Books like Beezus and Ramona

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary reads as warm, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Beverly Cleary

Both explore family & humor

82% genome match

Flora & Ulysses

Kate DiCamillo · 2013

Both explore family & humor

65% genome match

Holes

Louis Sachar

Same classic feel

58% genome match

Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh

Same classic feel

53% genome match

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Robert C. O'Brien

Both explore family

51% genome match

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Judy Blume · 1970

Both explore family

53% genome match

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Both explore family

70% genome match

Shiloh

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Both explore family

64% genome match

Stuart Little

E. B. White

Both explore family

63% genome match

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E. L. Konigsburg

Same classic feel

62% genome match

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Rick Riordan

Both explore humor & family

73% genome match

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

Same classic feel

60% genome match