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Books like Lumberjanes: 9 series to read next

Lumberjanes is fantasy, about friendship and coming of age, set in contemporary, lighthearted in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lumberjanes is 4 books, 2017–2019.

“Originally planned as an eight-part series, the comic was made an ongoing series following strong sales and critical acclaim.”
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The Indian in the Cupboard
Catwings
Tales of Magic
Order of the Stones
The Wind in the Willows Universe
Emily Windsnap
The Doll People
Young Wizards
Bod Owens

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
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Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

CatwingsSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin7 books1988

“Catwings is also the title of the first book in the series.”
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Start with Catwings →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Whimsical in tone.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
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Start with Half Magic →

Order of the StonesSeries

seriesMark Cheverton1 book2023

Tense in tone, about demons and madness, set in parallel universe.

“Cameron Poole has a problem, a big problem: he's a bully magnet who struggles with anxiety.”
from the catalogue description of Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole

Start with Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole →

The Wind in the Willows UniverseSeries

seriesKenneth Grahame, William Horwood, Anne McKie, Ellen Miles, Inga Moore, Juliet Stanley, Kij Johnson, Lesley Sims, M. G. Leonard, Samantha Noonan & Susan Hill17 books1908

Set in british isles.

Start with The Wind in the Willows: A Fine Welcome →

Emily WindsnapSeries

seriesLiz Kessler16 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat.”
from the catalogue description of The Tail of Emily Windsnap
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Start with The Tail of Emily Windsnap →

The Doll PeopleSeries

seriesAnn M. Martin & Laura Godwin4 books2000

Fantasy, lighthearted and adventurous in tone, about friendship, set in contemporary and our world.

“A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Doll People →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in british isles.

“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 →

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 Lumberjanes?: The Indian in the Cupboard — the closest match to Lumberjanes on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lumberjanes?: Unicorn Power!. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lumberjanes.
How big is Lumberjanes?: Lumberjanes is 4 books, 2017–2019.

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