Books like Harriet the Spy

Looking for books like Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 4–7)? It’s most often read for its themes of friendship, identity, and growing up. The 10 titlesbelow 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.

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10 books similar to Harriet the Spy

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Why each is a match

Confessions of a Class Clowngrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship, identity, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Control Freaksgrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship, identity, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid950L
Shares themes of friendship, growing up, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet820L
Shares themes of friendship, identity, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Ramona the Pest750L
Shares themes of growing up and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (2–4).
Blubbergrades 4–7
Shares themes of friendship, identity, and school and overlapping grades (4–7).
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life890L
Shares themes of friendship, identity, and school and overlapping grades (4–7).
Fish in a Tree550L
Shares themes of friendship and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Groundedgrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
J vs. Kgrades 3–5
Shares themes of friendship and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).

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