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Books like Sacred Books: 9 series to read next

Sacred Books is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Sacred Books is 5 books, 2008–2014.

“Why is their father, who found the book, suddenly so distant?”
from the catalogue description of The Book of Nonsense

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The Advent Trilogy
American Gods
Mythago Wood
The Dark Is Rising
Alderley
Watership Down
Tolkien's legendarium
The Sisters Grimm
The Forbidden Library

The Advent TrilogySeries

seriesJames Treadwell3 books2012

Set in british isles.

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

Start with Advent →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Mythic fantasy, set in 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 Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, set in 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 →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and 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 →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, 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 →

The Sisters GrimmSeries

seriesMichael Buckley9 books2005

Fairy tale retelling and mystery & detective.

“Summary from copyright page: Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead.”
from the catalogue description of The Fairy-Tale Detectives
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Fairy-Tale Detectives →

The Forbidden LibrarySeries

seriesDjango Wexler4 books2014

Portal fantasy.

Start with The Forbidden Library →

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 Sacred Books?: The Advent Trilogy — the closest match to Sacred Books on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sacred Books?: The Book of Nonsense. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sacred Books.
How big is Sacred Books?: Sacred Books is 5 books, 2008–2014.

Books like Sacred Books: 9 series to read next

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