18 Top fiction books like This Again? by Adam Borba

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This Again?

By: Adam Borba

4.16

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

How far would you go to have the best day of your life? Middle grade author Adam Borba returns with…

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1. Slugfest

By: Gordon Korman

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that's he's already been pla… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Slugfest book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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2. 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

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"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

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3. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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4. 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

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"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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5. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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6. 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

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
"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

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7. Saving Winslow

By: Sharon Creech

3.86

Format: 176 pages, ebook

About a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health. Louie d… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Creech's Saving Winslow book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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8. Tree. Table. Book.

By: Lois Lowry

4.39

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more

Similar categories in Lois Lowry's Tree. Table. Book. book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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9. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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10. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

By: Candace Fleming

4.15

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more

Similar categories in Candace Fleming's Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
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11. A Game of Noctis

By: Deva Fagan

4.13

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A thrilling middle grade fantasy about a girl who must participate in a deadly game with a ragtag t… read more

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  • middle grade
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12. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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13. The Bletchley Riddle

By: Ruta Sepetys

4.50

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Shein… read more

Similar categories in Ruta Sepetys's The Bletchley Riddle book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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14. Faker

By: Gordon Korman

4.14

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey know… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Faker book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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15. Averil Offline

By: Amy Noelle Parks

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A fun, fast-paced story about a girl determined to cut the cord with her helicopter parents. Twe… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
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16. This Again?

By: Adam Borba

4.16

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

How far would you go to have the best day of your life? Middle grade author Adam Borba returns with… read more

Similar categories in Adam Borba's This Again? book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • science fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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17. Invisible Isabel

By: Sally J. Pla

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this illustrated middle grade novel by Schneider Award-winning author Sally J. Pla, introverted … read more

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  • middle grade
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18. 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 Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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19. A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

By: Jasmine Warga

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Ho… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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20. Not Nothing

By: Gayle Forman

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"The book we all need at the time we all need it.” —Katherine Applegate, Newbery Award–winning auth… read more

Similar categories in Gayle Forman's Not Nothing book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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21. Popcorn

By: Rob Harrell

4.51

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Wink is back with a hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety on a… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harrell's Popcorn book and Adam Borba's This Again?

  • middle grade
  • fiction

21 best-selling middle grade books like This Again? by Adam Borba

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Rebecca Stead

4.14

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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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4.06

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Simon Sort of Says

Erin Bow

4.31

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18 Top fiction books like The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

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Rebecca Stead

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Dave Eggers

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