Series

Books like The Spiral: 9 series to read next

The Spiral is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Spiral is 4 books, 1990–1997.

The Tapestry
Talisman
Stephen King multiverse
His Dark Materials
Karou
The Mortal Instruments
Shannara
Rosemary Reilly
The World Gates

seriesHenry H. Neff4 books2007

About magic schools.

“Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.”
from the catalogue description of The Hound of Rowan

Start with The Hound of Rowan →

TalismanSeries

seriesStephen King, Peter Straub & Robin Furth4 books1984

Set in north america.

“Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman follows twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer as he crosses between our world and the Territories, a parallel realm, on a cross-country quest to save his dying mother.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Talisman →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age.

“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 →

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

Emotional in tone.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Rosemary ReillySeries

seriesIra Levin2 books1967

Horror, about parenthood, set in north america and big city.

“Rosemary's Baby follows a young wife in a Gothic Manhattan apartment building who grows increasingly convinced that her elderly neighbors, and even her own husband, are part of a conspiracy surrounding her pregnancy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rosemary's Baby →

The World GatesSeries

seriesHolly Lisle3 books2002

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about transported to another world, set in contemporary.

“Lauren Dane discovers a doorway to another reality in Cat Creek, North Carolina -- and she crosses over, driven by a strange compulsion she can neither resist nor comprehend.”
from the catalogue description of Memory of Fire

Start with Memory of Fire →

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 Spiral?: The Tapestry — the closest match to The Spiral on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Spiral?: Chase the Morning. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Spiral.
How big is The Spiral?: The Spiral is 4 books, 1990–1997.
Is The Spiral finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1990–1997.

Books like The Spiral: 9 series to read next

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