Series

Books like Magic Puppy: 9 series to read next

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

Magic Puppy is 16 books, 2008–2019.

The Magic Puppy page →Narrow this list →

Five Children Universe
Catwings
Tales of Magic
The Wind in the Willows Universe
Philippa Fisher
Bod Owens
Emily Windsnap
Magic Kitten
Young Wizards

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 →

CatwingsSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin7 books1988

Fantasy, lighthearted in tone, about coming of age, set in our world and contemporary.

“Catwings is also the title of the first book in the series.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Catwings →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

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

“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 →

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 →

Philippa FisherSeries

seriesLiz Kessler3 books2008

About fae.

“Embarrassed by her free-spirited parents and lonely when her best friend moves away, a self-conscious eleven-year-old girl named Philippa summons a wish-granting fairy godmother, with unexpected results.”
from the catalogue description of Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister

Start with Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister →

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 →

Emily WindsnapSeries

seriesLiz Kessler16 books2003

Adventurous in tone.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Tail of Emily Windsnap →

Magic KittenSeries

seriesSue Bentley18 books2006

Fantasy, lighthearted in tone, set in our world and contemporary.

Start with A Summer Spell →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

Adventurous in tone, 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 →

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 Puppy?: Five Children Universe — the closest match to Magic Puppy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Magic Puppy?: A New Beginning. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Magic Puppy.
How big is Magic Puppy?: Magic Puppy is 16 books, 2008–2019.

Books like Magic Puppy: 9 series to read next

Read next in Magic Puppy

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one