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Books like Magic Elements: 9 series to read next

Magic Elements is fantasy, set in our world and contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Magic Elements is 4 books, 1999–2001.

“While staying at the beach for the summer, ten-year-old Polly and her younger brother Sam find a message in a bottle, providing them and their thirteen-year-old brother with exciting and scary adventures.”
from the catalogue description of Water Wishes

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Five Children Universe
Tales of Magic
Narnia
Peter Pan
Tolkien's legendarium
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Tiger's Apprentice
The Wildwood Chronicles
Emily Windsnap

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

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

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Set in secondary world.

“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

Reading order →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

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

Reading order →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

The Tiger's ApprenticeSeries

seriesLaurence Yep3 books2003

Urban fantasy.

“Together they must keep the talisman from an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Tiger's Apprentice →

The Wildwood ChroniclesSeries

seriesColin Meloy3 books2011

Fantasy, adventurous and whimsical in tone, about coming of age and friendship, set in contemporary.

“Praised for its illustrations and old-fashioned book design, the trilogy continues across Under Wildwood and Wildwood Imperium.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Wildwood →

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 →

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 Magic Elements?: Five Children Universe — the closest match to Magic Elements on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Magic Elements?: Water Wishes. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Magic Elements.
How big is Magic Elements?: Magic Elements is 4 books, 1999–2001.

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