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Books like Stranje House: 9 series to read next

Stranje House is historical fiction, set in 19th century and british isles, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Stranje House is 5 books, 2015–2023.

“The daughters of the beau monde who don’t fit high society’s constrictive mold are banished to Stranje House to be reformed into marriageable young ladies.”
from the catalogue description of A School for Unusual Girls

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Sally Lockhart
Hunchback Assignments / Modo: Mission Clockwork
Wolves Chronicles
The Mortal Instruments
Felix
Spiritwalker
The Gilded Wolves
Temeraire
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)

Sally LockhartSeries

seriesPhilip Pullman4 books1985

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation.

Start with The Ruby in the Smoke →

Hunchback Assignments / Modo: Mission ClockworkSeries

seriesArthur Slade5 books2009

Steampunk, about shapeshifters.

“A gripping new series combines Steampunk, spying, and a fantastic Victorian London.The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child in a traveling freak show.”
from the catalogue description of The Hunchback Assignments

Start with The Hunchback Assignments →

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoan Aiken12 books1962

Adventure.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

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

Reading order →

FelixSeries

seriesJoan Aiken3 books1977

Adventure.

“In 1821, an orphaned twelve-year-old boy runs away from his unhappy home in Spain to England where he tries to find his father's family.”
from the catalogue description of Go Saddle the Sea

Start with Go Saddle the Sea →

SpiritwalkerSeries

seriesKate Elliott14 books2010

Set in alternate earth.

“Kate Elliott's Spiritwalker trilogy — Cold Magic, Cold Fire, Cold Steel — is an epic fantasy following two cousins navigating a world of dragons and cold magic.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Cold Magic →

The Gilded WolvesSeries

seriesRoshani Chokshi3 books2019

About magical artifacts.

“The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gilded Wolves →

TemeraireSeries

seriesNaomi Novik48 books2006

Alternate history, about dragons.

Start with Temeraire →

Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)Series

seriesDiana Gabaldon26 books1991

Set in age of sail & 18th century.

“Initially set around the time of the Second World War, it focuses on nurse Claire Beauchamp, who travels through time to 18th-century Scotland, where she finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser.”
from the catalogue description of Outlander
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Start with Outlander →

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 Stranje House?: Sally Lockhart — the closest match to Stranje House on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Stranje House?: A School for Unusual Girls. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Stranje House.
How big is Stranje House?: Stranje House is 5 books, 2015–2023.

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