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Books like Captain Underpants: 9 series to read next

Captain Underpants is humor and superhero, about friendship, set in north america, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Captain Underpants is 15 books, 1989–2019.

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Geeked Out
Rotten School
Bunnicula Universe
Pals in Peril / M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales
43 Old Cemetery Road
Melvin Beederman Superhero
The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)
The Misadventures of Grayson
Supers of Noble's Green / Daniel Corrigan

Geeked OutSeries

seriesObert Skye2 books2018

Superhero, funny and lighthearted in tone, about friendship and coming of age, set in contemporary and north america.

“Waddle Jr. High has become a dystopian outpost with divided cliques—Pepville, Jockstown, Staffland, and even Geekdom.”
from the catalogue description

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Rotten SchoolSeries

seriesR. L. Stine16 books2005

Set in our world.

“Each book is written from the perspective of Bernie Bridges, a fourth-grader who lives in his dormitory at Rotten School with his pals Belzer, Feenman and Crench, Beast, Chipmunk, Nosebleed, Billy The Brain and others.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! →

Bunnicula UniverseSeries

seriesJames Howe & Deborah Howe20 books1979

Set in our world.

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Pals in Peril / M. T. Anderson's Thrilling TalesSeries

seriesM. T. Anderson6 books2005

Funny in tone, about friendship, set in contemporary and north america.

“Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.”
from the catalogue description of Whales on Stilts

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43 Old Cemetery RoadSeries

seriesKate Klise7 books2009

Humor, funny in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“The author of best-selling children's fiction series Ghost Tamer sets out to write volume 13, after 20 years in retirement or writers block.”
from the catalogue description of Dying to Meet You

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Melvin Beederman SuperheroSeries

seriesGreg Trine8 books2006

Set in our world.

“After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.”
from the catalogue description of The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich

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The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series

seriesTJ Klune3 books2020

About identity, set in big city.

“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
from the catalogue description

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The Misadventures of GraysonSeries

seriesChad Whybrew2 books2025

Humor, funny in tone, about friendship and coming of age, set in contemporary and north america.

“Chet Burrah is a rising football star, even if nobody else knows it yet.”
from the catalogue description of Wingman – Rise of Chet: A Comedic Coming of Age Misadventure

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Supers of Noble's Green / Daniel CorriganSeries

seriesMatthew Cody3 books2009

Superhero, adventurous in tone, about friendship and coming of age, set in contemporary and north america.

“Superheroes soar in this promising debut--and they're kids!Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice--but odd--new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity.”
from the catalogue description of Powerless

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Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after Captain Underpants?: Geeked Out — the closest match to Captain Underpants on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Captain Underpants?: The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Captain Underpants.
How big is Captain Underpants?: Captain Underpants is 15 books, 1989–2019.

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