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Books like Fifth Grade Monsters: 9 series to read next

Fifth Grade Monsters is set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fifth Grade Monsters is 15 books, 1987–1991.

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Magic Shop
Charlie (Roald Dahl)
American Gods
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie
Artemis Fowl
Bod Owens
Monster High
Middle School Bites

Magic ShopSeries

seriesBruce Coville7 books1982

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books each send a different kid into Mr. Elives's strange antique shop, where an ordinary-looking item turns out to carry real magic and consequences.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Monster's Ring →

Charlie (Roald Dahl)Series

seriesRoald Dahl6 books1964

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Sabrina the Teenage WitchUniverse

universe87 books1997

Fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Sixteen is complicated enough without waking up able to levitate the breakfast.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental ZombieSeries

seriesDavid Lubar5 books2009

About undead.

“Tired of continually having his feelings hurt by popular students and bullies, fifth-grader Nathan agrees to try an experimental formula, Hurt-Be-Gone, and becomes a half-dead zombie which has, he soon discovers, some real advantages.”
from the catalogue description of My Rotten Life

Start with My Rotten Life →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

Adventurous in tone, about fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with LEPrecon →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

Monster HighUniverse

universe61 books2010

Fantasy.

“New Salem High has a dress code problem: the daughter of Frankenstein's monster has bolts, the sea monster's daughter has scales, the werewolf sheds, and all of them are supposed to blend in with the normies.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Middle School BitesSeries

seriesSteven Banks4 books2020

Fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Middle School Bites →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Fifth Grade Monsters?: Magic Shop — the closest match to Fifth Grade Monsters on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fifth Grade Monsters?: M Is for Monster. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fifth Grade Monsters.
How big is Fifth Grade Monsters?: Fifth Grade Monsters is 15 books, 1987–1991.

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