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Books like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: 9 series to read next

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is fantasy, set in our world and contemporary, whimsical in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is 10 books, 1964–2013.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Tales of Magic
Five Children Universe
Alderley
Watership Down
Alfred Kropp
Oz and Lily
Narnia
House of Secrets

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, about friendship, set in contemporary and our world.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy.

“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 →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and found family, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About coming of age.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

Oz and LilySeries

seriesKate Saunders2 books2012

About witches, set in big city.

“Welcome to the most magical house in London, Oz and Lily's family have inherited it together with the mysterious shop downstairs.”
from the catalogue description of The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop

Start with The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop →

NarniaUniverse

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

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House of SecretsSeries

seriesChris Columbus, Ned Vizzini & Chris Rylander3 books2013

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

“Rights to the book were sold in 12 foreign territories.”
from the catalogue description

Start with House of Secrets →

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.

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What should I read after Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
How big is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is 10 books, 1964–2013.

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