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Books like Secret Series: 9 series to read next

Secret Series is fantasy and mystery & detective, about friendship, set in contemporary, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Secret Series is 5 books, 2007–2011.

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Black Dragon
The Mysterious Benedict Society milieu
Menagerie (Tui and Kari Sutherland)
Nursery Crimes
The Sisters Grimm
Rivers of London
Circus Mirandus
Artemis Fowl
American Gods

Black DragonSeries

seriesR. A. MacAvoy2 books1983

Urban fantasy, about dragons, set in north america and big city.

Start with Tea with the Black Dragon →

The Mysterious Benedict Society milieuSeries

seriesTrenton Lee Stewart4 books2007

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

Start with The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict →

Menagerie (Tui and Kari Sutherland)Series

seriesKari Sutherland & Tui T. Sutherland3 books2013

Fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Logan Wilde is accidentally drawn into the mysterious, dangerous world of the Menagerie when he discovers a griffin hiding under his bed . . . and it leads him straight to the weirdest girl in seventh grade, Zoe Kahn.”
from the catalogue description of The Menagerie

Start with The Menagerie →

Nursery CrimesSeries

seriesJasper Fforde2 books2005

Fantasy and mystery & detective, funny in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary.

“The Big Over Easy turns Humpty Dumpty's fall into a murder investigation; The Fourth Bear follows with the Gingerbread Man as a serial killer.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Big Over Easy →

The Sisters GrimmSeries

seriesMichael Buckley9 books2005

Fairy tale retelling, adventurous in tone.

“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 →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in british isles and big city.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Rivers of London →

Circus MirandusSeries

seriesCassie Beasley2 books2015

Hopeful in tone, about wizards and grief and loss.

“With his friend Jenny Mendoza in tow, Micah sets out to find the Circus and the man he believes will save his grandfather.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Circus Mirandus →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

Adventurous in tone, 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 →

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 →

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 Secret Series?: Black Dragon — the closest match to Secret Series on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Secret Series?: The Name of This Book Is Secret. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Secret Series.
How big is Secret Series?: Secret Series is 5 books, 2007–2011.

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