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Books like York: 9 series to read next

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

York is 3 books, 2017–2020.

“In an alternate history of New York, three kids try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of the city.”
from the catalogue description of The Shadow Cipher

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Lewis Barnavelt
The Dark Is Rising
The Sixty-Eight Rooms
The Mysterious Benedict Society milieu
The Sisters Grimm
Kairos
The Indian in the Cupboard
Rivers of London

New York Circulating Material RepositorySeries

seriesPolly Shulman3 books2010

Urban fantasy.

Start with The Grimm Legacy →

Lewis BarnaveltSeries

seriesBrad Strickland & John Bellairs12 books1973

Eerie in tone.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.

“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 Sixty-Eight RoomsSeries

seriesMarianne Malone4 books2010

Set in our world.

“Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sixty-Eight Rooms →

The Mysterious Benedict Society milieuSeries

seriesTrenton Lee Stewart4 books2007

Adventure, set in our world.

Start with The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict →

The Sisters GrimmSeries

seriesMichael Buckley9 books2005

Fairy tale retelling, set in our world.

“Summary from copyright page: Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead.”
from the catalogue description of The Fairy-Tale Detectives
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Start with The Fairy-Tale Detectives →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy, set in 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 →

Rivers of LondonSeries

seriesBen Aaronovitch32 books2011

Urban fantasy, about murder investigation, set in british isles.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Rivers of London →

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.

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What should I read after York?: New York Circulating Material Repository — the closest match to York on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with York?: The Shadow Cipher. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for York.
How big is York?: York is 3 books, 2017–2020.

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