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Books like The Librarians: 9 series to read next

The Librarians is fantasy and urban fantasy, about magical artifacts, set in contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Librarians is 3 books, 2016–2018.

“Flynn Carsen, the last of the Librarians, feared they would steal Aladdin's fabled lamp in order to unleash the trapped djinn.”
from the catalogue description of The Librarians and the Lost Lamp

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Alfred Kropp
New York Circulating Material Repository
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Copernicus Legacy
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
Tolkien's legendarium
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
American Gods
Seven Wonders

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About coming of age.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

New York Circulating Material RepositorySeries

seriesPolly Shulman3 books2010

Urban fantasy, adventurous in tone, about magical artifacts, set in contemporary and north america.

Start with The Grimm Legacy →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy, about coming of age.

“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 →

The Copernicus LegacySeries

seriesTony Abbott6 books2014

“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Forbidden Stone →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality and wizards.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Alchemyst →

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

Reading order →

Chitty Chitty Bang BangSeries

seriesFrank Cottrell Boyce, Al Perkins, Albert G. Miller, Georgess McHargue, Ian Fleming, Jean Lewis & William Johnston10 books1964

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

Start with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Seven WondersSeries

seriesPeter Lerangis10 books2013

“Jack McKinley discovers a secret organization on a hidden island, and becomes the leader of a mission to retrieve seven lost magical orbs.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Colossus Rises →

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 Librarians?: Alfred Kropp — the closest match to The Librarians on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Librarians?: The Librarians and the Lost Lamp. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Librarians.
How big is The Librarians?: The Librarians is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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