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Books like Puck: 9 series to read next

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

Puck is 14 books, 1906–1935.

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The Raven King
Boggart
The Mabinogion
Emily Wilde
Onyx Court
Shakespeare in Faerie
Liddy
The Merman's Children
Sevenwaters

The Raven KingSeries

seriesSusanna Clarke13 books1996

Set in 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 →

BoggartSeries

seriesSusan Cooper3 books1993

Lighthearted in tone, set in contemporary.

“Cooper, best known for The Dark Is Rising sequence, writes here in a lighter fantasy-adventure register.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Boggart →

The MabinogionSeries

seriesuncredited, Gwyn Thomas, Kevin Crossley-Holland & Moyra Caldecott20 books1910

About quests.

“Contains eleven Welsh stories conjuring up a magical, enchanted world.”
from the catalogue description of The Mabinogion

Start with The Mabinogion →

Emily WildeSeries

seriesHeather Fawcett3 books2023

About books and reading.

“Map of the Otherlands and Compendium of Lost Tales continue her research and a growing entanglement with a rival scholar-turned-fae king.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries →

Onyx CourtSeries

seriesMarie Brennan7 books2008

Tense in tone.

“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

Start with Midnight Never Come →

Shakespeare in FaerieSeries

seriesSarah A. Hoyt3 books2001

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

Start with Ill Met by Moonlight →

LiddySeries

seriesKate Thompson3 books2005

Set in contemporary.

“The Last of the High Kings and The White Horse Trick continue the Liddy family's entanglement with that fairy world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The New Policeman →

The Merman's ChildrenSeries

seriesPoul Anderson3 books1973

About faith and religion, set in scandinavia and at sea.

Start with The Merman's Children →

SevenwatersSeries

seriesJuliet Marillier7 books1999

Emotional in tone.

Start with Daughter of the Forest →

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 Puck?: The Raven King — the closest match to Puck on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Puck?: Robin Goodfellow—His Friends. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Puck.
How big is Puck?: Puck is 14 books, 1906–1935.
Is Puck finished?: Yes — 14 books, 1906–1935.

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