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Books like Varjak Paw: 9 series to read next

Varjak Paw is fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and big city, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Varjak Paw is 2 books, 2003–2005.

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Tolkien's legendarium
His Dark Materials
Alfred Kropp
Borribles
The Dark Is Rising
Coraline
Bod Owens
Order of the Stones
Samuel Johnson

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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 →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“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 →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About magical artifacts, set in our world.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

BorriblesSeries

seriesMichael de Larrabeiti3 books1976

Set in british isles.

“The three volumes in the trilogy are The Borribles, The Borribles Go For Broke, and The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Borribles →

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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and horror, eerie in tone, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, set in our world and british isles.

“Neil Gaiman's 2008 novel won both the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and illustrator P. Craig Russell later adapted it into a two-volume graphic novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Witch's Headstone →

Order of the StonesSeries

seriesMark Cheverton1 book2023

About demons and friendship, set in our world.

“Cameron Poole has a problem, a big problem: he's a bully magnet who struggles with anxiety.”
from the catalogue description of Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole

Start with Facing the Beast Within: The Anxiety of Cameron Poole →

Samuel JohnsonSeries

seriesJohn Connolly3 books2009

Funny in tone, about demons, set in our world.

“The comic horror trilogy continues through Hell's Bells and The Creeps.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gates →

Why these

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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 Varjak Paw?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Varjak Paw on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Varjak Paw?: Varjak Paw. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Varjak Paw.
How big is Varjak Paw?: Varjak Paw is 2 books, 2003–2005.

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