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Books like El Sombra: 9 series to read next

El Sombra is 7 books, 2007–2012.

“Queen Victoria is about to celebrate her 160th birthday, kept alive by advanced steam technology.”
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His Dark Materials
Watership Down
Kairos
Artemis Fowl
Incarnations of Immortality
Gideon Smith
Kitty Norville
Little Brother
Operation Chaos

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, 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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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and quests, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
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KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

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Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
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Start with LEPrecon →

Incarnations of ImmortalitySeries

seriesPiers Anthony8 books1983

About immortality.

“WorldCat: Zane belongs to a world in which the scientific revolution has been followed by the revolution of magic, and he is thrust into the role of Death.”
from the catalogue description of On a Pale Horse
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Gideon SmithSeries

seriesDavid Barnett7 books2013

Set in 19th century and british isles.

“Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over three-quarters of the known world, including the East Coast of America, following the failed revolution of 1775.”
from the catalogue description of Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl

Start with Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl →

Kitty NorvilleSeries

seriesCarrie Vaughn62 books2001

Paranormal, about werewolves.

“The program focuses on supernatural issues, beings and creatures she encounters.”
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Start with Kitty and the Midnight Hour →

Little BrotherSeries

seriesCory Doctorow7 books2008

Tense in tone, about surveillance.

“Homeland continues Marcus's fight years later, and Attack Surface completes the trilogy; a companion story, 'Lawful Interception,' and other short pieces extend the same near-future world.”
from the catalogue description

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Operation ChaosSeries

seriesPoul Anderson & Eric Flint7 books1956

Science fantasy, about witches.

“Assembled from stories written across the 1950s and 60s, Operation Chaos was followed decades later by the direct sequel Operation Luna.”
from the catalogue description

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What should I read after El Sombra?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to El Sombra on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with El Sombra?: El Sombra. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for El Sombra.
How big is El Sombra?: El Sombra is 7 books, 2007–2012.

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