Books Like The Twits

Loved The Twits by Roald Dahl? If its children's, middle grade and funny hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Where the Sidewalk Ends, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Twits: Children's · Middle Grade · Funny · Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor

Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein

Children's · Absurdist Humor · Slapstick Comedy · Middle Grade · Talking Animals

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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney

Slapstick Comedy · Middle Grade · Children's · Short Chapters · Whimsical

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
LEWIS CARROLL

Children's · Absurdist Humor · Middle Grade · Talking Animals · Lighthearted

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Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman

Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy · Talking Animals · Satirical Humor · Short Chapters

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The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster

Middle Grade · Absurdist Humor · Children's · Talking Animals · Funny

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War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers
Jonathan Kunz

Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Short Chapters · Whimsical

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Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
Bo Burnham

Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Short Chapters · Whimsical

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Starter Villain
John Scalzi

Satirical Humor · Absurdist Humor · Talking Animals · Lighthearted · Funny

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Dreadful
Caitlin Rozakis

Villain Protagonist · Absurdist Humor · Funny · Whimsical · Lighthearted

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum

Children's · Middle Grade · Talking Animals · Lighthearted · Whimsical

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The Wild Robot
Peter Brown

Middle Grade · Children's · Talking Animals · Whimsical · Short Chapters

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Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants
Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal

Absurdist Humor · Slapstick Comedy · Funny · Lighthearted · Dark Comedy

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Candide
Voltaire

Absurdist Humor · Novella · Dark Comedy · Satirical Humor · Funny

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Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu

Satirical Humor · Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy · Short Chapters · Funny

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Accomplice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Slapstick Comedy · Villain Protagonist · Funny · Lighthearted · Whimsical

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Talking to Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede

Middle Grade · Talking Animals · Funny · Lighthearted · Whimsical

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A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020
David Sedaris

Satirical Humor · Dark Comedy · Short Chapters · Funny · Absurdist Humor

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A Most Agreeable Murder
Julia Seales

Satirical Humor · Absurdist Humor · Funny · Whimsical · Lighthearted

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The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild
Mathias Énard

Satirical Humor · Absurdist Humor · Whimsical · Dark Comedy · Funny

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
J.K. Rowling

Middle Grade · Lighthearted · Children's · Funny · Whimsical

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