliz Explains It All
  • Junie B. Jones
  • Keeper of the Lost Cities
  • Keeper of the Lost Cities
  • Labors of Hercules Beal, The
  • Land of Stories Series
  • Last Cuentista
  • Last Kids on Earth
  • Last Mapmaker, The
  • Lawn Boy
  • Lawn Boy
  • Lightlark
  • Linked
  • Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The
  • Little House on the Prairie
  • Little Women
  • Losers Club
  • Lyddie
  • Magic Misfits, The
  • Magic Tree House
  • Maizy Chen's Last Chance
  • Mary Poppins
  • Matilda
  • Mermaid Tales
  • Mortal Engines
  • Mrs. Bixby's Last Day
  • My Nest of Silence
  • Narwhal and Jelly
  • New Kid
  • Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King
  • Novels in Alternating Voices
  • Novels in the Form of Emails/Texts/Blogs
  • Novels in the form of Emails/Texts/Blogs
  • One and Only Ivan, The
  • One Crazy Summer
  • Origami Yoda
  • Other Words for Home
  • Paper Towns
  • Penderwicks
  • Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series
  • Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series
  • Phantom Tollbooth, The
  • Positively Izzy
  • Princess in Black
  • Ramona Quimby
  • Read to the Rhythm
  • Redwall
  • Refugee
  • Rez Dogs
  • Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
  • Scary Stories for Young Foxes
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
  • Septimus Heap
  • Serafina and the Black Cloak
  • Seventh Wish
  • Shakespeare Stealer, The
  • Shakespeare's Secret
  • Shooting Kabul
  • Sky Raiders
  • Some Kind of Courage
  • Sports and Games
  • Spy School
  • Squirm
  • Stuntboy, in the Meantime
  • Summer I Turned Pretty
  • Superteacher Project
  • Sword of Summer Series
  • Tale from Alcatraz Series
  • Tempests and Slaughter
  • They Called Us Enemy
  • Thing About Jellyfish
  • To All the Boys I've Loved Before
  • Too Bright to See
  • Treasure Hunters
  • Twilight
  • War and Millie McGonigle
  • War Horse
  • War That Saved My Life
  • Warriors
  • When the Sea Turned to Silver
  • Wild Robot
  • Willoughbys
  • Wind in the Willows, The
  • Wings of Fire
  • Wink: Surviving Middle School with One Eye Open
  • Wolf Called Wander, A
  • Wolf Wilder
  • Wolves of the Beyond
  • Wonder
  • Word of Mouse
  • Wrinkle in Time, A
  • Year of Billy Miller
  • You Only Live Once, David Bravo

Authors

  • Alcott, Louisa May
  • Alexander, Kwame
  • Alexander, Lloyd
  • Anderson, John David
  • Angleberger, Tom
  • Applegate, Katherine
  • Applegate, Katherine
  • Arango, Andrea Beatriz
  • Aster, Alex
  • Balliett, Blue
  • Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
  • Barnhill, Kelly
  • Barraclough, Sue
  • Beatty, Robert
  • Benjamin, Ali
  • Birdsall, Jeanne
  • Blabey, Aaron
  • Black, Holly
  • Blackwood, Gary
  • Braillier, Max
  • Broach, Elise
  • Brown, Peter
  • Brubaker, Kimberly
  • Bruchac, Joseph
  • Cameron, Sharon
  • Cawthon, Scott
  • Choldenko, Gennifer
  • Clanton, Ben
  • Cleary, Beverly
  • Clements, Andrew
  • Cody, Matthew
  • Colfer, Chris
  • Collins, Suzanne
  • Collins, Suzanne
  • Collins, Suzanne
  • Craft, Jerry
  • Cushman, Karen
  • Dadey, Debbie
  • Dahl, Roald
  • Dahl, Roald
  • Dahl, Roald
  • DiCamillo, Kate
  • Faulkner, Matt
  • Forman, Gayle
  • Gaiman, Neil
  • Gemeinhart, Dan
  • Gibbs, Stuart
  • Grabenstein, Chris
  • Grahame, Kenneth
  • Gratz, Alan
  • Green, John
  • Griffiths, Andy
  • Haddix, Margaret Peterson
  • Hale, Shannon
  • Han, Jenny
  • Han, Jenny
  • Harrell, Rob
  • Harris, Neil Patrick
  • Heidicker, Christian McKay
  • Henkes, Kevin
  • Hernandez, Carlos
  • Hiaasen, Carl
  • Higuera, Donna Barba
  • Hunt, Lynda Mullaly
  • Hunter, Erin
  • Jacques, Brian
  • Jimenez, Francisco
  • Joyce, William
  • Juster, Norton
  • Kinney, Jeff
  • Kinney, Jeff
  • Korman, Gordon
  • Korman, Gordon
  • Kurtz, Jane
  • L'Engle, Madeleine
  • Larson, Kirby
  • Lasky, Kathryn
  • Lebenson, Terri
  • Lewis, C.S.
  • Lin, Grace
  • Lippincott, Rachael
  • London, Jack
  • Lowry, Lois
  • Lowry, Lois
  • Lukoff, Kyle
  • Luqman-Dawson, Amina
  • Marpurgo, Michael
  • Martin, Ann M.
  • Messenger, Shannon
  • Messenger, Shannon
  • Messner, Kate
  • Meyer, Stephanie
  • Mull, Brandon
  • Norton, Mary
  • Oshiro, Mark
  • Palacio, R.J.
  • Park, Barbara
  • Parry, Rosanne
  • Paterson, Katherine
  • Patterson, James
  • Patterson, James
  • Patterson, James
  • Paulsen, Gary
  • Paulsen, Gary
  • Paulsen, Gary
  • Paulsen, Gary
  • Peirce, Lincoln
  • Pierce, Tamora
  • Pilkey, Dav
  • Pilkey, Dav
  • Pilkey, Dav
  • Pope Osborne, Mary
  • Reeve, Philip
  • Reynolds, Jason
  • Reynolds, Jason
  • Rhodes, Jewell Parker
  • Riordan, Rick
  • Riordan, Rick
  • Riordan, Rick
  • Rowling, J. K.
  • Rowling, J. K.
  • Rowling, J.K.
  • Rundell, Katherine
  • Russell, Rachel Renee
  • Sachar, Louis
  • Sage, Angie
  • Schmidt, Gary D.
  • Schwartz, Alvin
  • Selznick, Brian
  • Senzai, N. H.
  • Sloan, Holly Goldberg
  • Soontornvat, Christina
  • Springer, Nancy
  • Stine, R.L.
  • Stone, Nic
  • Sutherland, Tui T.
  • Takei, George
  • Tarshis, Lauren
  • Travers, P.L.
  • Van Draanen, Wendelin
  • Warga, Jasmine
  • West, Tracey
  • Wilder, Laura Ingalls
  • Williams-Garcia, Rita
  • Yancey, Rick
  • Yang, Gene Luen
  • Yang, Kelly
  • Yee, Lisa

Topic or Series

  • 2015 Summer Reading - Heroes
  • 2015 Summer Reading - Rhythm
  • 2016 Summer Reading
  • 2017 Summer Reading Theme "Reading by Design"
  • 2018 Summer Reading
  • 2018 Summer Reading
  • 2019 Summer Reading
  • 2019 Summer Reading
  • Adventure
  • Alternating Voices
  • Animal Fantasy
  • Bike to School
  • Books on Grief or Loss
  • Books set during the Great Depression
  • Books Written in the Form of Letters
  • California
  • Captain Underpants
  • Carnival Life
  • Chapter book series
  • Choose Your Own Adventures
  • Chronicles of Prydain Series
  • Classic
  • Classic
  • Classics
  • Classics
  • Contemporary novels that are a twist on Shakespeare's plays
  • Drugs and Addiction
  • Dyslexia
  • Dystopia
  • Dystopia
  • Dystopian Tween Fiction
  • Dystopian Tween Fiction
  • Emails, Text Message, Blogs
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Fantasy
  • Fantasy
  • Fantasy
  • Fantasy novels featuring average kids with mythical powers
  • Fantasy novels featuring average kids with mythical powers
  • Fiction for South Asian Boys
  • Fiesty female character
  • Fizz, Boom, Read!
  • Fractured Fairy Tales
  • Ghost stories
  • Ghost stories
  • Graphic Novel
  • Graphic Novels
  • Graphic Novels
  • Grief and Loss
  • Guardians of Childhood
  • Harry Potter
  • Historical Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Homelessness
  • Homesteading Fiction
  • Immigrants
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Light-hearted Fantasy
  • Multiple-Perspective
  • Mysteries
  • Mysteries
  • Native Americans
  • Novels in the Form of Emails/Texts/Blogs
  • Novels set at the time of Shakespeare
  • Organized Labor
  • Paranormal Fiction
  • Paws to Read
  • Penderwicks Series
  • Realistic Fiction
  • Romance
  • Romance
  • Romance
  • Science Fiction
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Short Novels
  • South Asian Characters
  • Tragic Tales for Primary Grades
  • Western Fiction
  • Whimsical Fantasy
  • Wilderness Survival
  • World War II

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