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Books like Rusalka: 9 series to read next

Rusalka is fantasy and mythic fantasy, set in eastern europe. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rusalka is 6 books, 1989–2012.

“C. J. Cherryh's Rusalka opens a trilogy set in medieval forests near the Dnieper, drawing on Slavic folklore about the rusalka, a drowned girl transformed into a water spirit.”
from the catalogue description

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Winternight
Earthsea
Alderley
Mythago Wood
The Advent Trilogy
Lyonesse (Jack Vance)
Gormenghast
Lewis Barnavelt
This Poison Heart

WinternightSeries

seriesKatherine Arden3 books2017

About faith and religion and witches.

“At the beginning, the story takes place in a medieval Russian village.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Bear and the Nightingale →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, set in secondary world.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

About quests, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Set in contemporary and british isles.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mythago Wood →

The Advent TrilogySeries

seriesJames Treadwell3 books2012

Set in british isles and contemporary.

“Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight.”
from the catalogue description of Advent

Start with Advent →

Lyonesse (Jack Vance)Series

seriesJack Vance3 books1983

Epic fantasy, about court intrigue, set in secondary world and islands.

“The Lyonesse Trilogy is a group of three fantasy novels by Jack Vance, set in the European Dark Ages, in the mythical Elder Isles west of France and southwest of Britain, a generation or two before the birth of King Arthur.”
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Start with Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden →

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic, set in secondary world.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titus Groan →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

seriesBrad Strickland & John Bellairs12 books1973

Set in north america and contemporary.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

This Poison HeartSeries

seriesKalynn Bayron2 books2021

About witches, set in contemporary and north america.

“Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.”
from the catalogue description

Start with This Poison Heart →

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 Rusalka?: Winternight — the closest match to Rusalka on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Rusalka?: Rusalka is 6 books, 1989–2012.

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