# Books like Harriet the Spy

**10** books similar to *Harriet the Spy* by Louise Fitzhugh (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 4–7), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** friendship, identity, growing up, school
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/harriet-the-spy
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## Similar books

- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of friendship, growing up, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Rascal](https://readinglist.school/book/rascal) by Sterling North _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of growing up, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Ramona the Pest](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-the-pest) by Beverly Cleary _(750L · Grades 2–4)_ — Shares themes of growing up and school, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet](https://readinglist.school/book/planet-omar-accidental-trouble-magnet) by Zanib Mian _(820L · Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, identity, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Old Yeller](https://readinglist.school/book/old-yeller) by Fred Gipson _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of growing up, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Summer of the Monkeys](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-the-monkeys) by Wilson Rawls _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of growing up, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and same genre (Middle Grade Fiction).
- [Ramona Quimby, Age 8](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-quimby-age-8) by Beverly Cleary _(860L · Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of growing up and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [The Cybil War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cybil-war) by Betsy Byars _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of friendship, identity, and growing up, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Confessions of a Class Clown](https://readinglist.school/book/confessions-of-a-class-clown) by Arianne Costner _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, identity, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [Control Freaks](https://readinglist.school/book/control-freaks) by J.E. Thomas _(Grades 6–8)_ — Shares themes of friendship, identity, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).

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