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Books like Worldquake: 9 series to read next

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

Worldquake is 3 books, 2017–2019.

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Five Children Universe
The Indian in the Cupboard
Chrestomanci
Tales of Magic
Alcatraz Smedry
Archie Greene
The Dark Is Rising
Alderley
Narnia

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“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 →

ChrestomanciSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones12 books1977

Set in parallel universe.

“Greenwillow Books published a US edition within the calendar year.”
from the catalogue description of Charmed Life
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Charmed Life →

Tales of MagicSeries

seriesEdward Eager7 books1954

About friendship.

“Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Half Magic →

Alcatraz SmedrySeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson6 books2007

Funny in tone.

Start with Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians →

Archie GreeneSeries

seriesD. D. Everest3 books2014

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about magic schools, set in contemporary and british isles.

Start with Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy.

“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 →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, 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 →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Set in secondary world.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Worldquake?: Five Children Universe — the closest match to Worldquake on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Worldquake?: Dragon's Green. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Worldquake.
How big is Worldquake?: Worldquake is 3 books, 2017–2019.

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