Series

Books like The Nimbin: 9 series to read next

The Nimbin is fantasy, set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Nimbin is 3 books, 1978–2001.

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Five Children Universe
The Wind in the Willows Universe
Peter Pan
Catwings
Boggart
Tales of Magic
Philippa Fisher
Magic Shop
Bod Owens

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 →

The Wind in the Willows UniverseSeries

seriesKenneth Grahame, William Horwood, Anne McKie, Ellen Miles, Inga Moore, Juliet Stanley, Kij Johnson, Lesley Sims, M. G. Leonard, Samantha Noonan & Susan Hill17 books1908

Set in british isles.

Start with The Wind in the Willows: A Fine Welcome →

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 →

CatwingsSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin7 books1988

About coming of age.

“Catwings is also the title of the first book in the series.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Catwings →

BoggartSeries

seriesSusan Cooper3 books1993

About fae, set in british isles.

“Cooper, best known for The Dark Is Rising sequence, writes here in a lighter fantasy-adventure register.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Boggart →

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 →

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 →

Magic ShopSeries

seriesBruce Coville7 books1982

About coming of age.

“Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books each send a different kid into Mr. Elives's strange antique shop, where an ordinary-looking item turns out to carry real magic and consequences.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Monster's Ring →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, about coming of age and found family, set in british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

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 Nimbin?: Five Children Universe — the closest match to The Nimbin on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Nimbin?: The Nimbin. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Nimbin.
How big is The Nimbin?: The Nimbin is 3 books, 1978–2001.

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