What books are similar to Rodrick Rules?

The 10 closest matches to Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney on ReadingList include The Best School Year Ever, The Last Straw, How to Eat Fried Worms, Wayside School Is Falling Down, and Big Nate: In a Class by Himself. Each is scored on shared themes (siblings, school, and humor), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–7), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Rodrick Rules reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–7), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like Rodrick Rules

If you liked Rodrick Rules, read The Best School Year Ever, The Last Straw, or How to Eat Fried Worms — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes and reading level.

Looking for books like Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney (Humor · grades 4–7)? It’s most often read for its themes of siblings, school, and humor. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 4–7 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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The Best School Year Evergrades 3–6: Shares themes of school and humor, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon →
The Last Strawgrades 4–7: Shares themes of school and humor, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
How to Eat Fried Wormsgrades 3–6: Shares themes of school and humor, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon →
Wayside School Is Falling Downgrades 3–5: Shares themes of school and humor, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon →
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself500L: Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissorsgrades 2–8: Shares themes of humor, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8). Amazon →
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobodygrades 4–8: Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
Confessions of a Class Clowngrades 6–8: Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (6–8). Amazon →
Diary of a Wimpy Kid950L: Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon →
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life890L: Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →

Books like Rodrick Rules for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey · 720L — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (2–5).
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey · 390L — Shares themes of humor and overlapping grades (2–5).
The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths · 560L — Shares themes of humor and overlapping grades (2–5).
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon · grades 2–8 — Same genre (Humor) and overlapping grades (2–8).
A Lot to Like! by Derek Anderson · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of humor and overlapping grades (2–5).

Books like Rodrick Rules for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective by Janet Tashjian · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (3–6).
J vs. K by Kwame Alexander & Jerry Craft · grades 3–5 — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (3–5).
My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (3–6).
Popcorn by Rob Harrell · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (4–8).
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary · 860L — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (3–5).

Books like Rodrick Rules for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective by Janet Tashjian · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (3–6).
My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (3–6).
Popcorn by Rob Harrell · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (4–8).
The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of school and humor and overlapping grades (3–6).
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz · grades 4–7 — Shares themes of siblings and overlapping grades (4–7).

What to read after Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Rodrick Rules is book 2 of 12 in Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Not done with the series yet? Follow the Diary of a Wimpy Kid reading order first — then come back for the matches above.

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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