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Books like Europa: 9 series to read next

Europa is steampunk and science fantasy, about political intrigue, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Europa is 4 books across 1 series, 2011–2020.

“In a university at Beetleburg a student called Agatha Clay is hopeless at every practical, loses her possessions constantly, and has a headache that never goes away.”
from the catalogue description

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Tales of the Ketty Jay
Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
The Leviathan Trilogy
The Cinder Spires
The Codex Alera
His Dark Materials
Barsoom
The Riftwar

Tales of the Ketty JaySeries

seriesChris Wooding4 books2009

Fantasy.

“Frey is the captain of the Ketty Jay, leader of a small and highly dysfunctional band of layabouts.”
from the catalogue description of Retribution Falls

Start with Retribution Falls →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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The Leviathan TrilogySeries

seriesScott Westerfeld3 books2009

Alternate history, about genetic engineering, set in early 20th century.

“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Leviathan →

The Cinder SpiresSeries

seriesJim Butcher3 books2015

Steampunk, set in secondary world.

“Continuing with Warriorborn and The Olympian Affair, it marks a departure in setting from Butcher's contemporary-fantasy Dresden Files while keeping his fast-paced adventure style.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Aeronaut's Windlass →

The Codex AleraSeries

seriesJim Butcher6 books2004

Epic fantasy and fantasy, tense in tone.

“Jim Butcher's six-book series, continuing through Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury, Princeps' Fury, and First Lord's Fury, builds from small-scale political maneuvering into full-scale war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Furies of Calderon →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, 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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BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fiction, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Europa?: Tales of the Ketty Jay — the closest match to Europa on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Europa?: Agatha H and the Airship City. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Europa, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Europa?: Europa is 4 books across 1 series, 2011–2020.

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