Series

Books like Chantress: 9 series to read next

Chantress is historical fantasy and fantasy, about witches, set in renaissance and early modern, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Chantress is 3 books, 2013–2015.

The Chantress page →Narrow this list →

The Tudor Witch
The Mortal Instruments
Stravaganza
Heirs of Alexandria
Tangled in Time
His Dark Materials
All Souls
The Lovegrove Legacy / The Witches of London Trilogy
Bartimaeus

The Tudor WitchSeries

seriesVictoria Lamb3 books2012

Historical fantasy, tense in tone, about witches, set in renaissance and early modern and british isles.

Start with Witchstruck →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

StravaganzaSeries

seriesMary Hoffman6 books2002

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world, set in alternate earth.

“The books are set alternatively between Islington, an area of London, England, and various cities in Talia, an alternate version of Renaissance Italy.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with City of Masks →

Heirs of AlexandriaSeries

seriesDave Freer, Eric Flint & Mercedes Lackey7 books2002

Alternate history, set in europe and mediterranean.

“The books combine elements from the styles of all three authors, such as Lackey's approach to tolerance and magic and Flint's sense of history alteration.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Shadow of the Lion →

Tangled in TimeSeries

seriesKathryn Lasky2 books2019

Time travel.

“Rose starts at a new school where her fashion-forward looks are not appreciated—and the mean girls don’t let her forget it.”
from the catalogue description of The Portal

Start with The Portal →

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

Reading order →

All SoulsSeries

seriesDeborah Harkness5 books2011

About vampires, set in contemporary and europe.

Start with A Discovery of Witches →

The Lovegrove Legacy / The Witches of London TrilogySeries

seriesAlyxandra Harvey3 books2014

Set in 19th century.

“In 1814 London, three cousins discover their magical powers and family lineage of witchcraft and accidentally open the gates to the underworld.”
from the catalogue description of A Breath of Frost

Start with A Breath of Frost →

BartimaeusSeries

seriesJonathan Stroud4 books2003

Alternate history, about wizards and demons.

Start with The Amulet of Samarkand →

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 Chantress?: The Tudor Witch — the closest match to Chantress on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chantress?: Chantress. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chantress.
How big is Chantress?: Chantress is 3 books, 2013–2015.

Books like Chantress: 9 series to read next

Read next in Chantress

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one