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Books like The Companions Quartet: 9 series to read next

The Companions Quartet is fantasy, about friendship, set in contemporary and british isles, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Companions Quartet is 4 books, 2006–2007.

“The majority of the series takes place in the fictional town of Hescombe in England.”
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The Dark Is Rising
Companions Universe (Julia Golding)
Alderley
The Wildwood Chronicles
Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
The Indian in the Cupboard
Emily Windsnap
Touchstone Trilogy

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and 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.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Companions Universe (Julia Golding)Series

seriesJulia Golding5 books2006

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and british isles.

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AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about quests, set in contemporary and british isles.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

The Wildwood ChroniclesSeries

seriesColin Meloy3 books2011

Portal fantasy.

“Praised for its illustrations and old-fashioned book design, the trilogy continues across Under Wildwood and Wildwood Imperium.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Wildwood →

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

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy, set in our world.

“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 →

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
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Start with The Tail of Emily Windsnap →

Touchstone TrilogySeries

seriesSteve Augarde3 books2003

About fae, set in our world.

“The trilogy tells the story of the hidden tribes of little people who live in a tangled forest on a hill in Somerset, and their interactions with the children at the farm on whose land the hill stands.”
from the catalogue description of The Various

Start with The Various →

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 Companions Quartet?: The Dark Is Rising — the closest match to The Companions Quartet on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Companions Quartet?: Secret of the Sirens. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Companions Quartet.
How big is The Companions Quartet?: The Companions Quartet is 4 books, 2006–2007.

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