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Books like The Raven King: 9 series to read next

The Raven King is historical fantasy, about fae, set in 19th century and british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Raven King is 13 books, 1996–2026.

“Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell reintroduces magic to an alternate nineteenth-century England, centering on the prickly rivalry between the two title magicians as they revive a lost English tradition.”
from the catalogue description

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Kate and Cecelia Universe
Puck
Elemental Masters
Wolves Chronicles
The Anubis Gates
Gemma Doyle
Sylvie and Bruno
Onyx Court
Temeraire

Kate and Cecelia UniverseSeries

seriesCaroline Stevermer & Patricia C. Wrede4 books1988

Historical fantasy and fantasy, set in 19th century.

“Ten-year-old Frederick, who is surreptitiously watched over by a household elf, is plucked from a London orphanage to be a servant to a wealthy wizard, and eventually his uncanny abilities lead him to become the wizard's apprentice.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Below Stairs

Start with Magic Below Stairs →

PuckSeries

seriesRudyard Kipling14 books1906

Set in medieval.

Start with Robin Goodfellow—His Friends →

Elemental MastersSeries

seriesMercedes Lackey, Cedric Johnson, Dayle A. Dermatis, Diana L. Paxson, Elisabeth Waters, Elizabeth Vaughan, Fiona Patton, Gail Sanders, Jody Lynn Nye, Kristin Schwengel, Michael Z. Williamson, Michele Lang, Ron Collins, Rosemary Edghill, Samuel C. Conway, Tanya Huff, Ben Ohlander, Jennifer Brozek, Louisa Swann, Rebecca Fox & Stephanie Shaver59 books1995

Set in europe.

“Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series reimagines classic fairy tales in various historical settings, with mages who each command one of the four elements — fire, water, earth, or air.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fire Rose →

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoan Aiken12 books1962

Adventure.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

The Anubis GatesSeries

seriesTim Powers3 books1983

Time travel.

“The plot concerns an English professor who participates in a time travel experiment and ends up trapped in the 19th century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Anubis Gates →

Gemma DoyleSeries

seriesLibba Bray4 books2003

Start with A Great and Terrible Beauty →

Sylvie and BrunoSeries

seriesLewis Carroll4 books1867

Fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in 19th century and british isles.

Start with Sylvie and Bruno →

Onyx CourtSeries

seriesMarie Brennan7 books2008

Tense in tone.

“Marie Brennan's Onyx Court series is set in a faerie court hidden beneath London, ruled across the centuries by successive fae monarchs shadowing the human city above.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Midnight Never Come →

TemeraireSeries

seriesNaomi Novik48 books2006

About dragons.

Start with Temeraire →

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 Raven King?: Kate and Cecelia Universe — the closest match to The Raven King on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Raven King?: The Ladies of Grace Adieu. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Raven King.
How big is The Raven King?: The Raven King is 13 books, 1996–2026.

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