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Books like Wishing Day: 9 series to read next

Wishing Day is fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Wishing Day is 3 books, 2016–2018.

“On the third night of the third month after a girl s thirteenth birthday, every girl in the town of Willow Hill makes three wishes.”
from the catalogue description

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Savvy
Magic Shop
Bod Owens
Charlie (Roald Dahl)
American Gods
Piper McCloud
The Magician Trilogy
The Indian in the Cupboard
Young Wizards

SavvySeries

seriesIngrid Law3 books2008

About psychic powers.

Start with Savvy →

Magic ShopSeries

seriesBruce Coville7 books1982

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books each send a different kid into Mr. Elives's strange antique shop, where an ordinary-looking item turns out to carry real magic and consequences.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Monster's Ring →

Bod OwensSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell3 books2007

Dark fantasy, bittersweet in tone, about found family, set in 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 →

Charlie (Roald Dahl)Series

seriesRoald Dahl6 books1964

Funny in tone.

Start with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory →

American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

Piper McCloudSeries

seriesVictoria Forester3 books2008

About psychic powers.

Start with The Girl Who Could Fly →

The Magician TrilogySeries

seriesJenny Nimmo3 books1986

Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.

“The stories are inspired by Welsh mythology, with elements borrowed from Mabinogion.”
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Start with The Snow Spider →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

Adventurous in tone, about wizards.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

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 Wishing Day?: Savvy — the closest match to Wishing Day on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Wishing Day?: Wishing Day. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Wishing Day.
How big is Wishing Day?: Wishing Day is 3 books, 2016–2018.

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