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Books like Chava and Ahmad: 9 series to read next

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

Chava and Ahmad is 3 books, 2013–2026.

“Helene Wecker's The Golem and the Jinni brings together two mythical beings adrift in 1899 New York: Chava, a golem shaped from clay by a rabbi versed in Kabbalistic magic, and Ahmad, a jinni born of fire in ancient Syria.”
from the catalogue description

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The Alvin Maker Saga
Sarantine Universe
Temeraire
Children of the Light Isles
Ironskin
American Gods
The Mortal Instruments
Herculine
Time and Again

The Alvin Maker SagaSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card15 books1986

Alternate history, about coming of age.

“In fact, young Alvin appears to be the only one in the world.”
from the catalogue description of Seventh Son
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Start with Seventh Son →

Sarantine UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay8 books1995

About political intrigue.

“Each novel stands alone, but together they trace centuries of the same fictional world, distinct from Kay's separate Sarantine Mosaic duology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Light of the Sun →

TemeraireSeries

seriesNaomi Novik48 books2006

Alternate history, adventurous in tone, about dragons and war.

Start with Temeraire →

Children of the Light IslesSeries

seriesJuliet Marillier2 books2002

About coming of age, set in medieval.

Start with Wolfskin →

IronskinSeries

seriesTina Connolly3 books2012

About fae.

Start with Ironskin →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

About gods, set in contemporary.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

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 →

HerculineSeries

seriesJames Reese3 books2002

About witches.

“An enigmatic orphan raised in the convent, Herculine is spirited away from her scandalous life by otherworldly beings to a fantastical, sensual world where she discovers the secrets of her destiny in the midst of heresy and hysteria.”
from the catalogue description of The Book of Shadows

Start with The Book of Shadows →

Time and AgainSeries

seriesJack Finney2 books1970

Science fiction and time travel, mysterious in tone.

“Commercial artist Si Morley is recruited into a secretive government project testing whether self-hypnosis, combined with a recreated slice of 1880s Manhattan, can send someone back in time.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Time and Again →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Chava and Ahmad?: The Alvin Maker Saga — the closest match to Chava and Ahmad on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chava and Ahmad?: The Golem and the Jinni. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chava and Ahmad.
How big is Chava and Ahmad?: Chava and Ahmad is 3 books, 2013–2026.

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