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Books like Our Landlady: 9 series to read next

Our Landlady is literary & general and satire, about political intrigue, set in north america, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Our Landlady is 49 books, 1890–1996.

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Erewhon
Time and Again
Flatland
Trail of Glory
Stone Book
The Alvin Maker Saga
Myra and Myron
Herland
Narratives of Empire

ErewhonSeries

seriesSamuel Butler4 books1872

Science fiction, set in secondary world.

Start with Erewhon, or, Over the Range →

Time and AgainSeries

seriesJack Finney2 books1970

Science fiction and time travel, mysterious in tone, set in big city.

“Commercial artist Si Morley is recruited into a secretive government project testing whether self-hypnosis, combined with a recreated slice of 1880s Manhattan, can send someone back in time.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Time and Again →

FlatlandSeries

seriesEdwin A. Abbott & Ian Stewart2 books1884

Science fiction, set in otherworld.

“Ian Stewart's 2001 Flatterland follows a descendant of that narrator on a tour of stranger geometries, from curved and multidimensional space to relativity, as a knowing homage to Abbott's original.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions →

Trail of GlorySeries

seriesEric Flint2 books2005

Alternate history and war & military, adventurous in tone, about war.

“Eric Flint's acclaimed 1634: The Galileo Affair was a national bestseller from one of the most talked-about voices in his field.”
from the catalogue description of The Rivers of War

Start with The Rivers of War →

Stone BookSeries

seriesAlan Garner5 books1976

About coming of age and family secrets, set in british isles.

Start with The Stone Book →

The Alvin Maker SagaSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card15 books1986

Historical fantasy and alternate history, about coming of age.

“In fact, young Alvin appears to be the only one in the world.”
from the catalogue description of Seventh Son
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Start with Seventh Son →

Myra and MyronSeries

seriesGore Vidal2 books1968

Challenging in tone, about identity, set in mid 20th century.

“Set in Hollywood in the 1960s, the novel also contains candid and irreverent glimpses into the machinations within the film industry.”
from the catalogue description of Myra Breckinridge

Start with Myra Breckinridge →

HerlandSeries

seriesCharlotte Perkins Gilman2 books1915

About colonialism, set in early 20th century.

Start with Herland →

Narratives of EmpireSeries

seriesGore Vidal7 books1967

Historical fiction, about political intrigue, set in north america.

Start with Burr →

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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Our Landlady?: Erewhon — the closest match to Our Landlady on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Our Landlady?: Her Experiences in Attempting to Photograph a Baby, and the Severe Mental Strain That Ensued. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Our Landlady.
How big is Our Landlady?: Our Landlady is 49 books, 1890–1996.
Is Our Landlady finished?: Yes — 49 books, 1890–1996.

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