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Books like Mythago Wood: 9 series to read next

Mythago Wood is fantasy and mythic fantasy, set in contemporary and british isles, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mythago Wood is 7 books, 1984–2009.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue description

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Alderley
American Gods
The Dark Is Rising
The Magician Trilogy
The Advent Trilogy
Fern Capel
Winter Rose
Earthsea
Watership Down

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about quests, set in contemporary and british isles.

“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 →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods, set in contemporary and our world.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Adventurous in tone.

“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 →

The Magician TrilogySeries

seriesJenny Nimmo3 books1986

“The stories are inspired by Welsh mythology, with elements borrowed from Mabinogion.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Snow Spider →

The Advent TrilogySeries

seriesJames Treadwell3 books2012

Fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

“Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight.”
from the catalogue description of Advent

Start with Advent →

Fern CapelSeries

seriesJan Siegel3 books1999

About witches and magical artifacts.

“As the old house reveals its secrets, their familiar world starts to fracture, giving access to a magical and corrupt land destroyed thousands of years ago.”
from the catalogue description of Prospero's Children

Start with Prospero's Children →

Winter RoseSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip2 books1996

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, eerie in tone, about fae, set in secondary world.

“In 2006, McKillip published its sequel, Solstice Wood.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Winter Rose →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Adventurous in tone, about survival and found family.

“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 →

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 Mythago Wood?: Alderley — the closest match to Mythago Wood on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mythago Wood?: Mythago Wood. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mythago Wood.
How big is Mythago Wood?: Mythago Wood is 7 books, 1984–2009.
Is Mythago Wood finished?: Yes — 7 books, 1984–2009.

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