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Books like Alderley: 9 series to read next

Alderley is fantasy and mythic fantasy, about quests, set in contemporary and british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Alderley is 4 books, 1960–2012.

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

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The Dark Is Rising
Mythago Wood
Watership Down
American Gods
Tolkien's legendarium
Nargun / Wirrun milieu
Artemis Fowl
The Magician Trilogy
Five Children Universe

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“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 →

Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mythago Wood →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and found family.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

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

Reading order →

Nargun / Wirrun milieuSeries

seriesPatricia Wrightson4 books1973

Set in oceania.

Start with The Nargun and the Stars →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about fae, set in contemporary and our world.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
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Start with LEPrecon →

The Magician TrilogySeries

seriesJenny Nimmo3 books1986

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and british isles.

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

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

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 Alderley?: The Dark Is Rising — the closest match to Alderley on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Alderley?: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Alderley.
How big is Alderley?: Alderley is 4 books, 1960–2012.

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