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Books like Gemma Doyle: 9 series to read next

Gemma Doyle is fantasy and historical fantasy, about coming of age and friendship, set in british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Gemma Doyle is 4 books, 2003–2020.

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The Mortal Instruments
Mairelon
The Lovegrove Legacy / The Witches of London Trilogy
The Raven King
The Gilded Wolves
The Anubis Gates
Wildwood
Temeraire
The Dark Is Rising

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

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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MairelonSeries

seriesPatricia C. Wrede2 books1991

Lighthearted in tone, about wizards, set in big city.

“Kim doesn't hesitate when a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into the travelling magician's wagon in search of a silver bowl.”
from the catalogue description of Mairelon the Magician

Start with Mairelon the Magician →

The Lovegrove Legacy / The Witches of London TrilogySeries

seriesAlyxandra Harvey3 books2014

About witches.

“In 1814 London, three cousins discover their magical powers and family lineage of witchcraft and accidentally open the gates to the underworld.”
from the catalogue description of A Breath of Frost

Start with A Breath of Frost →

The Raven KingSeries

seriesSusanna Clarke13 books1996

About fae.

“Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ladies of Grace Adieu →

The Gilded WolvesSeries

seriesRoshani Chokshi3 books2019

About magical artifacts and found family, set in europe.

“The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gilded Wolves →

The Anubis GatesSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1983

Time travel, adventurous in tone.

“The plot concerns an English professor who participates in a time travel experiment and ends up trapped in the 19th century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Anubis Gates →

WildwoodSeries

seriesJuliet Marillier2 books2006

Fantasy, about coming of age.

“Marillier builds the story from Romanian folklore and fairy-tale motifs, following Jena as she tries to protect her family and the world beyond the portal.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Wildwood Dancing →

TemeraireSeries

seriesNaomi Novik48 books2006

Alternate history, adventurous in tone, about dragons and war.

Start with Temeraire →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“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 →

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 Gemma Doyle?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Gemma Doyle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gemma Doyle?: A Great and Terrible Beauty. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gemma Doyle.
How big is Gemma Doyle?: Gemma Doyle is 4 books, 2003–2020.

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