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Books like Alchemist's Son: 9 series to read next

Alchemist's Son is fantasy and historical fantasy, about wizards, set in british isles, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alchemist's Son is 2 books, 2003–2004.

“Sebastian reveals that his father's evil enemy, de Loudeac, has also arisen - and is determined to use the secrets of alchemy to create an humunculous, an artificial human made from dead matter, who can be commanded only by its creator.”
from the catalogue description of Doctor Illuminatus

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The Dark Is Rising
Alderley
Tolkien's legendarium
Chrestomanci
Young Wizards
His Dark Materials
Coraline
Switchers
Alfred Kropp

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy.

“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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy.

“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 →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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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 →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

Set in our world.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

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

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CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and horror, eerie in tone.

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

Start with Coraline →

SwitchersSeries

seriesKate Thompson3 books1997

About shapeshifters and identity, set in our world.

“Kate Thompson's Switchers trilogy follows Tess, a Dublin teenager who can shapeshift into any animal but will lose the power forever on her fifteenth birthday.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Switchers →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About magical artifacts, set in our world.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

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 Alchemist's Son?: The Dark Is Rising — the closest match to Alchemist's Son on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alchemist's Son?: Doctor Illuminatus. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alchemist's Son.
How big is Alchemist's Son?: Alchemist's Son is 2 books, 2003–2004.
Is Alchemist's Son finished?: Yes — 2 books, 2003–2004.

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