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Books like Onyx Court: 9 series to read next

Onyx Court is historical fantasy, about fae, set in british isles, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Onyx Court is 7 books, 2008–2011.

“Marie Brennan's Onyx Court series is set in a faerie court hidden beneath London, ruled across the centuries by successive fae monarchs shadowing the human city above.”
from the catalogue description

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The Promethean Age
The Raven King
The Tudor Witch
Shakespeare in Faerie
The Falconer / Aileana Kameron
The Mortal Instruments
Swords of Albion
Bridei Chronicles
Night's Masque

The Promethean AgeSeries

seriesElizabeth Bear7 books2005

About wizards, set in our world and contemporary.

“Spellbound by the Faerie Queen, she has abducted human children for her mistress’s pleasure for what seems like an eternity, unable to free herself from servitude and reclaim her own humanity.”
from the catalogue description of Blood and Iron

Start with Blood and Iron →

The Raven KingSeries

seriesSusanna Clarke13 books1996

Historical fantasy, about fae, set in british isles and 19th century.

“Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Ladies of Grace Adieu →

The Tudor WitchSeries

seriesVictoria Lamb3 books2012

About witches.

Start with Witchstruck →

Shakespeare in FaerieSeries

seriesSarah A. Hoyt3 books2001

Historical fantasy, about fae, set in renaissance and early modern and british isles.

Start with Ill Met by Moonlight →

The Falconer / Aileana KameronSeries

seriesElizabeth May5 books2013

“Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, was destined for a life carefully planned around Edinburgh's social events - right up until a faery killed her mother.”
from the catalogue description of The Falconer

Start with The Falconer →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Swords of AlbionSeries

seriesMark Chadbourn4 books2007

Historical fantasy, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in renaissance and early modern and british isles.

Start with The Silver Skull →

Bridei ChroniclesSeries

seriesJuliet Marillier3 books2004

Set in medieval.

“The tasks that he sets Bridei appear to have one goal-to make him a vessel for some distant purpose.”
from the catalogue description of The Dark Mirror

Start with The Dark Mirror →

Night's MasqueSeries

seriesAnne Lyle3 books2012

Historical fantasy, about political intrigue, set in renaissance and early modern and british isles.

“When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings.”
from the catalogue description of The Alchemist of Souls

Start with The Alchemist of Souls →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Onyx Court?: The Promethean Age — the closest match to Onyx Court on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Onyx Court?: Midnight Never Come. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Onyx Court.
How big is Onyx Court?: Onyx Court is 7 books, 2008–2011.

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