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Books like The Arkwell Academy: 9 series to read next

The Arkwell Academy is urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Arkwell Academy is 3 books, 2013–2015.

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Rivers of London
Worldweavers
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Heir Chronicles
The World of Skulduggery Pleasant
Supernatural Investigations
Modern Tale of Faerie
The Dark Elite
The Dark Is Rising

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 →

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 →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality and wizards.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
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Start with The Alchemyst →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

seriesCinda Williams Chima5 books2006

About wizards.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Warrior Heir →

The World of Skulduggery PleasantSeries

seriesDerek Landy38 books2007

Dark fantasy.

“None require following a separate ongoing plot of their own.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Across a Dark Plain →

Supernatural InvestigationsSeries

seriesB. B. Alston4 books2021

“Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools.”
from the catalogue description of Amari and the Night Brothers

Start with Amari and the Night Brothers →

Modern Tale of FaerieSeries

seriesHolly Black4 books2002

About fae.

Start with Tithe →

The Dark EliteSeries

seriesChloe Neill3 books2009

Tense in tone.

“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 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
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

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.

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What should I read after The Arkwell Academy?: Rivers of London — the closest match to The Arkwell Academy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Arkwell Academy?: The Nightmare Affair. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Arkwell Academy.
How big is The Arkwell Academy?: The Arkwell Academy is 3 books, 2013–2015.

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