Read-alikes and related books

Books like Insect Detective

What to read after Insect Detective by Steve Voake: 24 titles sharing themes of Entomology, Insects, Spiders, etc, Zoology, and Life Sciences, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Entomology Insects, Spiders, etc Zoology Life Sciences Science Animals Juvenile Nonfiction

Top related books to Insect Detective

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

Ugly Bugs

Nick Arnold

Themes: Entomology • Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology

What Is an Insect?

Jeff Bauer

Themes: Entomology • Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology

Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America

Christopher Leahy

Themes: Entomology • Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology

Mad about Bugs

Deborah Jane Murrell

Themes: Entomology • Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology

I Can Read about Insects

Deborah Merrians

Themes: Entomology • Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology

Fireflies, Glow-worms, and Lightning Bugs Identification and Natural History of the Fireflies of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada

Lynn Frierson Faust

Themes: Entomology • Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology

The Amicus Book of Bugs

Isobel Lundie

Themes: Entomology • Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology

Black Widow Spiders

Louise Martin

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

Fast Facts about Cockroaches

Lisa J. Amstutz

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#10

Poisonous Animals/Beginners

Emily Bone

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#11

Outdoor Explorers Minibeasts

Sandy Green

Themes: Entomology • Zoology • Life Sciences

#12

Nerdy Babies: Insects

Emmy Kastner

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#13

The Unhuggables

National Wildlife Federation

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#14

Fly Guy Presents: Weird Animals

Tedd Arnold

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#15

Bug Bonanza! (Ada Twist, Scientist: Why Files #4)

Andrea Beaty

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#16

Minibeasts on a Plant

Sarah Ridley

Themes: Entomology • Zoology • Life Sciences

#17

Bizarre Bugs

Doug Wechsler

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#18

Fast Facts about Spiders

Julia Garstecki-Derkovitz

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#19

Cicada Symphony

Sue Fliess

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#20

Little Turtle’s Book of the Blue

Yuval Zommer

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#21

Forest Fun: Insects in the Flowers

Susie Williams

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#22

The Ultimate Bug Field Guide The Entomologist’s Handbook (Bugs, Observations, Science, Nature, Field Guide)

Thomas Nelson

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

#23

Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars of North America

Amy Bartlett Wright

Themes: Entomology • Zoology • Life Sciences

#24

This Is Not My Lunch Box!

Jennifer Dupuis

Themes: Insects, Spiders, etc • Zoology • Life Sciences

If Insect Detective by Steve Voake is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Entomology, Insects, Spiders, etc, Zoology and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Nick Arnold, Jeff Bauer, Christopher Leahy, Deborah Jane Murrell, and others.