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Books like Regency Dragons: 9 series to read next

Regency Dragons is historical fantasy and fantasy, about dragons, set in 19th century, whimsical in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Regency Dragons is 2 books, 2021–2023.

“Sensible, practical Elinor Tregarth really did plan to be the model poor relation when she moved into her aunt and uncle's house.”
from the catalogue description of Scales and Sensibility

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The Raven King
Temeraire
Tolkien's legendarium
Mairelon
The Wind in the Willows Universe
The Mortal Instruments
Gemma Doyle
The Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson / Kat, Incorrigible
Kate and Cecelia Universe

The Raven KingSeries

seriesSusanna Clarke13 books1996

About fae.

“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 →

TemeraireSeries

seriesNaomi Novik48 books2006

Alternate history, adventurous in tone, about war.

Start with Temeraire →

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

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MairelonSeries

seriesPatricia C. Wrede2 books1991

About wizards and coming of age, set in big city.

“Kim doesn't hesitate when a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into the travelling magician's wagon in search of a silver bowl.”
from the catalogue description of Mairelon the Magician

Start with Mairelon the Magician →

The Wind in the Willows UniverseSeries

seriesKenneth Grahame, William Horwood, Anne McKie, Ellen Miles, Inga Moore, Juliet Stanley, Kij Johnson, Lesley Sims, M. G. Leonard, Samantha Noonan & Susan Hill17 books1908

About friendship.

Start with The Wind in the Willows: A Fine Welcome →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

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

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Gemma DoyleSeries

seriesLibba Bray4 books2003

About coming of age and friendship.

Start with A Great and Terrible Beauty →

The Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson / Kat, IncorrigibleSeries

seriesStephanie Burgis4 books2010

Adventurous in tone.

“Kat Stephenson has just discovered that she's inherited her mother's magical talents, and despite her Stepmama's stern objections, she's determined to learn how to use them.”
from the catalogue description of A Most Improper Magick

Start with A Most Improper Magick →

Kate and Cecelia UniverseSeries

seriesCaroline Stevermer & Patricia C. Wrede4 books1988

Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in 19th century.

“Ten-year-old Frederick, who is surreptitiously watched over by a household elf, is plucked from a London orphanage to be a servant to a wealthy wizard, and eventually his uncanny abilities lead him to become the wizard's apprentice.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Below Stairs

Start with Magic Below Stairs →

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 Regency Dragons?: The Raven King — the closest match to Regency Dragons on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Regency Dragons?: Scales and Sensibility. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Regency Dragons.
How big is Regency Dragons?: Regency Dragons is 2 books, 2021–2023.

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