Books like Sisters
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier reads as warm, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What Sisters is like to read
A warm, funny graphic memoir that braids a cramped family road trip with childhood flashbacks about the messy reality of sisterhood. Approachable art and honest kid-perspective humor make the small domestic stakes feel real. Best for: middle-grade readers who loved Smile and want honest, funny family stories in comics form.
Smile
Raina Telgemeier · 2010
An earnest, episodic middle-school memoir in comics form — funny and cringey by turns, with real warmth as Raina grows past her insecurities.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han · 2014
A warm, confiding first-person YA romance where a shy daydreamer's private love letters become embarrassingly public — sweet, funny, and full of sisterly family texture rather than high-drama angst.
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang · 2006
Three braided storylines — one mythic, one realist, one satirical — collide into a single meditation on shame, assimilation, and self-acceptance.
The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney · 2009
A breezy diary-format romp through middle-school misadventures, told in Greg's self-serving deadpan and paced in short cartoon-punctuated bursts.
Anya's ghost
Vera Brosgol · 2011
A wry, slightly spooky YA graphic novel about an awkward teen whose new ghostly best friend turns out to be more trouble than comfort.
Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney · 2008
A breezy, cartoon-illustrated diary of middle-school humiliations and sibling warfare — episodic, quick-flipping, and reliably funny in a slapstick, self-deprecating key.
DAWN ON THE COAST
Ann M. Martin · 2025
A warm, low-stakes BSC entry where Dawn's California vacation stirs a real ache about family, home, and belonging.
New Kid
Jerry Craft · 2019
A warm, funny, and quietly pointed middle-grade graphic novel about code-switching between two worlds — Jordan's cartoon interludes carry the sharpest social observations while the
Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd · 2021
A warm middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who longs for a pet only to discover a severe allergy blocking her dream — a gentle, relatable story of family, disappointment, and finding belonging.
All's faire in middle school
Victoria Jamieson · 2017
A funny, relatable graphic-novel account of an eleven-year-old navigating the social minefield of public school for the first time after a homeschooled, Renaissance-Fair upbringing
Twins
Varian Johnson · 2020
A quiet, emotionally attentive middle-grade story about a twin watching her closest bond stretch as her sister claims a separate identity in middle school; the tension is internal and relational rather than plot-driven.
Awkward
Svetlana Chmakova · 2015
A warm, funny middle-school story about a shy new kid whose small act of cowardice haunts her until she can make it right — episodic art-club hijinks braided with a sincere friendship-repair arc.
About Sisters — what the genome says
Is Sisters a complete story or a cliffhanger?
It's a complete, standalone-satisfying story.
Who is Sisters for?
It's written for middle-grade readers (roughly ages 8-12).
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