# Books like When the Boys Ran the House

**10** books similar to *When the Boys Ran the House* by Joan Davenport Carris (Humor · 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:** humorous stories, responsibility, brothers, boys, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/fudge) by Charlotte Towner Graeber _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of responsibility and boys, fiction, both on the Iowa Children's Choice Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days](https://readinglist.school/book/be-a-perfect-person-in-just-three-days) by Stephen Manes _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories and boys, fiction, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [My Horrible Secret](https://readinglist.school/book/my-horrible-secret) by Stephen Roos _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories and brothers, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Buz](https://readinglist.school/book/buz) by Richard Egielski _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories and boys, fiction, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Double Fudge](https://readinglist.school/book/double-fudge) by Judy Blume _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories and brothers, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus](https://readinglist.school/book/ten-rules-you-absolutely-must-not-break-if-you-want-to-survive-the-school-bus) by John Grandits _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories and brothers, same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Double Trouble in Walla Walla](https://readinglist.school/book/double-trouble-in-walla-walla) by Andrew Clements _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Humor).
- [The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors](https://readinglist.school/book/the-legend-of-rock-paper-scissors) by Drew Daywalt _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Humor).
- [This is My Book](https://readinglist.school/book/this-is-my-book) by Mark Pett _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of humorous stories, both on the Young Hoosier Book Award list, and same genre (Humor).
- [How to Eat Fried Worms](https://readinglist.school/book/how-to-eat-fried-worms) by Thomas Rockwell _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Iowa Children's Choice Award list (+1 more shared list), same genre (Humor), and overlapping grades (3–6).

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