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Books like Chrestomanci: 9 series to read next

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

Chrestomanci is 12 books, 1977–2006.

“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
from the catalogue description of Charmed Life
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Tolkien's legendarium
Five Children Universe
The Dark Is Rising
Howl's Castle
Young Wizards
Magids
The Wildwood Chronicles
Dragonslayer / The Chronicles of Kazam
Tales of Magic

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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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 →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy.

“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 →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Set in secondary world.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

Set in our world.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

MagidsSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones2 books1997

Fantasy, whimsical and mysterious in tone, about wizards, set in contemporary.

“Diana Wynne Jones's Magids series continues with The Merlin Conspiracy, following a different young magic-user into the same multiverse of worlds under the Magids' watch.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Deep Secret →

The Wildwood ChroniclesSeries

seriesColin Meloy3 books2011

About quests and friendship.

“Praised for its illustrations and old-fashioned book design, the trilogy continues across Under Wildwood and Wildwood Imperium.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Wildwood →

Dragonslayer / The Chronicles of KazamSeries

seriesJasper Fforde4 books2010

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, about dragons, set in british isles.

“Jasper Fforde's Chronicles of Kazam series follows Jennifer Strange, a fifteen-year-old foundling running a magical employment agency in an alternate Britain where magic is fading, who unexpectedly becomes the last Dragonslayer.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Dragonslayer →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

About friendship, set in 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 →

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 Chrestomanci?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Chrestomanci on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chrestomanci?: Charmed Life. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chrestomanci.
How big is Chrestomanci?: Chrestomanci is 12 books, 1977–2006.
Is Chrestomanci finished?: Yes — 12 books, 1977–2006.

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