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Books like Temeraire: 9 series to read next

Temeraire is historical fantasy and alternate history, about dragons, set in 19th century, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Temeraire is 48 books, 2006–2017.

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Allan Quatermain
Wolves Chronicles
Jungle Book
Tolkien's legendarium
The Alvin Maker Saga
Watership Down
The Land of Hope and Glory
Henry Sturges
Battlesaurus

Allan QuatermainSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885

Adventure, adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in 19th century and africa.

“An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Marie →

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoan Aiken12 books1962

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century and british isles.

“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 →

Jungle BookUniverse

universe44 books1893

Set in jungle and south asia.

“The Law of the Jungle is older than any animal reciting it, and a naked man-cub who wandered into a wolf den at dusk will have to learn every clause of it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Jungle Book →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Alvin Maker SagaSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card15 books1986

Set in north america.

“In fact, young Alvin appears to be the only one in the world.”
from the catalogue description of Seventh Son
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Seventh Son →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and quests, set in countryside & village and contemporary.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

The Land of Hope and GlorySeries

seriesGeoffrey Wilson3 books2011

Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.

“At first Jack Casey, retired soldier, wants nothing to do with the uprising, but then he learns his daughter, Elizabeth, is due to be hanged for helping the rebels.”
from the catalogue description of Land of Hope and Glory

Start with Land of Hope and Glory →

Henry SturgesSeries

seriesSeth Grahame-Smith2 books2010

Horror, dark in tone, about vampires, set in north america.

Start with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter →

BattlesaurusSeries

seriesBrian Falkner2 books2015

Start with Rampage at Waterloo →

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 Temeraire?: Allan Quatermain — the closest match to Temeraire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Temeraire?: Temeraire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Temeraire.
How big is Temeraire?: Temeraire is 48 books, 2006–2017.

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