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Books like Earthfasts: 9 series to read next

Earthfasts is fantasy, set in british isles and contemporary, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Earthfasts is 3 books, 1966–2000.

“Two modern English boys see a drummer boy emerging from a tunnel he entered centuries ago, carrying a candle he found below.”
from the catalogue description

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The Dark Is Rising
Bod Owens
Coraline
The Magician Trilogy
A Monster Calls
Chrestomanci
The Advent Trilogy
The Books of Elsewhere
Alderley

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“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 →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in our world.

“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 →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Horror and gothic, tense in tone, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

The Magician TrilogySeries

seriesJenny Nimmo3 books1986

Mythic fantasy.

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

A Monster CallsSeries

seriesPatrick Ness, Adam Peck & Sally Cookson2 books2011

Literary & general, emotional in tone, about grief and loss.

“A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Monster Calls →

ChrestomanciSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones12 books1977

Whimsical in tone, set in parallel universe.

“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
from the catalogue description of Charmed Life
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Start with Charmed Life →

The Advent TrilogySeries

seriesJames Treadwell3 books2012

Set in our world.

“Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight.”
from the catalogue description of Advent

Start with Advent →

The Books of ElsewhereSeries

seriesJacqueline West5 books2010

Set in our world.

“When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.”
from the catalogue description of The Shadows
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Start with The Shadows →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, about quests.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

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 Earthfasts?: The Dark Is Rising — the closest match to Earthfasts on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Earthfasts?: Earthfasts. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Earthfasts.
How big is Earthfasts?: Earthfasts is 3 books, 1966–2000.
Is Earthfasts finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1966–2000.

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