Books like Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary reads as warm, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Flora & Ulysses

Kate DiCamillo · 2013

Shares the escape thread

73% genome match

Henry Huggins

Beverly Cleary

Both explore family & humor

84% genome match

The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt · 2007

Shares the escape thread

74% genome match

Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh

Both explore coming-of-age

59% genome match

The List of Things That Will Not Change

Rebecca Stead · 2020

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Shares the escape thread

77% genome match

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Summer Sisters

Judy Blume · 1998

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

It's Like This, Cat

Emily Cheney Neville · 1992

Shares the escape thread

71% genome match

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

The Canning Season

Polly Horvath · 2012

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match