Library staff get asked the question "What can I read after a Diary of a Wimpy Kid series?" quite a lot!
Well we have scoured the shelves in Slough Libraries in pursuit of some suggestions.
You'll be pleased to hear there certainly are many funny books with captivating and loveable characters that you can get immersed into!
Check out the Slough Libraries Catalogue for availability:
Notebooks of a Middle-school Princess
By Meg Cabot
Olivia Grace is completely average. Or so she thinks . . . until Her Royal Highness, Princess Mia Thermopolis turns up at her school one day and whisks Olivia away to
New York City!
Olivia chronicles her transformation from ordinary girl to princess in her notebook, with illustrations from author Meg Cabot, who studied Fine Arts as an undergraduate.
Publisher Macmillan Children's Books Ages 8-11
Timmy Failure Series
By Stephan Pastis
Meet Timmy Failure, founder of the 'best' detective agency in town - Total Failure, Inc.Timmy may only be 11, but with the help of his polar bear, Total, he already has plans for world domination. Plans that will make his mother rich and unpaid bills a thing of the past. And plans that will defeat Corrina Corrina, 'The One Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered'. But she's not going away.
Publisher Walker Books Ages 9-11
The Treehouse Series
By Andy Griffith and Terry Denton
Andy and Terry live in the world's best treehouse! It's got a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry! Just watch out for the sea monkeys, and the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys, and the giant mutant mermaid sea monster ... oh, and, whatever you do, don't get trapped in a burp-gas-filled bubble!
Publisher Macmillan Children's Books Ages 7+
Stink Series
by Megan Mcdonald 
In short, he’s smart and thinks knowledge is pretty awesome. In every book in the Stink series, readers see him questioning, investigating, and discovering the world around him. As a result, teachers and parents love sharing Stink books with their own young explorers. ALL-NEW Teachers’ Guides are chock-full of ideas and things you can do with your students in or out of the classroom, all inspired by Stink’s own insatiable curiosity.
Publisher Walker Books Ages 7+
Dork Diaries Series
By Rachel Renee Russell
Dork Diaries is a humorous children's book series written and illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell. The series, written in a diary format, uses drawings, doodles, and comic strips to chronicle the daily life of its 14-year-old protagonist, Nikki Maxwell, in and outside of middle school.
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd Ages 10+The Last Kids on Earth
By Max Brallier
‘Forty-two days ago I was an ordinary kid, living an uneventful life. But now it’s TOTAL MONSTER ZOMBIE CHAOS and I’m battling beasts on a daily basis. Crazy, right? But I know exactly how to make it through the zombie apocalypse.’
Publisher Egmont UK Limited Ages 9-11Here's a list of other captivating and mostly humorous series of books you may want to consider reading next.
I Funny: A Middle School Story by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Publisher Young Arrow Ages 9+
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Publisher Scholastic Ages 9+
Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce
Publisher HarperCollins Children's Books Ages 9+
A Series of Unfortunate Events By Lemony Snicket
Publisher Egmont Ages 9+
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