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Books like Angels Unlimited: 9 series to read next

Angels Unlimited is fantasy, about angels and coming of age, lighthearted in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Angels Unlimited is 12 books, 2001–2008.

“The protagonist is Melanie Beeby, who died on the day after her thirteenth birthday and soon found herself at the Angel Academy in heaven.”
from the catalogue description
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His Dark Materials
The Wind in the Willows Universe
Narnia
Young Wizards
Peter Pan
Karou
Kairos
Enchanted Forest
Tales of Magic

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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The Wind in the Willows UniverseSeries

seriesKenneth Grahame, William Horwood, Anne McKie, Ellen Miles, Inga Moore, Juliet Stanley, Kij Johnson, Lesley Sims, M. G. Leonard, Samantha Noonan & Susan Hill17 books1908

Fantasy, about friendship, set in british isles.

Start with The Wind in the Willows: A Fine Welcome →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards.

“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 →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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Enchanted ForestSeries

seriesPatricia C. Wrede7 books1985

About dragons, set in secondary world.

“Patricia Collins Wrede is an American author of fantasy literature.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Dealing with Dragons →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Whimsical in tone.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

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 Angels Unlimited?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to Angels Unlimited on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Angels Unlimited?: Winging It. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Angels Unlimited.
How big is Angels Unlimited?: Angels Unlimited is 12 books, 2001–2008.

Books like Angels Unlimited: 9 series to read next

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