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Books like The Gilda Stories: 9 series to read next

The Gilda Stories is fantasy and paranormal, about vampires, set in north america, reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Gilda Stories is 8 books, 1991–2019.

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Green Town
The Vampire Chronicles
Earthsea
Herland
Ægypt
The Alvin Maker Saga
Henry Sturges
The Witches of Eastwick
Time and Again

Green TownSeries

seriesRay Bradbury31 books1946

Literary & general, about coming of age, set in small town and mid 20th century.

“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with End of Summer →

The Vampire ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Rice15 books1976

Horror and gothic, dark in tone, set in our world.

“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
from the catalogue description of Interview with the Vampire
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Start with Interview with the Vampire →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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HerlandSeries

seriesCharlotte Perkins Gilman2 books1915

Literary & general, about colonialism.

Start with Herland →

ÆgyptSeries

seriesJohn Crowley5 books1987

Literary & general, about books and reading and identity, set in contemporary.

“Does the world have a secret history, encoded in myth and legend, reflected in the very windings of our brains?”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Ægypt →

The Alvin Maker SagaSeries

seriesOrson Scott Card15 books1986

Historical fantasy and alternate history, about coming of age.

“In fact, young Alvin appears to be the only one in the world.”
from the catalogue description of Seventh Son
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Start with Seventh Son →

Henry SturgesSeries

seriesSeth Grahame-Smith2 books2010

Historical fantasy and horror, adventurous and dark in tone.

Start with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter →

The Witches of EastwickSeries

seriesJohn Updike2 books1984

Literary & general, about witches, set in contemporary and small town.

Start with The Witches of Eastwick →

Time and AgainSeries

seriesJack Finney2 books1970

Science fiction and time travel, mysterious in tone, set in big city.

“Commercial artist Si Morley is recruited into a secretive government project testing whether self-hypnosis, combined with a recreated slice of 1880s Manhattan, can send someone back in time.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Time and Again →

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 Gilda Stories?: Green Town — the closest match to The Gilda Stories on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Gilda Stories?: Louisiana: 1850. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Gilda Stories.
How big is The Gilda Stories?: The Gilda Stories is 8 books, 1991–2019.

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