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Books like Groosham Grange: 9 series to read next

Groosham Grange is fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary and british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Groosham Grange is 2 books, 1988–1991.

“Groosham Grange follows twelve-year-old David Eliot, expelled from every other school, who is sent to a strange boarding school on a remote island where the staff and pupils are not what they seem.”
from the catalogue description

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Chrestomanci
Bod Owens
The Dark Is Rising
Five Children Universe
Charlie Bone Universe
A Monster Calls
Charlie (Roald Dahl)
Tolkien's legendarium
Archie Greene

ChrestomanciSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones12 books1977

Set in parallel universe.

“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
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Start with Charmed Life →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in our world.

“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 →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“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.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in 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 →

Charlie Bone UniverseSeries

seriesJenny Nimmo & uncredited14 books2002

Adventurous in tone.

Reading order →

A Monster CallsSeries

seriesPatrick Ness, Adam Peck & Sally Cookson2 books2011

Literary & general, emotional in tone, about grief and loss.

“A Monster Calls follows a boy struggling with his mother's terminal illness, who is visited each night by a tree-like monster demanding an honest story from him in exchange for the unsettling tales it tells.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Monster Calls →

Charlie (Roald Dahl)Series

seriesRoald Dahl6 books1964

Set in our world.

Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Set in secondary world.

“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

Reading order →

Archie GreeneSeries

seriesD. D. Everest3 books2014

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret →

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 Groosham Grange?: Chrestomanci — the closest match to Groosham Grange on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Groosham Grange?: Groosham Grange. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Groosham Grange.
How big is Groosham Grange?: Groosham Grange is 2 books, 1988–1991.

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