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24 alternatives to Harriet the Spy

Harriet writes down everything, but then loses her notebook!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Harriet the Spy launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Shitty Notebook▲61

   Shitty notebooks for all your shitty ideas.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲65

   The Lady Vanishes: The past deserves a second chance

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Everlast Notebook▲137

   Smart paper-and-pen notebook

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Folded Clock▲70

   Diary of a modern writer

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Ungifted▲63

   Intelligence redefined

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Black Swan▲80

   The impact of the highly improbable

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Undoing Project▲72

   A friendship that changed our minds

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hackers▲75

   Heroes of the computer revolution

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Man Who Lied to His Laptop▲66

   What we can learn about ourselves from our machines

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10AR
    A RottenTomatoes for Books▲146

    2012 · idreambooks.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Daemon▲80

    A computer program wreaks havoc on the world.

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Flight of the Silvers▲63

    A world of time travel and disruption.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Kaboom▲61

    A book based on a blog shut down by the US govt

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14DF
    Distraction Free Reader/Writer▲85

    2013 · inkpen.in · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Pointless Book▲56

    Started by Alfie Deyes, finished by you

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Ender's Game▲93

    The enemy's gate is down

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Anya's Ghost▲60

    Anya falls down a well and makes a new friend... a ghost!

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Tipping the Velvet ▲67

    A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Vanishers▲68

    Power struggle between student and mentor

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hardware Hacker▲63

    Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Breached!▲60

    A Cautionary Tale of Cybersecurity and Intrigue

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Nonsense▲59

    The power of not knowing

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Wandering Mind▲71

    What the brain does when you're not looking

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Master Switch▲71

    : The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

    2015 · its alternatives →

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