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Books like Time Keys: 9 series to read next

Time Keys is time travel and adventure, about quests, set in our world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Time Keys is 1 book, from 2025.

“When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim discovers why.”
from the catalogue description of Hunt for the Golden Scarab

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The Copernicus Legacy
Tolkien's legendarium
House of Secrets
Watership Down
Atlantis (Thomas Greanias)
Cragbridge Hall
Infinity Ring
Seven Wonders
The Mysterious Benedict Society milieu

The Copernicus LegacySeries

seriesTony Abbott6 books2014

About magical artifacts.

“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Forbidden Stone →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

House of SecretsSeries

seriesChris Columbus, Ned Vizzini & Chris Rylander3 books2013

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

“Rights to the book were sold in 12 foreign territories.”
from the catalogue description

Start with House of Secrets →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Fantasy, about survival and found family, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Atlantis (Thomas Greanias)Series

seriesThomas Greanias3 books2005

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone.

“Greanias originally planned a longer series; this trilogy stands as the completed core of a larger Atlantis mythology he later expanded through prequels and spin-offs.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Raising Atlantis →

Cragbridge HallSeries

seriesChad Morris3 books2013

Science fiction, tense in tone, about coming of age.

Start with The Inventor's Secret →

Infinity RingSeries

seriesJames Dashner, Matt de la Peña, Carrie Ryan, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Lisa McMann & Matthew J. Kirby8 books2012

Science fiction.

“The first book introduces the trio and follows them as they try to prevent a revolt by the Amancio brothers.”
from the catalogue description of A Mutiny in Time
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Mutiny in Time →

Seven WondersSeries

seriesPeter Lerangis10 books2013

Fantasy.

“Jack McKinley discovers a secret organization on a hidden island, and becomes the leader of a mission to retrieve seven lost magical orbs.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Colossus Rises →

The Mysterious Benedict Society milieuSeries

seriesTrenton Lee Stewart4 books2007

Mystery & detective, about friendship and coming of age.

Start with The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict →

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 Time Keys?: The Copernicus Legacy — the closest match to Time Keys on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Time Keys?: Hunt for the Golden Scarab. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Time Keys.
How big is Time Keys?: Time Keys is 1 book, from 2025.

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