Books like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Looking for books like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (Realistic Fiction · grades 7–10)? It’s most often read for its themes of friendship, growing up, and family. 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.
These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 7–10 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.
10 books similar to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Diary of a Wimpy KidJeff Kinney · 950L- The Season of Styx MaloneKekla MagoonThe Season of Styx MaloneKekla Magoon · 510L
Walk Two MoonsSharon Creech · 770L
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous LifeRachel Renée Russell · 890L
FablehavenBrandon Mull- Forged by FireSharon M. DraperForged by FireSharon M. Draper
HootCarl Hiaasen · 760L
RulesCynthia Lord
So B. ItSarah Weeks
Surviving the ApplewhitesStephanie S. Tolan
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Why each is a match
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid950L
- Shares themes of friendship, growing up, and family and overlapping grades (3–7).
- The Season of Styx Malone510L
- Shares themes of friendship, growing up, and family and overlapping grades (3–7).
- Walk Two Moons770L
- Shares themes of friendship and family, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–7).
- Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life890L
- Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- Fablehavengrades 4–7
- Shares themes of friendship and family and overlapping grades (4–7).
- Forged by Firegrades 7–10
- Shares themes of family, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (7–10).
- Hoot760L
- Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- Rulesgrades 4–7
- Shares themes of friendship, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–7).
- So B. Itgrades 5–8
- Shares themes of family, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- Surviving the Applewhitesgrades 5–8
- Shares themes of family, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (5–8).