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Books like The Alchemist Chronicles: 9 series to read next

The Alchemist Chronicles is set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Alchemist Chronicles is 2 books, 2015–2016.

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Rivers of London
The Mortal Instruments
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
The Curse Workers
The Dark Is Rising
The Dark Elite
The Legendborn Cycle
Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures Universe
Worldweavers

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in british isles.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rivers of London →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy and 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

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The Left-Handed Booksellers of LondonSeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2020

About books and reading, set in british isles.

“Garth Nix's The Left-Handed Booksellers of London is set in a slightly alternate 1983 London, where Susan Arkshaw searches for the father she's never met.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Left-Handed Booksellers of London →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

Tense in tone, about family secrets and organized crime, set in north america.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

The Dark EliteSeries

seriesChloe Neill3 books2009

Tense in tone, set in north america.

“Lily's parents have sent her to a fancy boarding school in Chicago filled with the ultra-rich.”
from the catalogue description of Firespell

Start with Firespell →

The Legendborn CycleSeries

seriesTracy Deonn3 books2020

Tense in tone, set in north america.

“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Legendborn →

Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

seriesKami Garcia & Margaret Stohl8 books2009

Set in north america.

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WorldweaversSeries

seriesAlma Alexander4 books2007

Urban fantasy and fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary and our world.

“What's more, her greatest strength may be the powerlessness she has resisted for so long.”
from the catalogue description of Gift of the Unmage

Start with Gift of the Unmage →

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 The Alchemist Chronicles?: Rivers of London — the closest match to The Alchemist Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Alchemist Chronicles?: The Secret Fire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Alchemist Chronicles.
How big is The Alchemist Chronicles?: The Alchemist Chronicles is 2 books, 2015–2016.

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