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Books like Ironskin: 9 series to read next

Ironskin is historical fantasy and fantasy, about fae. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Ironskin is 3 books, 2012–2014.

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His Dark Materials
The Mortal Instruments
Hollow Kingdom
A Court of Thorns and Roses
The Falconer / Aileana Kameron
Earthsea
Grishaverse
Raybearer
The Powerless Trilogy

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 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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Hollow KingdomSeries

seriesClare B. Dunkle3 books2003

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to become his bride and queen.”
from the catalogue description of The Hollow Kingdom
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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
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The Falconer / Aileana KameronSeries

seriesElizabeth May5 books2013

Fantasy and historical fantasy, about fae, set in british isles.

“Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, was destined for a life carefully planned around Edinburgh's social events - right up until a faery killed her mother.”
from the catalogue description of The Falconer

Start with The Falconer →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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RaybearerSeries

seriesJordan Ifueko3 books2020

Epic fantasy.

“Redemptor continues her reign as empress, dealing with the political and spiritual fallout of the choices she made, while The Maid and the Crocodile follows a different protagonist in the same world.”
from the catalogue description

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The Powerless TrilogySeries

seriesLauren Roberts5 books2023

Romantasy.

“Lauren Roberts' trilogy, beginning with Powerless, was later expanded with a further Fearless duology set in the same world.”
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 Ironskin?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to Ironskin on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ironskin?: Ironskin. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ironskin.
How big is Ironskin?: Ironskin is 3 books, 2012–2014.

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