What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedMy Spy
Peter Segal · Film · 2020
If you loved My Spy, start with Spy (Simeon Goulden, 2011) — a series on the same thread. Below: 4 books, 3 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to My Spy across media.
If My Spy hooked you, it is because you enjoy seeing hardened professionals navigate the unpredictable chaos of domestic life and unlikely family dynamics.
Books on the same thread
Spy x Family, Vol. 1
Tatsuya Endo · Book · 2020
Shares a thread with My Spy: found family.
Much like the dynamic in My Spy, this story centers on a high-stakes operative who finds his professional world colliding with the messy, unexpected reality of building a surrogate family.
Spy School
Stuart Gibbs · Book
Explores: imposter syndrome, competence porn, underdog hero.
If you enjoyed the fish-out-of-water comedy of My Spy, you will appreciate this story about an ordinary boy thrust into the complex world of professional espionage and elite training.
Spy X Family, Vol. 10
Tatsuya Endo · Book
Shares a thread with My Spy: found family.
Fans of the protective yet complicated mentor-mentee relationship in My Spy will find similar charm in this narrative, where high-stakes danger constantly intersects with the complexities of family life.
Spy X Family, Vol. 4
Tatsuya Endo · Book
Shares a thread with My Spy: found family.
This volume continues the themes of found family and covert operations that made My Spy so engaging, showing how even elite spies must juggle assassination plots with everyday household responsibilities.
Series on the same thread
SPY x FAMILY
Series · 2022
Shares 2 threads with My Spy: Found Family, Fish Out of Water.
This show mirrors the premise of My Spy by throwing a lethal operative into a domestic setting where his ability to handle dangerous missions is tested by his new family.
Spy
Simeon Goulden · Series · 2011
Shares a thread with My Spy: Fish Out of Water.
If the blend of parenting struggles and spy craft in My Spy resonated with you, this sitcom perfectly captures the tension of balancing secret government work with personal family duties.
Chuck
Josh Schwartz · Series · 2007
Shares 2 threads with My Spy: Fish Out of Water, Spy Comedy.
Like the protagonist in My Spy, this character is an ordinary person forced to adapt to the world of espionage, creating a similar sense of humor through his fish-out-of-water experiences.
Podcasts on the same thread
The Rest Is Classified
Podcast
Explores: Cold War, Intelligence agencies, Covert operations.
While this podcast focuses on real-world intelligence, it provides the same deep dive into the secretive operations and tradecraft that form the professional backdrop of the character in My Spy.
Story Pirates
Story Pirates · Podcast · 2026
Explores: Childhood imagination, Collaborative storytelling, Humor.
If you loved the precocious perspective and humor of the child character in My Spy, you will appreciate this show that celebrates the wild, creative imagination of young people.