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Books like The World-Famous Nine: 9 series to read next

The World-Famous Nine is fantasy, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The World-Famous Nine is 2 books, 2024–2025.

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Artemis Fowl
Alfred Kropp
The Dark Is Rising
Lewis Barnavelt
Bromeliad
The Indian in the Cupboard
Spiderwick
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
The Curse Workers

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.”
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Start with LEPrecon →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
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Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, 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.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

seriesBrad Strickland & John Bellairs12 books1973

Eerie in tone, set in north america.

“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.”
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Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

BromeliadSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett3 books1989

About transported to another world.

“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
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Start with Truckers →

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.”
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Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

SpiderwickUniverse

universe17 books2003

Fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Holly Black writes and Tony DiTerlizzi draws this small, densely illustrated world across two linked cycles.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality and wizards.

“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.”
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Start with The Alchemyst →

The Curse WorkersSeries

seriesHolly Black3 books2010

Urban fantasy, about family secrets, set in north america.

“Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families.”
from the catalogue description

Start with White Cat →

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What should I read after The World-Famous Nine?: Artemis Fowl — the closest match to The World-Famous Nine on what it is about, not on what sells.
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How big is The World-Famous Nine?: The World-Famous Nine is 2 books, 2024–2025.

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