18 Best middle grade books like Villains Academy by Ryan Hammond

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Villains Academy

By: Ryan Hammond

3.98

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Being BAD has never felt so GOOD! The first in a villainously funny, highly illustrated young middl…

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Cover of Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by James Sturm

1. Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

By: James Sturm

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and faithful graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams’s beloved story of a group of ra… read more

Similar categories in James Sturm's Watership Down: The Graphic Novel book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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2. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Black Girl You Are Atlas book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
Cover of Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) by Pari Thomson

3. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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4. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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5. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5) by Thomas     Taylor

6. Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.47

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Herbie and Violet's fifth gripping adventure brings the internationally bestselling Eerie-on-Sea se… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5) book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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7. Grimwood

By: Nadia Shireen

4.01

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are on the run from Princess Buttons, the scariest street cat in th… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Shireen's Grimwood book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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8. Over My Dead Body

By: Maz Evans

4.36

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When the misanthropic Dr Miriam Price wakes up dead, her day has only just started to go wrong. … read more

Similar categories in Maz Evans's Over My Dead Body book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • fantasy
Cover of Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World (Loki: A Bad God’s Guide #3) by Louie Stowell

9. Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World (Loki: A Bad God’s Guide #3)

By: Louie Stowell

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Loki's third doodle-packed diary in the number one best-selling series.When Heimdall and Hyrrokkin … read more

Similar categories in Louie Stowell's Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World (Loki: A Bad God’s Guide #3) book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1) by Alasdair Beckett-King

10. Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1)

By: Alasdair Beckett-King

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A brilliantly funny young murder mystery from a rising stand-up comedian, podcaster and filmmaker –… read more

Similar categories in Alasdair Beckett-King's Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1) book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"But inspiration can strike in many different ways ... When the philosopher Archimedes stepped into his bath and sloshed water over the sides, the people downstairs were inspired to find a new flat."

-Alasdair Beckett-King, Murder at the Museum (Montgomery Bonbon #1)

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11. The Wishkeeper's Apprentice

By: Rachel Chivers Khoo

4.09

Format: 235 pages, None

A beautifully illustrated and magical classic about the power of wishes for readers aged 7+ "A sto… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Chivers Khoo's The Wishkeeper's Apprentice book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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12. Misfit Mansion

By: Kay Davault

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends meets Hilda and the Troll in this spooky and sweet middle grade… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
"A home for any horror in need - ghosts, monsters, three-headed dragons, you name it."

-Kay Davault, Misfit Mansion

Cover of The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel by Christopher Lincoln

13. The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel

By: Christopher Lincoln

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel adventure in which two siblings, a mysterious Night Librarian, and a motley cast of… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Lincoln's The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
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14. Eye of the Storm (Rainbow Grey #2)

By: Laura Ellen Anderson

4.34

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Ray is getting used to life as Rainbow Grey - she now has ALL the magical weather powers at her fin… read more

Similar categories in Laura Ellen Anderson's Eye of the Storm (Rainbow Grey #2) book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery by Laura Ellen Anderson

15. Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery

By: Laura Ellen Anderson

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A magical new young fiction series from best-selling author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson! … read more

Similar categories in Laura Ellen Anderson's Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of Villains Academy by Ryan Hammond

16. Villains Academy

By: Ryan Hammond

3.98

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Being BAD has never felt so GOOD! The first in a villainously funny, highly illustrated young middl… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of The Sherlock Society (The Sherlock Society, #1) by James Ponti

17. The Sherlock Society (The Sherlock Society, #1)

By: James Ponti

4.50

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's The Sherlock Society (The Sherlock Society, #1) book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. Starminster

By: Megan Hopkins

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Astrid has lived in the rhubarb shed her whole life. The outside world is dangerous, Mama explains;… read more

Similar categories in Megan Hopkins's Starminster book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • childrens
Cover of Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: The Ghosts of the Manor by Lucy Strange

19. Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: The Ghosts of the Manor

By: Lucy Strange

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

New from Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author-illustrator team, Lucy Strange and Pam a spirited se… read more

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20. Ministry of Mischief

By: Alex Foulkes

4.25

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Step into a land where being bad is one big adventure. A hilarious journey filled with naughty magi… read more

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21. The Haunting of Fortune Farm

By: Sophie Kirtley

4.52

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Edie embarks on an exciting and chilling adventure as she searches for a long-lost … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kirtley's The Haunting of Fortune Farm book and Ryan Hammond's Villains Academy

  • middle grade

12 best-selling fantasy books like Villains Academy by Ryan Hammond

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Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

James Sturm

4.43

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Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

Pari Thomson

4.20

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Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

Thomas Taylor

4.47

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Over My Dead Body

Maz Evans

4.36

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20 Top fiction books like Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by James Sturm

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Tales from Watership Down (Watership Down, #2)

Richard Adams

3.83

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Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

James Sturm

4.43

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Ghost Roast

Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall

4.00

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