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Books like Toil and Trouble: 9 series to read next

Toil and Trouble is set in our world and contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Toil and Trouble is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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Life's a Witch
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Magical Washington
Keeper Chronicles (Tanya Huff)
Stephanie Plum Universe
The Kendra Chronicles
Fix-It Witches
Hex Hall Universe
Matter-of-Fact Magic

Life's a WitchSeries

seriesBrittany Geragotelis3 books2011

Set in north america.

Start with What the Spell →

Sabrina the Teenage WitchUniverse

universe87 books1997

Fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Sixteen is complicated enough without waking up able to levitate the breakfast.”
from the catalogue description

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Magical WashingtonUniverse

universe15 books2006

Set in north america.

“Only a few know how much of it never makes the ballot.”
from the catalogue description

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Keeper Chronicles (Tanya Huff)Series

seriesTanya Huff5 books1998

Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Summon the Keeper →

Stephanie Plum UniverseSeries

seriesJanet Evanovich & Phoef Sutton4 books2002

Funny in tone, set in north america.

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The Kendra ChroniclesSeries

seriesAlex Flinn5 books2007

Fairy tale retelling.

“Later books widen the cast to other characters from that story — Lindy, the witch Kendra herself — while staying inside the same fairy-tale-updated-to-Manhattan premise.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Beastly →

Fix-It WitchesSeries

seriesAnn Aguirre4 books2021

About witches, set in contemporary.

“After a toxic ex and too much magical family meddling, she's made a pact to keep her heart—and her spellwork—off-limits.”
from the catalogue description of Witch Please

Start with Witch Please →

Hex Hall UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Hawkins4 books2010

Paranormal, about magic schools and coming of age.

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Matter-of-Fact MagicSeries

seriesRuth Chew10 books1969

Whimsical in tone.

“WorldCat: The arrival of a witch who travels by magic vacuum cleaner is only the beginning of Mary Jane's strange adventures.”
from the catalogue description of The Wednesday Witch

Start with The Wednesday Witch →

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 Toil and Trouble?: Life's a Witch — the closest match to Toil and Trouble on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Toil and Trouble?: The Witch Is Back. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Toil and Trouble.
How big is Toil and Trouble?: Toil and Trouble is 3 books, 2023–2025.

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