Books like Ramona the Pest

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary reads as playful, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Pippi Langstrump i Söderhavet

Astrid Lindgren · 1957

Both explore imagination & childhood

70% genome match

The Ramona Collection (Ramona the Brave / Ramona and Her Father / Ramona the Pest / Beezus and Ramona)

Beverly Cleary · 1999

Both explore childhood & family

80% genome match

The Enchanted Wood

Enid Blyton · 1939

Both explore imagination & childhood

71% genome match

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Betty MacDonald · 1947

Both explore childhood & imagination

69% genome match

Freckle Juice

Judy Blume · 1971

Both explore childhood

69% genome match

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Louis Sachar · 1978

Both explore imagination

68% genome match

Mary Poppins comes back

Pamela L. Travers · 1935

Both explore childhood & imagination

70% genome match

Unmentionable!

Paul Jennings · 1991

Both explore childhood & mischief

70% genome match

The secret of the Indian

Lynne Reid Banks · 1989

Both explore imagination & growing up

68% genome match

Frindle

Andrew Clements · 1996

Both explore childhood

65% genome match

Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars

Daniel Manus Pinkwater · 1979

Both explore imagination & growing up

71% genome match

Emil und die Detektive

Erich Kästner · 1930

Both explore childhood

66% genome match