What books are similar to Double Fudge?

The 10 closest matches to Double Fudge by Judy Blume on ReadingList include The Best School Year Ever, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Fudge-a-Mania, My Horrible Secret, and Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus. Each is scored on shared themes (humorous stories, families, and brothers), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–6), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Double Fudge reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–6), 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 Double Fudge

If you liked Double Fudge, read The Best School Year Ever, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, or Fudge-a-Mania — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Looking for books like Double Fudge by Judy Blume (Humor · grades 4–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of humorous stories, families, and brothers. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, 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 4–6 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 family, both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Humor). Amazon → books like this →
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaretgrades 4–6: Is by Judy Blume, the same author, both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Fudge-a-Maniagrades 3–6: Is by Judy Blume, the same author, both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon → books like this →
My Horrible Secretgrades 4–6: Shares themes of humorous stories and brothers, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6). Amazon → books like this →
Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Busgrades 3–5: Shares themes of humorous stories and brothers, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon → books like this →
When the Boys Ran the Housegrades 3–6: Shares themes of humorous stories and brothers, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon → books like this →
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Daysgrades 4–6: Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list, and same genre (Humor). Amazon → books like this →
The Last Strawgrades 4–7: Shares themes of family, both on the Wisconsin Golden Archer Award list, and same genre (Humor). Amazon → books like this →
Arnie, the Doughnutgrades 2–8: Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8). Amazon → books like this →
Bud, Not Buddy950L: Shares themes of family, both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon → books like this →

Books like Double Fudge for younger readers (K–2)

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

Skippyjon Jones by Judith Byron Schachner · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
Substitute Teacher Plans by Johnson, Doug · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
Buz by Richard Egielski · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume · 470L — Is by Judy Blume, the same author, shares themes of family, and overlapping grades (2–5).

Books like Double Fudge for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

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

Skippyjon Jones by Judith Byron Schachner · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
Substitute Teacher Plans by Johnson, Doug · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
Buz by Richard Egielski · grades K–3 — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Humor).
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume · 470L — Is by Judy Blume, the same author, shares themes of family, and overlapping grades (2–5).

Books like Double Fudge for middle school (grades 6–8)

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

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell · grades 3–6 — Both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Loser by Jerry Spinelli · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of families and family and overlapping grades (4–6).
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli · 820L — Shares themes of family, both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list (+2 more shared lists), and overlapping grades (4–7).
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of humorous stories, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (2–8).
Refugee by Alan Gratz · 800L — Shares themes of family, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (5–9).

Books like Double Fudge for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of humorous stories and same genre (Humor).
Refugee by Alan Gratz · 800L — Shares themes of family, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (5–9).
Daughter of the Stars by Phyllis A. Whitney · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of families and family.
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick · grades 6–9 — Shares themes of family, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and overlapping grades (6–9).
Eragon by Christopher Paolini · grades 6–9 — Both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list (+2 more shared lists), overlapping grades (6–9), and the same era (2000s).

Common questions

What books are similar to Double Fudge?: The 10 closest matches to Double Fudge by Judy Blume on ReadingList include The Best School Year Ever, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Fudge-a-Mania, My Horrible Secret, and Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus. Each is scored on shared themes (humorous stories, families, and brothers), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 4–6), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Double Fudge reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 4–6), 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.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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