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Books like A Monster Calls: 9 series to read next

A Monster Calls is fantasy and literary & general, about grief and loss, set in contemporary, emotional in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

A Monster Calls is 2 books, 2011–2018.

“A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”
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Bod Owens
The Magician Trilogy
The Dark Is Rising
Alderley
Coraline
The Midnight World
Chrestomanci
London Below
Before I Fall

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in our world.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

The Magician TrilogySeries

seriesJenny Nimmo3 books1986

Mythic fantasy.

“The stories are inspired by Welsh mythology, with elements borrowed from Mabinogion.”
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Start with The Snow Spider →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, about quests.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and horror, tense in tone, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

The Midnight WorldSeries

seriesMatt Haig2 books2020

About second chance and identity.

“In particular, they frequently wonder how different things might have been had they made other choices at pivotal moments in their lives.”
from the catalogue description of The Midnight Library

Start with The Midnight Library →

ChrestomanciSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones12 books1977

Whimsical in tone, set in parallel universe.

“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
from the catalogue description of Charmed Life
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Start with Charmed Life →

London BelowSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman5 books1996

Urban fantasy, about transported to another world, set in big city and underground & caves.

“Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods rather than under Battersea power station.”
from the catalogue description of Neverwhere

Start with Neverwhere →

Before I FallSeries

seriesLauren Oliver2 books2010

About time loop, set in north america.

“Attempting to understand why, Samantha tries different choices and actions each time through, some starkly out of character, as she reckons with her life and relationships.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Before I Fall →

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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.

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What should I read after A Monster Calls?: Bod Owens — the closest match to A Monster Calls on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with A Monster Calls?: A Monster Calls. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for A Monster Calls.
How big is A Monster Calls?: A Monster Calls is 2 books, 2011–2018.

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