What books are similar to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children?

The 10 closest matches to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs on ReadingList include Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy, Twilight, Macbeth, Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard, and Uglies. Each is scored on shared themes (orphanages, graphic novels, and supernatural), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), 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.

Books like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

If you liked Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, read Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy, Twilight, or Macbeth — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks — shares graphic novels

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Looking for books like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Graphic Novel · grades 9–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of orphanages, graphic novels, and supernatural. 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 9–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boygrades 9–12: Shares themes of graphic novels, same genre (Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Twilightgrades 9–12: Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Graphic Novel), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Macbethgrades 9–12: Shares themes of supernatural and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullardgrades 9–12: Same genre (Graphic Novel) and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Ugliesgrades 9–12: Same genre (Graphic Novel) and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon → books like this →
Everything, Everythinggrades 9–12: Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
Patron Saints of Nothinggrades 9–12: Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Fault in Our Stars850L: Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Hate U Give590L: Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →
The Sun is Also a Stargrades 9–12: Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (2010s). Amazon → books like this →

Books like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

Real Friends by Shannon Hale · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex · grades K–3 — Same genre (Graphic Novel) and the same era (2010s).
Bone by Jeff Smith · grades 2–8 — Same genre (Graphic Novel).

Books like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
Crush by Svetlana Chmakova · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
Giants Beware by Jorge Aguirre · grades 3–5 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
Real Friends by Shannon Hale · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
Sidekicks by Dan Santat · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).

Books like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
Crush by Svetlana Chmakova · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
Real Friends by Shannon Hale · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
Sidekicks by Dan Santat · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).
The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell · grades 4–6 — Shares themes of graphic novels and same genre (Graphic Novel).

Common questions

What books are similar to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children?: The 10 closest matches to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs on ReadingList include Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy, Twilight, Macbeth, Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard, and Uglies. Each is scored on shared themes (orphanages, graphic novels, and supernatural), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 9–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 9–12), 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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