# Books like The Good Dog

**10** books similar to *The Good Dog* by Avi (Realistic Fiction · grades 3–6), 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:** dogs, wolves, lion, dogs, fiction
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## Similar books

- [My Dog, My Hero](https://readinglist.school/book/my-dog-my-hero) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Widget](https://readinglist.school/book/widget) by Lyn Rossiter McFarland _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Can I Be Your Dog?](https://readinglist.school/book/can-i-be-your-dog) by Troy Cummings _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch](https://readinglist.school/book/owney-the-mail-pouch-pooch) by Mona Kerby _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Tornado](https://readinglist.school/book/tornado) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Bagdad Ate It](https://readinglist.school/book/bagdad-ate-it) by Phyllis Green _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [High-Wire Henry](https://readinglist.school/book/high-wire-henry) by Mary Calhoun _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Martha Speaks](https://readinglist.school/book/martha-speaks) by Susan Meddaugh _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs, both on the California Young Reader Medal list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).

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