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Books like Alchemical Journeys: 9 series to read next

Alchemical Journeys is fantasy, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alchemical Journeys is 4 books, 2019–2026.

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American Gods
The Great Cities
The Mortal Instruments
Fionavar Universe
House of Night
Heir Chronicles
The Chaos Chronicles
His Dark Materials
Fillory

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

The Great CitiesSeries

seriesN. K. Jemisin3 books2016

Set in big city.

“N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City We Became →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

House of NightSeries

seriesKristin Cast & P. C. Cast20 books2007

Paranormal, about vampires.

“Books in the series have been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 63 weeks and have sold over seven million copies in North America, and more than ten million books worldwide, in 39 countries.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Marked →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

About wizards.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

The Chaos ChroniclesSeries

seriesJohn C. Wright3 books2005

Fantasy and science fantasy, about identity, set in contemporary.

“John C. Wright is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Orphans of Chaos →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

FillorySeries

seriesLev Grossman7 books2009

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with The Magicians →

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 Alchemical Journeys?: American Gods — the closest match to Alchemical Journeys on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alchemical Journeys?: Middlegame. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alchemical Journeys.
How big is Alchemical Journeys?: Alchemical Journeys is 4 books, 2019–2026.

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