Books like Frankenstein Takes the Cake

If you liked Frankenstein Takes the Cake, read Love That Dog, Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature, or A Light in the Attic — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech — shares poetry

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Looking for books like Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex (Poetry · grades 2–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of monsters, poetry, and monstruos. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 2–8 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

10 books similar to Frankenstein Takes the Cake

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Love That Doggrades 4–8
Shares themes of poetry, same genre (Poetry), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Naturegrades 3–6
Shares themes of poetry, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award list, and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon → books like this →
A Light in the Atticgrades 4–8
Same genre (Poetry) and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Falling Upgrades 4–8
Same genre (Poetry) and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Lochgrades 3–8
Shares themes of monsters and overlapping grades (3–8). Amazon → books like this →
The Butterfly Jargrades 3–5
Same genre (Poetry) and overlapping grades (3–5). Amazon → books like this →
The Last Kids on Earthgrades 3–6
Shares themes of monsters and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon → books like this →
Pssst!grades 2–3
Is by Adam Rex, the same author and overlapping grades (2–3). Amazon → books like this →
My Little Sister Ate One Haregrades K–3
Shares themes of poetry, same genre (Poetry), and overlapping grades (K–3). Amazon → books like this →
The True Meaning of Smekdaygrades 5–12
Is by Adam Rex, the same author, overlapping grades (5–12), and the same era (2000s). Amazon → books like this →

Books like Frankenstein Takes the Cake for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

  • Selected Poems by Christina Rossetti · grades 11–12 — Shares themes of poetry and same genre (Poetry).
  • Ariel by Sylvia Plath · grades 11–12 — Shares themes of poetry and same genre (Poetry).
  • Collected Poems by Gabriel Okara · grades 11–12 — Shares themes of poetry and same genre (Poetry).
  • England's Green by Zaffar Kunial · grades 11–12 — Shares themes of poetry and same genre (Poetry).
  • Kumukanda by Kayo Chingonyi · grades 9–10 — Shares themes of poetry and same genre (Poetry).

Common questions

What books are similar to Frankenstein Takes the Cake?
The 10 closest matches to Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex on ReadingList include Love That Dog, Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Loch. Each is scored on shared themes (monsters, poetry, and monstruos), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 2–8), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Frankenstein Takes the Cake reading-level appropriate?
Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 2–8), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?
Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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