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Books like Spook's: 9 series to read next
Spook's is dark fantasy and fantasy, about monster hunting, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Spook's is 32 books across 4 series, 2004–2023.
“The seventh son of a seventh son gets no say in the matter.”
from the catalogue description
- The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
- World of Ice and Fire
- Grishaverse
- Witches Steeped in Gold
- Malazan
- Stephen King multiverse
- The Ancestor
- The Scholomance
- The Thickety
seriesGarth Nix11 books1995
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedfantasysecondary worldyoung adult
- World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
Epic fantasy, about political intrigue.
matcheddarksecondary worldfantasywar
- GrishaverseUniverse
universe19 books2012
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedfantasysecondary worldyoung adult
- Witches Steeped in GoldSeries
seriesCiannon Smart2 books2021
About enemies to lovers and political intrigue.
matcheddarkdark fantasyfantasysecondary worldwitchestenseyoung adult
- The AncestorSeries
seriesMark Lawrence4 books2017
Epic fantasy, about magic schools.
matcheddarkfantasysecondary worlddark fantasycoming of agefirst person
- The ScholomanceSeries
seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020
About magic schools and survival.
matcheddarkfantasysecondary worlddark fantasycoming of agetensefirst person
- The ThicketySeries
seriesJ. A. White4 books2014
Dark fantasy and fantasy, dark and eerie in tone, about witches, set in secondary world.
matcheddarkdark fantasysecondary worldfantasywitcheseeriemiddle grade
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Why these
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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 Spook's?
- The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu — the closest match to Spook's on what it is about, not on what sells.
- How big is Spook's?
- Spook's is 32 books across 4 series, 2004–2023.
- Is Spook's finished?
- Yes — 32 books across 4 series, 2004–2023.