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Books like Todd Family: 9 series to read next

Todd Family is literary & general and historical fiction, about grief and loss, set in early 20th century, bittersweet in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Todd Family is 2 books, 2013–2015.

“The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”
from the catalogue description

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Empire of the Sun
Karl Glogauer
Oxford Time Travel
Eliots of Damerosehay
Between the Wars
City of Bells
Herland
Voices on the Wind
Stone Book

Empire of the SunSeries

seriesJ. G. Ballard2 books1984

About coming of age, set in east asia.

“J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun draws on his own childhood to follow Jim, a British boy separated from his parents in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II and interned in a civilian camp for the rest of the war.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Empire of the Sun →

Karl GlogauerSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock2 books1969

Science fiction, dark in tone.

“Michael Moorcock's two Karl Glogauer novels share a character rather than a plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Behold the Man →

Oxford Time TravelSeries

seriesConnie Willis6 books1982

Science fiction and time travel, tense in tone, about survival.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fire Watch →

Eliots of DamerosehaySeries

seriesElizabeth Goudge3 books1940

Literary & general, set in british isles.

“A Vibrant Novel About the Joys of Life ... and The Pangs of Love Love had come to David for the first time, glorious, overwhelming, passionate.”
from the catalogue description of The Bird in the Tree

Start with The Bird in the Tree →

Between the WarsSeries

seriesMichael Moorcock4 books1981

“An elderly shopkeeper in London writes a memoir of his youth in Ukraine in the early 1900s and his experiences during WWI and the Russian Revolution.”
from the catalogue description of Byzantium Endures
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Start with Byzantium Endures →

City of BellsSeries

seriesElizabeth Goudge3 books1936

Literary & general, reflective in tone, set in british isles.

“Jocelyn Irvin has just returned from the Boer War with an incurably lamed leg.”
from the catalogue description of A City of Bells

Start with A City of Bells →

HerlandSeries

seriesCharlotte Perkins Gilman2 books1915

About gender and society and colonialism.

Start with Herland →

Voices on the WindSeries

seriesS. Fowler Wright1 book1924

Sad in tone.

Start with Voices on the Wind: Second Series →

Stone BookSeries

seriesAlan Garner5 books1976

About coming of age, set in 19th century.

Start with The Stone Book →

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.

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What should I read after Todd Family?: Empire of the Sun — the closest match to Todd Family on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Todd Family?: Life After Life. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Todd Family.
How big is Todd Family?: Todd Family is 2 books, 2013–2015.

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