17 must-read audiobook books like The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name! by Adam Rubin

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The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name!

By: Adam Rubin

3.68

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Dragons Love Tacos and The Ice Cream Machine return…

If you liked the audiobook plot in The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name! by Adam Rubin , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

By: Mo Willems

4.33

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his pl… read more

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  • humor
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-"

-Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Cover of Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever (Bink & Gollie, #3) by Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee, Tony Fucile

2. Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever (Bink & Gollie, #3)

By: Kate DiCamillo , Alison McGhee , Tony Fucile

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

All righty, then! Celebrate the tall and short of a marvelous friendship with a new Bink and Gollie… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Spy School (Spy School #1) by Stuart Gibbs

3. Spy School (Spy School #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.06

Format: None pages,

Can a normal, average kid become a superstar secret agent? Maybe not, but it'll be fun to watch him… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

4. How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon, #1)

By: Cressida Cowell

3.52

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a truly extraordinary Viking hero known throughout Vikingdom as "t… read more

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5. This is Not My Hat

By: Jon Klassen

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Hardcover

When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly),… read more

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6. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

Cover of City Spies (City Spies #1) by James Ponti

7. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

Cover of The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3) by Peter  Brown

8. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas  Day

9. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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10. Mascot

By: Charles Waters

4.02

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) by Lisa Yee

11. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

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12. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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13. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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14. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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15. Bob

By: Wendy Mass

4.06

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

A classic middle-grade tale of magic and friendship, about a girl who helps an old friend find home… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. “Well? Can you see me?"

-Wendy Mass, Bob

Cover of The Brightest Night : the graphic novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #5) by Tui T. Sutherland

16. The Brightest Night : the graphic novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #5)

By: Tui T. Sutherland

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series continue to… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #3) by Tui T. Sutherland

17. The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #3)

By: Tui T. Sutherland

4.55

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in the third graphic no… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. When You Trap a Tiger

By: Tae Keller

4.15

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal Winner (2021) Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her famil… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"If you put things off for later, you'll never do them. They'll become harder and scarier, and one day you'll realize you've run out of time."

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

"It's hard to breathe. I know now: The moment when everything really falls apart--it's not during the big explosion. It's in the quiet after. And the feeling is not a shattering. Not quite"

-Tae Keller, When You Trap a Tiger

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19. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3) by Karina Yan Glaser

20. The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.45

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

Harlem’s favorite family returns in the third installment in the Vanderbeerkers series! In To the R… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The universe is so big, much bigger than you and me and bigger than any of our mistakes. There are always opportunities to forgive and be forgiven."

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue (The Vanderbeekers, #3)

Cover of Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate  O'Shaughnessy

21. Lasagna Means I Love You

By: Kate O'Shaughnessy

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Library Binding

What are the essential ingredients that make a family? Eleven-year-old Mo is making up her own reci… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps

22. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of You Are Here: Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh

23. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

Cover of Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) by Kiersten White

24. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Junior High (Tegan and Sara #1) by Tegan Quin

25. Junior High (Tegan and Sara #1)

By: Tegan Quin

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

AN INDIE BESTSELLER From indie-pop twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara comes a contemporary middle grad… read more

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  • middle grade
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26. Half Moon Summer

By: Elaine Vickers

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two seventh graders discover it takes more than grit and a good pair of shoes to run 13.1 miles. Yo… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1) by Aaron Reynolds

27. The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, #1)

By: Aaron Reynolds

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Rex Dexter is itching to have a dog. He was practically born to have one. His name is Rex, for cryi… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of No One Leaves the Castle by Christopher Healy

28. No One Leaves the Castle

By: Christopher Healy

4.02

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

The Lilac. The bard songs say that she’s the world’s most fearsome bounty hunter. That there’s no c… read more

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  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of 15 Secrets to Survival by Natalie D. Richards

29. 15 Secrets to Survival

By: Natalie D. Richards

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Library Binding

From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers comes a thriller about a group o… read more

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  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
Cover of The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name! by Adam Rubin

30. The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name!

By: Adam Rubin

3.68

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Dragons Love Tacos and The Ice Cream Machine return… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rubin's The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name! book and Adam Rubin's The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name!

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook

24 must-read fiction books like The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name! by Adam Rubin

Transform Your Habits

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Mo Willems

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever (Bink & Gollie, #3)

Kate DiCamillo , Alison McGhee , Tony Fucile

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Spy School (Spy School #1)

Stuart Gibbs

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

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15 best-selling childrens books like Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes and the Impossible

Dave Eggers

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

Nicholas Day

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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