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Books like Cogheart: 9 series to read next

Cogheart is steampunk, set in 19th century, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Cogheart is 4 books, 2016–2020.

“Thirteen-year-old Lily Hartman always dreamed of adventure.”
from the catalogue description

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Wolves Chronicles
Hunchback Assignments / Modo: Mission Clockwork
The Anubis Gates
Gideon Smith
Diamond Thief
Tolkien's legendarium
The Bookman Universe
The Secret Order
George Dower / Infernal Devices

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoan Aiken12 books1962

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in british isles and 19th century.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

Hunchback Assignments / Modo: Mission ClockworkSeries

seriesArthur Slade5 books2009

About shapeshifters.

“A gripping new series combines Steampunk, spying, and a fantastic Victorian London.The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child in a traveling freak show.”
from the catalogue description of The Hunchback Assignments

Start with The Hunchback Assignments →

The Anubis GatesSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1983

Time travel.

“The plot concerns an English professor who participates in a time travel experiment and ends up trapped in the 19th century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Anubis Gates →

Gideon SmithSeries

seriesDavid Barnett7 books2013

Alternate history, set in alternate earth.

“Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over three-quarters of the known world, including the East Coast of America, following the failed revolution of 1775.”
from the catalogue description of Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl

Start with Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl →

Diamond ThiefSeries

seriesSharon Gosling3 books2014

Set in europe.

“No one performs on the circus trapeze like 16-year-old Rémy Brunel.”
from the catalogue description of The Diamond Thief

Start with The Diamond Thief →

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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The Bookman UniverseSeries

seriesLavie Tidhar6 books2010

About political intrigue and murder investigation.

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The Secret OrderSeries

seriesKristin Bailey3 books2013

“A orphaned sixteen-year-old servant in Victorian England finds love while unraveling the secrets of a mysterious society of inventors and their most dangerous creation.”
from the catalogue description of Legacy of the Clockwork Key

Start with Legacy of the Clockwork Key →

George Dower / Infernal DevicesSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter3 books1987

Steampunk, set in 19th century.

“Infernal Devices, Fiendish Schemes, and Grim Expectations mix dark comedy with the gears-and-brass aesthetic the series helped establish before it had a name.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Infernal Devices →

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 Cogheart?: Wolves Chronicles — the closest match to Cogheart on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Cogheart?: Cogheart. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Cogheart.
How big is Cogheart?: Cogheart is 4 books, 2016–2020.

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