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Books like Dan & Ursula: 9 series to read next

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

Dan & Ursula is 3 books, 2000–2009.

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Narnia
Five Children Universe
His Dark Materials
The Camulod Chronicles
Underland Chronicles
Bartimaeus
The Dark Is Rising
The Apothecary
The Mortal Instruments

universe38 books1950

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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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 →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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

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The Camulod ChroniclesSeries

seriesJack Whyte9 books1992

Historical fiction.

“Uther, the volume tracked here, centers on Uther Pendragon himself, one of the saga's recurring figures on the road to Arthur's own generation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Uther →

Underland ChroniclesSeries

seriesSuzanne Collins5 books2003

Epic fantasy, about quests, set in underground & caves.

“The Underland is inhabited by humans who traveled below hundreds of years ago, along with various giant versions of creatures like bats, cockroaches, and rats.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Gregor the Overlander →

BartimaeusSeries

seriesJonathan Stroud4 books2003

Alternate history, about wizards and demons.

Start with The Amulet of Samarkand →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in contemporary.

“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 →

The ApothecarySeries

seriesMaile Meloy3 books2011

About friendship, set in mid 20th century.

“Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows—a fascinating boy who’s not afraid to stand up to authority, and dreams of becoming a spy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Apothecary →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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 Dan & Ursula?: Narnia — the closest match to Dan & Ursula on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dan & Ursula?: Warriors of Alavna. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dan & Ursula.
How big is Dan & Ursula?: Dan & Ursula is 3 books, 2000–2009.

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