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Books like Wild Rescuers: 9 series to read next

Wild Rescuers is set in contemporary. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wild Rescuers is 4 books, 2018–2021.

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Alexander Cold
Watership Down
Rats of NIMH
Kairos
Pym
Allan Quatermain
The Copernicus Legacy
Dirk Pitt
Seven Wonders

Alexander ColdSeries

seriesIsabel Allende3 books2002

About coming of age.

“Walden Media acquired the novel's movie rights in 2006, but no film has yet been produced.”
from the catalogue description of City of the Beasts

Start with City of the Beasts →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About quests, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Rats of NIMHSeries

seriesJane Leslie Conly & Robert C. O'Brien3 books1971

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

“All three carry forward the original's interest in community, responsibility, and the costs of intelligence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

PymSeries

seriesEdgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne & Mat Johnson5 books1838

Set in 19th century and at sea.

“Jules Verne wrote an unauthorized 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery, resolving Poe's cliffhanger in more rationalist terms, while Mat Johnson's 2011 novel Pym uses Poe's original as the springboard for a satirical modern story about race.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →

Allan QuatermainSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885

Set in africa and 19th century.

“An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Marie →

The Copernicus LegacySeries

seriesTony Abbott6 books2014

About quests and magical artifacts.

“While a work of fiction, it does incorporate some facts about Copernicus's history.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Forbidden Stone →

Dirk PittSeries

seriesClive Cussler12 books1973

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone.

“Fully armed and with all hands on board, the nuclear submarine Starbuck sailed into the calm Pacific Ocean for sea trials - and vanished.”
from the catalogue description of Pacific Vortex!

Start with Pacific Vortex! →

Seven WondersSeries

seriesPeter Lerangis10 books2013

About quests.

“Jack McKinley discovers a secret organization on a hidden island, and becomes the leader of a mission to retrieve seven lost magical orbs.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Colossus Rises →

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 Wild Rescuers?: Alexander Cold — the closest match to Wild Rescuers on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wild Rescuers?: Guardians of the Taiga. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wild Rescuers.
How big is Wild Rescuers?: Wild Rescuers is 4 books, 2018–2021.

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