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Books like Chronoptika: 9 series to read next

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

Chronoptika is 4 books, 2012–2016.

“When his father disappears while experimenting with a black mirror that is a portal to both the past and the future, Jake encounters obstacles when he tries to use the mirror to find his father.”
from the catalogue description of The Obsidian Mirror

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Kairos
Five Children Universe
Alderley
His Dark Materials
The Dark Is Rising
Mythago Wood
The Keepers (Ted Sanders)
The Sisters Grimm
Faerie Wars

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“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, set in british isles.

“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 →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, 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 →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.

“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 →

Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, set in british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mythago Wood →

The Keepers (Ted Sanders)Series

seriesTed Sanders4 books2015

Start with The Box and the Dragonfly →

The Sisters GrimmSeries

seriesMichael Buckley9 books2005

Fairy tale retelling and mystery & detective.

“Summary from copyright page: Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead.”
from the catalogue description of The Fairy-Tale Detectives
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Start with The Fairy-Tale Detectives →

Faerie WarsSeries

seriesHerbie Brennan5 books2003

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about fae, set in fairyland.

“As of 2011, there are five books in the ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Faerie Wars →

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 Chronoptika?: Kairos — the closest match to Chronoptika on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Chronoptika?: The Obsidian Mirror. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Chronoptika.
How big is Chronoptika?: Chronoptika is 4 books, 2012–2016.

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