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Books like The Nsibidi Scripts: 9 series to read next

The Nsibidi Scripts is fantasy, about coming of age and identity, set in africa, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Nsibidi Scripts is 3 books, 2011–2022.

“The Nsibidi Scripts follows Sunny Nwazue, a Nigerian-American albino girl living in Nigeria, as she discovers latent magical ability and is inducted into a hidden society of Leopard People with its own laws, dangers, and hierarchy.”
from the catalogue description

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Young Wizards
The Dark Is Rising
Switchers
InterWorld
Tortall
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
His Dark Materials
Alfred Kropp
Alexander Cold

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards, set in our world.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Set in british isles.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

SwitchersSeries

seriesKate Thompson3 books1997

About shapeshifters, set in british isles and our world.

“Kate Thompson's Switchers trilogy follows Tess, a Dublin teenager who can shapeshift into any animal but will lose the power forever on her fifteenth birthday.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Switchers →

InterWorldSeries

seriesMichael Reaves, Mallory Reaves & Neil Gaiman3 books2007

Science fantasy and portal fantasy, set in parallel universe.

“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with InterWorld →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Set in secondary world.

“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 Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality and wizards, set in our world.

“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 →

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

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Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About magical artifacts, set in our world.

“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 →

Alexander ColdSeries

seriesIsabel Allende3 books2002

Adventure, about expeditions, set in our world.

“Walden Media acquired the novel's movie rights in 2006, but no film has yet been produced.”
from the catalogue description of City of the Beasts

Start with City of the Beasts →

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 Nsibidi Scripts?: Young Wizards — the closest match to The Nsibidi Scripts on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Nsibidi Scripts?: Akata Witch. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Nsibidi Scripts.
How big is The Nsibidi Scripts?: The Nsibidi Scripts is 3 books, 2011–2022.

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