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Books like Splintered: 9 series to read next

Splintered is fantasy, set in contemporary and fairyland, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Splintered is 7 books, 2013–2015.

“The second novel is titled Unhinged, while the third novel is titled Ensnared.”
from the catalogue description
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Modern Tale of Faerie
Coraline
Talisman
Alderley
The Chronicles of Faerie
Scarborough Fair
Faerie Wars
Bod Owens
London Below

Modern Tale of FaerieSeries

seriesHolly Black4 books2002

Urban fantasy.

Start with Tithe →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Horror and gothic, tense in tone.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

TalismanSeries

seriesStephen King, Peter Straub & Robin Furth4 books1984

Set in north america.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Talisman →

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 →

The Chronicles of FaerieSeries

seriesO. R. Melling4 books1993

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about coming of age and fae, set in contemporary and fairyland.

Start with The Hunter's Moon →

Scarborough FairSeries

seriesNancy Werlin3 books2008

Fantasy, about fae and curses, set in contemporary.

“When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes to break the curse she must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born in order to save them both.”
from the catalogue description of Impossible

Start with Impossible →

Faerie WarsSeries

seriesHerbie Brennan5 books2003

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about fae, set in fairyland.

“As of 2011, there are five books in the ongoing series.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Faerie Wars →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, about found family, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

London BelowSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman5 books1996

Urban fantasy, about transported to another world, set in british isles and big city.

“Most notable is the appearance of the Floating Market at Harrods rather than under Battersea power station.”
from the catalogue description of Neverwhere

Start with Neverwhere →

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 Splintered?: Modern Tale of Faerie — the closest match to Splintered on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Splintered?: Splintered. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Splintered.
How big is Splintered?: Splintered is 7 books, 2013–2015.

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