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Books like Greenwich Village: 9 series to read next

Greenwich Village is science fiction, set in north america, whimsical in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Greenwich Village is 3 books, 1967–1970.

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Tales of Magic
Not-So-Impossible Tales
Five Children Universe
Callahan
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Pals in Peril / M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales
New York Circulating Material Repository
Dragonslayer / The Chronicles of Kazam
The Accelerati Trilogy

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Fantasy.

“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 →

Not-So-Impossible TalesSeries

seriesPhilip Reeve4 books2013

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Oliver and the Seawigs →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Fantasy, 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 →

CallahanSeries

seriesSpider Robinson33 books1973

Science fiction, set in contemporary.

“Narrated largely by patron Jake Stonebender, the series runs from the original 1977 story collection through further novels and a later spinoff strand centered on Lady Sally McGee's establishment, continuing into the 2000s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Callahan's Crosstime Saloon →

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUniverse

universe18 books1979

Set in space and far future.

“The Earth is scheduled for demolition to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and honestly, nobody filed the paperwork properly.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Pals in Peril / M. T. Anderson's Thrilling TalesSeries

seriesM. T. Anderson6 books2005

“Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.”
from the catalogue description of Whales on Stilts

Start with Whales on Stilts →

New York Circulating Material RepositorySeries

seriesPolly Shulman3 books2010

Urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts.

Start with The Grimm Legacy →

Dragonslayer / The Chronicles of KazamSeries

seriesJasper Fforde4 books2010

Fantasy, about dragons, set in british isles.

“Jasper Fforde's Chronicles of Kazam series follows Jennifer Strange, a fifteen-year-old foundling running a magical employment agency in an alternate Britain where magic is fading, who unexpectedly becomes the last Dragonslayer.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Dragonslayer →

The Accelerati TrilogySeries

seriesEric Elfman & Neal Shusterman3 books2014

Adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts.

“In the attic room, he finds a collection of old junk.”
from the catalogue description of Tesla's Attic

Start with Tesla's Attic →

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 Greenwich Village?: Tales of Magic — the closest match to Greenwich Village on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Greenwich Village?: The Butterfly Kid. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Greenwich Village.
How big is Greenwich Village?: Greenwich Village is 3 books, 1967–1970.

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