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Books like Gustav Gloom: 9 series to read next

Gustav Gloom is fantasy, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Gustav Gloom is 6 books, 2012–2016.

“Fernie What, an adventurous young horror fan, moves into the house across the street from the dark mansion of a mysterious boy whose residence is haunted by evil shadows.”
from the catalogue description of Gustav Gloom and the People Taker

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Stephen King multiverse
Redwall
The Keys to the Kingdom
Watership Down
Rachel Roberts' Avalon
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
His Dark Materials

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, 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

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

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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Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue description

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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Rachel Roberts' AvalonSeries

seriesRachel Roberts12 books2001

Portal fantasy.

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Miss Peregrine's Peculiar ChildrenSeries

seriesRansom Riggs19 books2011

“The first trilogy follows Jacob's introduction to peculiardom and its dangers; a second trilogy shifts the action to the United States.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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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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.

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What should I read after Gustav Gloom?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Gustav Gloom on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Gustav Gloom?: Gustav Gloom and the People Taker. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Gustav Gloom.
How big is Gustav Gloom?: Gustav Gloom is 6 books, 2012–2016.

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