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Books like Coraline: 9 series to read next

Coraline is fantasy and portal fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Coraline is 2 books, 2002–2009.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
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Bod Owens
Savvy
The Magician Trilogy
Johnny Dixon and the Professor
Talisman
Jerusalem's Lot
The Indian in the Cupboard
Bad Girls Don't Die
The Mayfair Witches Saga

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, about found family, set in our world and british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

SavvySeries

seriesIngrid Law3 books2008

About psychic powers.

Start with Savvy →

The Magician TrilogySeries

seriesJenny Nimmo3 books1986

Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.

“The stories are inspired by Welsh mythology, with elements borrowed from Mabinogion.”
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Start with The Snow Spider →

Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

seriesJohn Bellairs & Brad Strickland13 books1983

Gothic and horror, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
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Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

TalismanSeries

seriesStephen King, Peter Straub & Robin Furth4 books1984

Fantasy and portal fantasy, set in contemporary and north america.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Talisman →

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires, set in small town and our world.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Adventurous in tone, set in our world.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

Bad Girls Don't DieSeries

seriesKatie Alender3 books2009

Paranormal and ghost stories, about curses.

“Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Bad Girls Don't Die →

The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about witches.

Start with The Witching Hour →

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 Coraline?: Bod Owens — the closest match to Coraline on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Coraline?: Coraline. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Coraline.
How big is Coraline?: Coraline is 2 books, 2002–2009.

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