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Books like The Candy Shop War: 9 series to read next

The Candy Shop War is fantasy, about friendship, set in contemporary and small town, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Candy Shop War is 3 books, 2007–2023.

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Tales of Magic
The Indian in the Cupboard
Young Wizards
The Dark Is Rising
Emily Windsnap
Artemis Fowl
The Tiger's Apprentice
Five Children Universe
The Sisters Grimm

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Whimsical in tone.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

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 →

Emily WindsnapSeries

seriesLiz Kessler16 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary.

“For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat.”
from the catalogue description of The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Tail of Emily Windsnap →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with LEPrecon →

The Tiger's ApprenticeSeries

seriesLaurence Yep3 books2003

Fantasy and urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and north america.

“Together they must keep the talisman from an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Tiger's Apprentice →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century and british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

The Sisters GrimmSeries

seriesMichael Buckley9 books2005

Fairy tale retelling and mystery & detective.

“Summary from copyright page: Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead.”
from the catalogue description of The Fairy-Tale Detectives
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Fairy-Tale Detectives →

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 Candy Shop War?: Tales of Magic — the closest match to The Candy Shop War on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Candy Shop War?: The Candy Shop War. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Candy Shop War.
How big is The Candy Shop War?: The Candy Shop War is 3 books, 2007–2023.

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