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Books like Bod Owens: 9 series to read next

Bod Owens is fantasy and dark fantasy, about coming of age, set in our world, bittersweet in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Bod Owens is 3 books, 2007–2014.

“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

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Coraline
A Monster Calls
Jerusalem's Lot
Magic Shop
Alderley
Charlie (Roald Dahl)
The Dark Is Rising
The Books of Elsewhere
Modern Tale of Faerie

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and gothic, tense in tone, set in parallel universe.

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

Start with Coraline →

A Monster CallsSeries

seriesPatrick Ness, Adam Peck & Sally Cookson2 books2011

Literary & general, emotional in tone, about grief and loss.

“A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Monster Calls →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark and tense in tone, set in small town and north america.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Magic ShopSeries

seriesBruce Coville7 books1982

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books each send a different kid into Mr. Elives's strange antique shop, where an ordinary-looking item turns out to carry real magic and consequences.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Monster's Ring →

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 →

Charlie (Roald Dahl)Series

seriesRoald Dahl6 books1964

Funny in tone.

Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“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 →

The Books of ElsewhereSeries

seriesJacqueline West5 books2010

Portal fantasy, mysterious in tone.

“When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.”
from the catalogue description of The Shadows
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Start with The Shadows →

Modern Tale of FaerieSeries

seriesHolly Black4 books2002

Urban fantasy, about fae.

Start with Tithe →

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 Bod Owens?: Coraline — the closest match to Bod Owens on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Bod Owens?: The Witch's Headstone. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Bod Owens.
How big is Bod Owens?: Bod Owens is 3 books, 2007–2014.

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