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Books like Whitby: 9 series to read next

Whitby is fantasy, about witches, set in british isles and contemporary, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Whitby is 3 books, 1991–1994.

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Whitby Universe
The Mayfair Witches Saga
Bod Owens
The Dark Is Rising
The Blood Journals
Lockwood & Co.
Fern Capel
Alderley
Coraline

Whitby UniverseSeries

seriesRobin Jarvis6 books1991

Fantasy, eerie and dark in tone, about witches, set in contemporary and british isles.

Reading order →

The Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

Gothic and horror, set in north america.

Start with The Witching Hour →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in our world.

“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 →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Adventurous in tone.

“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
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

The Blood JournalsSeries

seriesTessa Gratton2 books2011

Fantasy, about witches, set in contemporary.

“Meet Silla, a damaged heroine who is fixated on death.”
from the catalogue description of Blood Magic

Start with Blood Magic →

Lockwood & Co.Series

seriesJonathan Stroud6 books2013

About monster hunting and friendship, set in big city.

Start with The Screaming Staircase →

Fern CapelSeries

seriesJan Siegel3 books1999

About magical artifacts, set in our world.

“As the old house reveals its secrets, their familiar world starts to fracture, giving access to a magical and corrupt land destroyed thousands of years ago.”
from the catalogue description of Prospero's Children

Start with Prospero's Children →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

About quests.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and horror, tense 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 →

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 Whitby?: Whitby Universe — the closest match to Whitby on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Whitby?: The Whitby Witches. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Whitby.
How big is Whitby?: Whitby is 3 books, 1991–1994.

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