What to read next
Books like Dog Man, by age
Finished Dog Man? Here are 9 series to try next, grouped by age and kind: the same age as dog man; a bit older, when they're ready; the same kind of book as dog man. Each one says why it's here and links to the books in order with a checklist.
The picks come from what the series share with Dog Man (funny, heroes, animals) and the next reads its own page names. No one paid to be here and there are no shop links. Checked October 29, 2026.
The same age as Dog Man
The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Ages 6–10 Like Dog Man, it's funny and hero. It starts a little younger, at 6, so it's a quick, easy read. The Dog Man page names it as a next read. Big pictures and few words on a page, part comic and part chapter book.
Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey
Ages 7+ Like Dog Man, it's funny and animal. The Dog Man page names it as a next read. Comics inside a comic: short bubbles, and each kid's comic in the book is drawn a different way.
Hilo by Judd Winick
Ages 8–12 Like Dog Man, it's funny and hero. It starts a little older, at 8. The Dog Man page names it as a next read. Bright comic panels with short speech bubbles, quick jokes and a bigger story that builds across the books.
A bit older, when they're ready
Berrybrook Middle School by Svetlana Chmakova
Ages 10+ It's a comic too. It starts a little older, at 10. Manga-style panels read left to right, with short speech bubbles, lots of facial expressions and a few pages of heavier feeling.
Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
Ages 9–13 It's a comic too. It starts a little older, at 9. Comic panels with short speech bubbles, in the first person from the author as a child.
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
Ages 9–13 It's a comic too. It starts a little older, at 9. Soft-coloured comic panels with short speech bubbles and a lot of picture storytelling.
The same kind of book as Dog Man
Pizza and Taco by Stephen Shaskan
Ages 5–8 Like Dog Man, it's funny. It starts a little younger, at 5, so it's a quick, easy read. Big panels with a line or two of speech in each bubble, split into short chapters.
Owly by Andy Runton
Ages 5–8 Like Dog Man, it's animal. It starts a little younger, at 5, so it's a quick, easy read. Almost wordless pictures where pictures and small symbols in the speech bubbles tell the story, so a child can read it with no words at all.
Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland, drawn by Mike Holmes
Ages 8–12 It's a comic too. It starts a little older, at 8. Full-colour comic pages with more words than Dog Man, and one long story across the books.
More ways to find the next one
- What should I read next?: three taps, three picks.
- By age: 7-year-olds · 8-year-olds · 9-year-olds · 10-year-olds
- Dog Man books in order