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Books like Emma / Charlotte: 9 series to read next

Emma / Charlotte is fantasy, about coming of age and identity, set in british isles, reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Emma / Charlotte is 3 books, 1962–1969.

“The books blend everyday childhood settings with subtle fantasy and time-slip elements.”
from the catalogue description

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Five Children Universe
Green Knowe
Bod Owens
Alderley
Earthsea
Green Town
The Wind in the Willows Universe
Tales of Magic
Fabian Time Fantasies

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Fantasy, set in british isles and early 20th century.

“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 →

Green KnoweSeries

seriesL. M. Boston8 books1954

Fantasy, set in british isles and countryside & village.

“In the novels she brings to life the people she imagines might have lived there.”
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Start with The Children of Green Knowe →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in contemporary.

“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 →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, about quests, set in contemporary.

“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 →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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 →

Green TownSeries

seriesRay Bradbury31 books1946

Literary & general, set in north america and small town.

“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with End of Summer →

The Wind in the Willows UniverseSeries

seriesKenneth Grahame, William Horwood, Anne McKie, Ellen Miles, Inga Moore, Juliet Stanley, Kij Johnson, Lesley Sims, M. G. Leonard, Samantha Noonan & Susan Hill17 books1908

Fantasy, about friendship, set in british isles.

Start with The Wind in the Willows: A Fine Welcome →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Set in contemporary.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

Fabian Time FantasiesSeries

seriesE. Nesbit2 books1908

Fantasy and time travel, about coming of age, set in british isles.

“E. Nesbit's Edwardian time-travel duology follows two children who use a magic device to slip between their own era and the past.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House of Arden →

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 Emma / Charlotte?: Five Children Universe — the closest match to Emma / Charlotte on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Emma / Charlotte?: The Summer Birds. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Emma / Charlotte.
How big is Emma / Charlotte?: Emma / Charlotte is 3 books, 1962–1969.

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