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Books like Orion Chronicles: 9 series to read next

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

Orion Chronicles is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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Young Wizards
Worldweavers
Heir Chronicles
Supernatural Investigations
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
The Demon Notebook
The Mortal Instruments
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Modern Tale of Faerie

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

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

“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 →

WorldweaversSeries

seriesAlma Alexander4 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary and our world.

“What's more, her greatest strength may be the powerlessness she has resisted for so long.”
from the catalogue description of Gift of the Unmage

Start with Gift of the Unmage →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

Set in north america.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

Supernatural InvestigationsSeries

seriesB. B. Alston4 books2021

“Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools.”
from the catalogue description of Amari and the Night Brothers

Start with Amari and the Night Brothers →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Alchemyst →

The Demon NotebookSeries

seriesErika McGann3 books2012

About witches.

Start with The Demon Notebook →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and urban fantasy, 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 →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Modern Tale of FaerieSeries

seriesHolly Black4 books2002

About fae.

Start with Tithe →

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 Orion Chronicles?: Young Wizards — the closest match to Orion Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Orion Chronicles?: Conjuror. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Orion Chronicles.
How big is Orion Chronicles?: Orion Chronicles is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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