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Books like The Return: 9 series to read next

The Return is fantasy, set in north america and contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Return is 3 books, 2015–2017.

“With the defeat of the Overtakers behind them, the five teenagers known as the Kingdom Keepers should be celebrating.”
from the catalogue description of Disney Lands

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His Dark Materials
Kairos
The Sixty-Eight Rooms
Tales of Magic
Lewis Barnavelt
The Indian in the Cupboard
Five Children Universe
Young Wizards
Artemis Fowl

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 →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

The Sixty-Eight RoomsSeries

seriesMarianne Malone4 books2010

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

“Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sixty-Eight Rooms →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

Whimsical in tone.

“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 →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

seriesBrad Strickland & John Bellairs12 books1973

Eerie in tone.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy.

“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 →

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 →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards.

“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 →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with LEPrecon →

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 Return?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to The Return on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Return?: Disney Lands. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Return.
How big is The Return?: The Return is 3 books, 2015–2017.

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