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Books like The Creature from My Closet: 9 series to read next

The Creature from My Closet is fantasy and humor, about friendship, set in contemporary, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Creature from My Closet is 6 books, 2011–2016.

“Twelve-year-old underachiever Rob has better things to do than read.”
from the catalogue description of Wonkenstein

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Charlie (Roald Dahl)
Wayside School
Bod Owens
Bunnicula Universe
Magic Shop
Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie
Rotten School
The Treehouse Books
Tales of Magic

Charlie (Roald Dahl)Series

seriesRoald Dahl6 books1964

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

Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory →

Wayside SchoolSeries

seriesLouis Sachar4 books1978

Start with Sideways Stories from Wayside School →

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 →

Bunnicula UniverseSeries

seriesJames Howe & Deborah Howe20 books1979

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

Reading order →

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 →

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 →

Rotten SchoolSeries

seriesR. L. Stine16 books2005

“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! →

The Treehouse BooksSeries

seriesAndy Griffiths14 books2012

Humor and fantasy, funny and whimsical in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Just watch out for the sea monkeys, and the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys, and the giant mutant mermaid sea monster ...”
from the catalogue description of The 13-Story Treehouse

Start with The 13-Story Treehouse →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, about friendship, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

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 The Creature from My Closet?: Charlie (Roald Dahl) — the closest match to The Creature from My Closet on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Creature from My Closet?: Wonkenstein. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Creature from My Closet.
How big is The Creature from My Closet?: The Creature from My Closet is 6 books, 2011–2016.

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