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Books like The Invisible Library: 9 series to read next

The Invisible Library is fantasy, about books and reading. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Invisible Library is 12 books, 2014–2021.

“Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library series follows Irene, an agent of an interdimensional Library that collects rare and dangerous books from across a multiverse of alternate worlds touched by varying degrees of magic and technology.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark Materials
Checquy Files
Bartimaeus
The Mortal Instruments
Peter Pan
October Daye
Cosmere
Tortall
The Dresden Files

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Checquy FilesSeries

seriesDaniel O'Malley4 books2012

Urban fantasy.

“The premise of paranormal bureaucracy and espionage continues across the rest of the Checquy novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Rook →

BartimaeusSeries

seriesJonathan Stroud4 books2003

Alternate history, about wizards and demons.

Start with The Amulet of Samarkand →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

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Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

October DayeSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire42 books2009

Urban fantasy.

“Young October had to make important decisions about her future.”
from the catalogue description of Strangers in Court
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Start with Strangers in Court →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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The Dresden FilesSeries

seriesJim Butcher & Mark Powers (comics)56 books2000

Urban fantasy, about wizards.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Fistful of Warlocks →

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 Invisible Library?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to The Invisible Library on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Invisible Library?: The Invisible Library. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Invisible Library.
How big is The Invisible Library?: The Invisible Library is 12 books, 2014–2021.

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