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Books like Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick): 9 series to read next

Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick) is fantasy, dark and eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick) is 2 books, 2003–2004.

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The Scholomance
Darwath
Prospero and Roger Bacon
Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
The Half Bad Trilogy
The Circle of the World
Sekenre
Rojan Dizon

The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

Tense in tone, about magic schools and coming of age.

Start with A Deadly Education →

DarwathSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1982

Fantasy, dark in tone, set in secondary world.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Time of the Dark →

Prospero and Roger BaconSeries

seriesJohn Bellairs2 books1969

About quests.

“The Face in the Frost, John Bellairs's only adult fantasy novel, follows two aging wizards, Prospero and Roger Bacon, as they track down a rising magical evil that has started to unravel the world around them.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Face in the Frost →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, 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

Reading order →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Half Bad TrilogySeries

seriesSally Green4 books2014

Tense in tone, about witches, set in contemporary.

“Sally Green's Half Bad is set in a modern Britain where witches live alongside ordinary humans, split between a persecuted Black witch minority and a dominant White witch majority.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Bad →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

SekenreSeries

seriesDarrell Schweitzer15 books1994

Fantasy and dark fantasy, dark in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

Start with On the Last Night of the Festival of the Dead →

Rojan DizonSeries

seriesFrancis Knight3 books2013

Tense in tone, set in big city.

“From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala.”
from the catalogue description of Fade to Black

Start with Fade to Black →

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 Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick)?: The Scholomance — the closest match to Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick)?: The Book of Dead Days. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick).
How big is Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick)?: Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick) is 2 books, 2003–2004.
Is Dead Days (Marcus Sedgwick) finished?: Yes — 2 books, 2003–2004.

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