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Books like The Mirror: 9 series to read next

The Mirror is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Mirror is 4 books, 2020–2023.

Karou
The Mortal Instruments
Fairy Tale Retellings (Jackson Pearce)
His Dark Materials
Fionavar Universe
Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures Universe
Five Children Universe
Kairos
The Wolves of Mercy Falls

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Fantasy, emotional in tone, set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

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

Reading order →

Fairy Tale Retellings (Jackson Pearce)Series

seriesJackson Pearce4 books2010

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Sisters Red →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“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

Reading order →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

seriesKami Garcia & Margaret Stohl8 books2009

Set in north america.

Reading order →

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 →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

The Wolves of Mercy FallsSeries

seriesMaggie Stiefvater4 books2009

Paranormal romance, about werewolves, set in north america.

“Set in the fictional town of Mercy Falls, Stiefvater has stated that the real town of Ely in Minnesota would be its closest neighbouring destination, with the two towns sharing a similar climate.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shiver →

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 Mirror?: Karou — the closest match to The Mirror on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Mirror?: Broken Wish. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Mirror.
How big is The Mirror?: The Mirror is 4 books, 2020–2023.

Books like The Mirror: 9 series to read next

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