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Books like The Doll People: 9 series to read next

The Doll People is fantasy, about friendship, set in contemporary and our world, lighthearted in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Doll People is 4 books, 2000–2014.

“A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.”
from the catalogue description

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Tales of Magic
Watership Down
Emily Windsnap
Artemis Fowl
The Indian in the Cupboard
Philippa Fisher
Tolkien's legendarium
Five Children Universe
Lumberjanes

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, about friendship, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Set in countryside & village.

“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 →

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 →

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
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Start with LEPrecon →

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 →

Philippa FisherSeries

seriesLiz Kessler3 books2008

About fae.

“Embarrassed by her free-spirited parents and lonely when her best friend moves away, a self-conscious eleven-year-old girl named Philippa summons a wish-granting fairy godmother, with unexpected results.”
from the catalogue description of Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister

Start with Philippa Fisher's Fairy Godsister →

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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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 →

LumberjanesSeries

seriesMariko Tamaki4 books2017

Set in countryside & village.

“Originally planned as an eight-part series, the comic was made an ongoing series following strong sales and critical acclaim.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Unicorn Power! →

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 Doll People?: Tales of Magic — the closest match to The Doll People on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Doll People?: The Doll People. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Doll People.
How big is The Doll People?: The Doll People is 4 books, 2000–2014.

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