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Books like Magic & Machinery: 9 series to read next

Magic & Machinery is fantasy, set in 19th century. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Magic & Machinery is 5 books, 2015–2019.

“The Rift was a portal, a gateway between their world of science and the mythological world of magic.”
from the catalogue description of Wolves of the Northern Rift

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The Anubis Gates
Belladonna
Gemma Doyle
Wildwood
Jackaby
Prophecy of the Sisters
Cosmere
Mordant's Need
Crown & Key

The Anubis GatesSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1983

Time travel.

“The plot concerns an English professor who participates in a time travel experiment and ends up trapped in the 19th century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Anubis Gates →

BelladonnaSeries

seriesAdalyn Grace4 books2022

“Set in a haunted, death-adjacent version of the era, it follows an orphaned heiress entangled with Death itself as she investigates the murders and mysteries surrounding her inherited estate.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Belladonna →

Gemma DoyleSeries

seriesLibba Bray4 books2003

About coming of age and friendship.

Start with A Great and Terrible Beauty →

WildwoodSeries

seriesJuliet Marillier2 books2006

About coming of age.

“Marillier builds the story from Romanian folklore and fairy-tale motifs, following Jena as she tries to protect her family and the world beyond the portal.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Wildwood Dancing →

JackabySeries

seriesWilliam Ritter5 books2014

Fantasy and mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in 19th century.

“Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jackaby →

Prophecy of the SistersSeries

seriesMichelle Zink3 books2009

About prophecy and sibling rivalry.

“Michelle Zink's trilogy, Prophecy of the Sisters, Guardian of the Gate, and Circle of Fire, follows Lia through the widening rift with her sister and the secrets behind their parents' deaths.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Prophecy of the Sisters →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

Mordant's NeedSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson2 books1986

Portal fantasy, about political intrigue.

Start with The Mirror of Her Dreams →

Crown & KeySeries

seriesClay Griffith & Susan Griffith3 books2015

About wizards.

Start with The Shadow Revolution →

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 & Machinery?: The Anubis Gates — the closest match to Magic & Machinery on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Magic & Machinery?: Wolves of the Northern Rift. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Magic & Machinery.
How big is Magic & Machinery?: Magic & Machinery is 5 books, 2015–2019.

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