Read-alikes and related books

Books like Bedhead Ted

Readers who finished Bedhead Ted by Scott SanGiacomo and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Strangers, Bullying, Social Topics, and Paranormal.

Strangers Bullying Social Topics Paranormal Humorous Horror Humorous Stories Friendship Social Themes Comics & Graphic Novels Animals Juvenile Nonfiction Historical Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Bedhead Ted

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Bedhead Ted.

The Complete Adventures of Johnny Mutton

James Proimos

Themes: Strangers • Paranormal • Humorous

Eli

Bill Peet

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Social Topics

Mischief and Mayhem #2: The Cursed Bunny

Ken Lamug

Themes: Bullying • Paranormal • Humorous

Big Nate: Double Or Nothing Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? and Big Nate: Here Goes Nothing

Lincoln Peirce

Themes: Strangers • Paranormal • Humorous

New Kid and Class Act: The Box Set

Jerry Craft

Themes: Strangers • Paranormal • Humorous

My New Best Friend

Julie Bowe

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Social Topics

Let’s Go, Coco!

Coco Fox

Themes: Bullying • Social Topics • Humorous

Secondhand Dogs

Carolyn Crimi

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Social Topics

Crickwing

Janell Cannon

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Social Topics

#10

Click and Camp Boxed Set

Kayla Miller

Themes: Bullying • Paranormal • Humorous

#11

Oona and the Shark

Kelly DiPucchio

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Horror

#12

The Wump World

Bill Peet

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Humorous

#13

Damsel

Elana K. Arnold

Themes: Bullying • Social Topics • Paranormal

#14

School Trip

Jerry Craft

Themes: Strangers • Paranormal • Humorous

#15

Tiny Kitty, Big City

Tim Miller

Themes: Strangers • Social Topics • Humorous Stories

#16

TBH, I Feel the Same

Lisa Greenwald

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Social Topics

#17

TBH, I Don’t Want to Say Good-Bye

Lisa Greenwald

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Social Topics

#18

The Aurora County All-Stars

Deborah Wiles

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Humorous Stories

#19

Dinosaur Boy

Cory Putman Oakes

Themes: Bullying • Social Topics • Humorous Stories

#20

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

Themes: Social Topics • Paranormal • Friendship

#21

I Really Want a Bigger Piece! A Really Bird Story

Harriet Ziefert

Themes: Social Topics • Humorous • Humorous Stories

#22

My Name Is a Story

Ashanti

Themes: Strangers • Bullying • Social Topics

#23

Strange Planet Activity Book

Nathan W. Pyle

Themes: Paranormal • Humorous • Humorous Stories

#24

Big Nate: Triple Decker Box Set Big Nate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? and Big Nate: Here Goes Nothing, and Big Nate: Genius Mode

Lincoln Peirce

Themes: Paranormal • Humorous • Humorous Stories

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Bedhead Ted by Scott SanGiacomo. Connected by Strangers, Bullying, Social Topics. Authors featured include James Proimos, Bill Peet, Ken Lamug, Lincoln Peirce, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

More by Scott SanGiacomo

Bedhead Ted

Scott SanGiacomo

Explore more

More by Scott SanGiacomo More books tagged Strangers Explore Bullying