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Books like Jonk & Bill: 9 series to read next

Jonk & Bill is fantasy and adventure, about quests, set in british isles, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jonk & Bill is 2 books, 1968–1989.

“In 1981, the book was adapted into a five part series on BBC Radio 4, read by Martin Jarvis OBE and broadcast on 28 December 1981.”
from the catalogue description of The Giant Under the Snow

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Tolkien's legendarium
The Dark Is Rising
Watership Down
Alderley
Oz and Lily
Alfred Kropp
House of Secrets
The Copernicus Legacy
Kay Harker

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

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The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy.

“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.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and found family, set in countryside & village and our world.

“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 →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

Oz and LilySeries

seriesKate Saunders2 books2012

Whimsical in tone, about witches, set in our world and big city.

“Welcome to the most magical house in London, Oz and Lily's family have inherited it together with the mysterious shop downstairs.”
from the catalogue description of The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop

Start with The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About coming of age, set in our world.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

House of SecretsSeries

seriesChris Columbus, Ned Vizzini & Chris Rylander3 books2013

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

“Rights to the book were sold in 12 foreign territories.”
from the catalogue description

Start with House of Secrets →

The Copernicus LegacySeries

seriesTony Abbott6 books2014

Adventure, adventurous in tone, about quests and magical artifacts, set in contemporary.

“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Forbidden Stone →

Kay HarkerSeries

seriesJohn Masefield2 books1927

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in british isles.

“The treasure is also sought by a coven of witches who are seeking it for their own ends.”
from the catalogue description of The Midnight Folk

Start with The Midnight Folk →

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 Jonk & Bill?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Jonk & Bill on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jonk & Bill?: The Giant Under the Snow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jonk & Bill.
How big is Jonk & Bill?: Jonk & Bill is 2 books, 1968–1989.
Is Jonk & Bill finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1968–1989.

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