Series

Books like Anita: 9 series to read next

Anita is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Anita is 17 books, 1964–1981.

Narnia
Lewis Barnavelt
Bod Owens
His Dark Materials
Alderley
Mythago Wood
The Elliott Family
Good Omens
Practical Magic

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

Reading order →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

seriesBrad Strickland & John Bellairs12 books1973

Set in north america.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family.

“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 →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, 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 →

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 →

Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Mythic fantasy.

“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 →

The Elliott FamilySeries

seriesRay Bradbury8 books1946

Set in north america.

“Ray Bradbury's From the Dust Returned gathers and expands short stories he wrote across five decades about the Elliotts, a large, ancient family of vampires, ghosts, and other gentle monsters gathered in a rambling Illinois house.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Homecoming →

Good OmensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett2 books1990

Humor, funny in tone, about prophecy.

Start with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch →

Practical MagicSeries

seriesAlice Hoffman4 books1995

Set in north america.

“Back in New York City each begins a risky journey as they try to escape the family curse.The Owens children cannot escape love even if they try, just as they cannot escape the pains of the human heart.”
from the catalogue description of The Rules of Magic

Start with The Rules of 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 Anita?: Narnia — the closest match to Anita on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Anita?: Anita. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Anita.
How big is Anita?: Anita is 17 books, 1964–1981.
Is Anita finished?: Yes — 17 books, 1964–1981.

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