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Books like Elemental Origins: 9 series to read next

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

Elemental Origins is 11 books, 2016–2018.

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Kairos
The Mortal Instruments
His Dark Materials
Fionavar Universe
Karou
Five Children Universe
The Iron Fey Universe
Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures Universe
Simon Snow

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and 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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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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Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Fantasy, 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
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“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 →

The Iron Fey UniverseSeries

seriesJulie Kagawa15 books2010

About fae, set in fairyland.

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Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

seriesKami Garcia & Margaret Stohl8 books2009

Set in north america.

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Simon SnowSeries

seriesRainbow Rowell3 books2015

“Rainbow Rowell's Carry On follows Simon Snow through his final year at a magical school, where he is the 'Chosen One' expected to defeat a destructive force called the Humdrum threatening the World of Mages.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Carry On →

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.

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What should I read after Elemental Origins?: Kairos — the closest match to Elemental Origins on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Elemental Origins?: Born of Water. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Elemental Origins.
How big is Elemental Origins?: Elemental Origins is 11 books, 2016–2018.

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