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Spells & Wishes is 8 books, 2023–2024.

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The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Artemis Fowl
Kairos
The Mortal Instruments
Fionavar Universe
The Dark Is Rising
Elves on the Road
The Dresden Files
Young Wizards

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
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Start with The Alchemyst →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

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.”
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Start with LEPrecon →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“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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Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

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.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Elves on the RoadUniverse

universe47 books1989

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“A quartet of Elizabethan prequels with Roberta Gellis reaches back to the Tudor court, and the Diana Tregarde occult thrillers hang at the edges — a Guardian and romance writer whose casework keeps brushing the same concealed world.”
from the catalogue description

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The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

Set in big city.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
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Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about wizards and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

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What should I read after Spells & Wishes?: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel — the closest match to Spells & Wishes on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Spells & Wishes?: Spells & Wishes & Gun. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Spells & Wishes.
How big is Spells & Wishes?: Spells & Wishes is 8 books, 2023–2024.

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