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Books like A Darker Magic: 9 series to read next

A Darker Magic is fantasy and horror, set in north america and contemporary, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

A Darker Magic is 3 books, 1987–2012.

“Now, 50 years later, she discovers the handbill from that same show in the desk of one of her students, Emily Endicott.”
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Coraline
Johnny Dixon and the Professor
Bad Girls Don't Die
Lewis Barnavelt
Bod Owens
Lockwood & Co.
Beware the Wild
Castle Rock
Anthony Monday

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and gothic, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Start with Coraline →

Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

seriesJohn Bellairs & Brad Strickland13 books1983

Gothic.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
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Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

Bad Girls Don't DieSeries

seriesKatie Alender3 books2009

Paranormal and ghost stories.

“Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence.”
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Start with Bad Girls Don't Die →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

seriesBrad Strickland & John Bellairs12 books1973

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
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Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Bittersweet in tone, about found family.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
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Start with The Witch's Headstone →

Lockwood & Co.Series

seriesJonathan Stroud6 books2013

Ghost stories, about monster hunting and friendship, set in big city.

Start with The Screaming Staircase →

Beware the WildSeries

seriesNatalie C. Parker2 books2014

Eerie in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“A teenaged girl and her boyfriend must find her older brother after he wanders into their town's swamp and a mysterious girl appears in his place.”
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Start with Beware the Wild →

Castle RockSeries

seriesStephen King & Richard Chizmar16 books1978

Horror, set in contemporary and north america.

“Castle Rock is the fictional Maine town that links a cluster of otherwise separate Stephen King novels and novellas, including The Dead Zone, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and Elevation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Nona →

Anthony MondaySeries

seriesJohn Bellairs4 books1978

Gothic.

“Anthony and his friends generally overcome evil forces bent on ending the world.”
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Start with The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after A Darker Magic?: Coraline — the closest match to A Darker Magic on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with A Darker Magic?: A Darker Magic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for A Darker Magic.
How big is A Darker Magic?: A Darker Magic is 3 books, 1987–2012.

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