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Books like Donald: 9 series to read next

Donald is 1 book, from 2015.

Damar
Good Omens
Bartimaeus
The Mortal Instruments
Karou
Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)
After Such Knowledge
The Tapestry
Demonata

seriesRobin McKinley6 books1982

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Robin McKinley's Damar novels are set in a desert kingdom threatened by invasion from the north.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Hero and the Crown →

Good OmensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett2 books1990

Humor, about prophecy, set in contemporary and british isles.

Start with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch →

BartimaeusSeries

seriesJonathan Stroud4 books2003

Alternate history, adventurous in tone, about wizards and political intrigue.

Start with The Amulet of Samarkand →

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

Reading order →

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

Kingdom of the Wicked (Kerri Maniscalco)Series

seriesKerri Maniscalco6 books2020

Romantasy.

“Kerri Maniscalco's trilogy follows Emilia, a Sicilian witch whose twin sister is murdered by a serial killer targeting witches, forcing her into an uneasy bargain with Wrath, one of the seven princes of Hell, to hunt the culprit.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Kingdom of the Wicked →

After Such KnowledgeSeries

seriesJames Blish7 books1953

“After Such Knowledge is James Blish's loosely linked trilogy on the costs of forbidden or dangerous knowledge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Doctor Mirabilis →

The TapestrySeries

seriesHenry H. Neff4 books2007

Adventurous in tone, about magic schools.

“Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.”
from the catalogue description of The Hound of Rowan

Start with The Hound of Rowan →

DemonataSeries

seriesDarren Shan10 books2005

Horror and dark fantasy, dark in tone, set in contemporary.

“Lord Loss is an extreme horror fiction which transcribes the encounters of a boy, Grubbs Grady, after the shock of his family's brutal murder at the hands of demons, and his later experiences with uncle Dervish.”
from the catalogue description of Lord Loss
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Lord Loss →

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.

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What should I read after Donald?: Damar — the closest match to Donald on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Donald?: How to Speak Spook (and Stay Alive). It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Donald.
How big is Donald?: Donald is 1 book, from 2015.

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