Books like The Graveyard Book

Looking for books like The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Middle Grade Fantasy · 820L · grades 5–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of found family, the supernatural and the living, and coming of age. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Graveyard Book

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Why each is a match

The Poet X800L
Shares themes of coming of age and identity and a close reading level (800L vs 820L).
Tuck Everlasting770L
Shares themes of coming of age, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and a close reading level (770L vs 820L).
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone880L
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and a close reading level (880L vs 820L).
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)740L
Shares themes of found family, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and a close reading level (740L vs 820L).
American Born Chinese530L
Shares themes of coming of age and identity and overlapping grades (7–12).
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon810L
Same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), a close reading level (810L vs 820L), and the same era (2000s).
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life890L
Shares themes of identity and a close reading level (890L vs 820L).
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecygrades 3–7
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatlgrades 6–8
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (6–8).
The False Princegrades 5–9
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fantasy), and overlapping grades (5–9).

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