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Books like Whitby Universe: 9 series to read next

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

Whitby Universe is 6 books, 1991–2017.

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Bod Owens
The Mayfair Witches Saga
The Dark Is Rising
The Blood Journals
Coraline
Lockwood & Co.
October Moon
Tales from the Wyrd Museum
This Poison Heart

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 Mayfair Witches SagaSeries

seriesAnne Rice3 books1990

Gothic and horror, set in north america.

Start with The Witching Hour →

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 →

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 →

Lockwood & Co.Series

seriesJonathan Stroud6 books2013

About monster hunting and friendship, set in big city.

Start with The Screaming Staircase →

October MoonSeries

seriesMichael Scott2 books1992

Paranormal, tense in tone, about werewolves.

“Rachel, 15, and her family vacation from America on a stud farm they own in Ireland, when they meet the werewolves.”
from the catalogue description

Start with October Moon →

Tales from the Wyrd MuseumSeries

seriesRobin Jarvis3 books1995

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

Start with The Woven Path →

This Poison HeartSeries

seriesKalynn Bayron2 books2021

Set in north america.

“Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.”
from the catalogue description

Start with This Poison Heart →

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 Universe?: Bod Owens — the closest match to Whitby Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Whitby Universe?: Whitby Universe is 6 books, 1991–2017.

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