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Books like Serenity House: 9 series to read next

Serenity House is historical fantasy and zombie horror, about plague and pandemic, set in early 20th century and british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Serenity House is 4 books, 2015–2017.

“The flu pandemic of 1918 took millions of souls within a few short weeks.”
from the catalogue description of Ella, the Slayer

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These Violet Delights Universe
Five Children Universe
The Diviners
The Enemy (Charlie Higson)
The Cahill Witch Chronicles
The Resurgam Trilogy
The Triffids
Oxford Time Travel
The Mortal Instruments

These Violet Delights UniverseSeries

seriesChloe Gong7 books2020

Set in east asia.

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Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Fantasy.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

The DivinersSeries

seriesLibba Bray4 books2012

Eerie in tone, about psychic powers, set in north america and big city.

“The plot follows seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill as she helps her uncle Will—curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult—uncover the killer behind a mysterious series of murders.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Diviners →

The Enemy (Charlie Higson)Series

seriesCharlie Higson7 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and horror, set in contemporary and big city.

“The Enemy opens Charlie Higson's seven-book YA horror series, set in London after a mysterious sickness turns every adult into a voracious, flesh-hungry threat and leaves children to fend for themselves in a city gone feral.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Enemy →

The Cahill Witch ChroniclesSeries

seriesJessica Spotswood3 books2012

Fantasy, set in north america.

Start with Born Wicked →

The Resurgam TrilogySeries

seriesJoan Frances Turner3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, set in north america and near future.

Start with Dust →

The TriffidsSeries

seriesJohn Whitbourn, John Wyndham & Simon Clark3 books1951

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, set in our world.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Day of the Triffids →

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

Science fiction and time travel.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Fantasy and 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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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 Serenity House?: These Violet Delights Universe — the closest match to Serenity House on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Serenity House?: Ella, the Slayer. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Serenity House.
How big is Serenity House?: Serenity House is 4 books, 2015–2017.

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