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Books like The Sarah Jane Adventures: 9 series to read next

The Sarah Jane Adventures is science fiction, set in contemporary and british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Sarah Jane Adventures is 26 books, 2002–2010.

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H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Ormingat Trilogy
Chocky
Kairos
Tripods
The Dark Is Rising
Ender's Game
My Teacher Is an Alien
Paranormal

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The War of the Worlds →

Ormingat TrilogySeries

seriesSylvia Waugh3 books2000

Science fiction, about aliens and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“For almost as long as he can remember, Tom has lived happily in Belthorp.”
from the catalogue description of Space Race

Start with Space Race →

ChockySeries

seriesJohn Wyndham & Mark Daniel2 books1968

Science fiction, mysterious in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“The BBC produced a radio adaption by John Tydeman in 1967.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Chocky →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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TripodsSeries

seriesJohn Christopher4 books1967

Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with When the Tripods Came →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Fantasy.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
from the catalogue description

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My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

ParanormalSeries

seriesNicholas Fisk2 books1971

Science fiction, set in contemporary.

“Before the military succeeds in destroying the strange, geometric objects from outer space, a thirteen-year-old boy learns to communicate with them and decides what to do with them.”
from the catalogue description of Trillions

Start with Trillions →

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 Sarah Jane Adventures?: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds — the closest match to The Sarah Jane Adventures on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Sarah Jane Adventures?: Invasion of the Bane. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Sarah Jane Adventures.
How big is The Sarah Jane Adventures?: The Sarah Jane Adventures is 26 books, 2002–2010.

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