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Books like Casteel: 9 series to read next

Casteel is literary & general, about family secrets, set in north america. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Casteel is 5 books, 1985–1990.

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Green Town
Dollanganger Children
Hearts in Atlantis
Shadow of Ashland
The Catch Trap
Eliots of Damerosehay
Austin Family
House of Leaves
Empire of the Sun

Green TownSeries

seriesRay Bradbury31 books1946

Reflective in tone, set in small town.

“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with End of Summer →

Dollanganger ChildrenSeries

seriesV. C. Andrews & Andrew Neiderman11 books1979

Gothic, dark in tone, about family secrets.

“Ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman continued the Dollanganger world after Andrews's death with further prequels and companion stories centered on the Foxworth family estate.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Flowers in the Attic →

Hearts in AtlantisSeries

seriesStephen King6 books1994

Literary & general, set in north america and mid 20th century.

Start with Low Men in Yellow Coats →

Shadow of AshlandSeries

seriesTerence M. Green3 books1996

Reflective in tone.

“In the depths of the Great Depression, Jack Radey left his home in Toronto to seek a better life in the United States.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shadow of Ashland →

The Catch TrapSeries

seriesMarion Zimmer Bradley2 books1961

Historical fiction, bittersweet in tone, about art and artists.

Start with Giant Step →

Eliots of DamerosehaySeries

seriesElizabeth Goudge3 books1940

Set in british isles.

“A Vibrant Novel About the Joys of Life ... and The Pangs of Love Love had come to David for the first time, glorious, overwhelming, passionate.”
from the catalogue description of The Bird in the Tree

Start with The Bird in the Tree →

Austin FamilySeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle4 books1963

“Although Vicky will later appear in three novels that have fantasy and/or science fiction themes, there are no such elements in The Moon By Night.”
from the catalogue description of The Moon by Night

Start with The Moon by Night →

House of LeavesSeries

seriesMark Z. Danielewski2 books2000

Horror, challenging in tone, about madness.

“A bestseller, it has been translated into a number of languages, and is followed by a companion piece, The Whalestoe Letters.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with House of Leaves →

Empire of the SunSeries

seriesJ. G. Ballard2 books1984

Historical fiction, reflective in tone, set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Empire of the Sun →

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 Casteel?: Green Town — the closest match to Casteel on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Casteel?: Heaven. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Casteel.
How big is Casteel?: Casteel is 5 books, 1985–1990.

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