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Books like Hobbs End: 9 series to read next

Hobbs End is fantasy, about angels and demons, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Hobbs End is 3 books, 2013–2017.

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Karou
Kairos
His Dark Materials
The Tapestry
American Gods
Watership Down
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
The Fallen (Thomas E. Sniegoski)
The Mortal Instruments

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, 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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The TapestrySeries

seriesHenry H. Neff4 books2007

About magic schools.

“Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.”
from the catalogue description of The Hound of Rowan

Start with The Hound of Rowan →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and quests, 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 →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality and wizards.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Alchemyst →

The Fallen (Thomas E. Sniegoski)Series

seriesThomas E. Sniegoski7 books2003

Urban fantasy.

“Aaron, an eighteen-year-old orphan, discovers that he has supernatural powers and that he is to be a liason between the good and evil powers.”
from the catalogue description of The Fallen
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Start with The Fallen →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy.

“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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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 Hobbs End?: Karou — the closest match to Hobbs End on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hobbs End?: Gabriel's Clock. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hobbs End.
How big is Hobbs End?: Hobbs End is 3 books, 2013–2017.

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