Dork Diaries
by Rachel Renée Russell
★ Top 5 book of 2009 · #5 on Best Books of 2009
Nikki Maxwell begins eighth grade at a new school and records everything in her very first diary, complete with doodles. She deals with a pushy rival, new friends, a crush, and her chaotic little sister.
Best for: Middle schoolers who enjoy funny, illustrated diary stories about school and friendships
Dork Diaries is #5 on BookWard's Best Books of 2009, out of 42 2009 books that cleared our data bar.
What Dork Diaries is about
Nikki Maxwell is starting eighth grade at a brand new school, and she tells the whole story in her own diary, complete with doodles, drawings and comic strips. Fourteen years old and not quite sure where she fits in, she is also fighting a determined campaign to talk her mom into buying her an iPhone.
Along the way Nikki makes new friends in Chloe and Zoey, nurses a crush on Brandon, and puts up with her zany little sister, Brianna. Then there is MacKenzie, a mean girl who turns into her rival when a school-wide art competition comes along. The tone is light and funny, and the worries about popularity, self-esteem, friendship and family will feel familiar to many young readers. It suits children who like their stories short on lecturing and full of pictures.
Dork Diaries on the Best Books of 2009
Dork Diaries came out in 2009. Of the 42 books first published in 2009 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #5 on our Best Books of 2009 list.
Why it made the list: 915 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (75 ratings); 70 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
It earns Reader favorite and being read right now.
Nearby on the 2009 list
- The Maze Runner James Dashner, #3
- The Help Kathryn Stockett, #4
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich Ramit Sethi, #6
- The 4-Hour Workweek Timothy Ferriss, #7
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 756 want to read it, 70 are reading it now and 88 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 75 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 86 | 55% |
| Reader love | 90 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 93 | 20% |
Questions about Dork Diaries
When was Dork Diaries published?
Dork Diaries by Rachel Renée Russell was first published in 2009.
Was Dork Diaries one of the best books of 2009?
Dork Diaries is #5 on BookWard's Best Books of 2009, out of 42 2009 books that cleared our data bar. 915 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (75 ratings); 70 are reading it right now.
Why is Dork Diaries on the Best Books of 2009 list?
915 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (75 ratings); 70 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2009
- The Last Olympian Rick Riordan, #1
- Catching Fire Suzanne Collins, #2
- The Maze Runner James Dashner, #3
- The Help Kathryn Stockett, #4
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich Ramit Sethi, #6
- The 4-Hour Workweek Timothy Ferriss, #7
See the full Best Books of 2009, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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