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Books like Pocket Pirates: 9 series to read next

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

Pocket Pirates is 4 books, 2015–2016.

“In the junk shop at the end of the street is a dusty old ship in a bottle.”
from the catalogue description of The Great Cheese Robbery

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Watership Down
Artemis Fowl
Tolkien's legendarium
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
Bromeliad
The Jolley-Rogers
Rats of NIMH
Emily Windsnap
The Doll People

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About found family, set in countryside & village.

“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 →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with LEPrecon →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Castaways of the Flying DutchmanSeries

seriesBrian Jacques3 books2001

Set in at sea.

“Brian Jacques's Castaways of the Flying Dutchman follows Neb and his dog Denmark, the sole survivors of the cursed ghost ship's crew, condemned to eternal youth and wandering the world to help people in trouble wherever they land.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Castaways of the Flying Dutchman →

BromeliadSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett3 books1989

About transported to another world.

“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Truckers →

The Jolley-RogersSeries

seriesJonny Duddle4 books2014

Fantasy and adventure, adventurous in tone, about pirates, set in contemporary and our world.

“Every full moon, a mysterious ship is seen off the coast of Dull-on-Sea.”
from the catalogue description of The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon

Start with The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon →

Rats of NIMHSeries

seriesJane Leslie Conly & Robert C. O'Brien3 books1971

“All three carry forward the original's interest in community, responsibility, and the costs of intelligence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH →

Emily WindsnapSeries

seriesLiz Kessler16 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“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 →

The Doll PeopleSeries

seriesAnn M. Martin & Laura Godwin4 books2000

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

“A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Doll People →

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 Pocket Pirates?: Watership Down — the closest match to Pocket Pirates on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pocket Pirates?: The Great Cheese Robbery. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pocket Pirates.
How big is Pocket Pirates?: Pocket Pirates is 4 books, 2015–2016.

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