More like A Very Singular Guild

anchored on:historical fantasymonster huntingeuropebritish isles19th centurymiddle grade+3 more

but

Narrow

City of OrphansSeries
series3 books2013
Historical fantasy, adventurous in tone, about monster hunting, set in 19th century and british isles.
“Monsters have been infesting London's dark places for centuries, eating every child who gets too close.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Very Unusual Pursuit →
DodgerNovel
Terry Pratchettstandalone novel2012
Historical fiction, about class conflict, set in our world and big city.
TemeraireSeries
series48 books2006
Alternate history, about dragons and war.
Start with Temeraire →
Wolves ChroniclesSeries
series12 books1962
completed
Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century and british isles.
“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →
Jungle BookUniverse
universe44 books1893
Set in jungle and south asia.
“The Law of the Jungle is older than any animal reciting it, and a naked man-cub who wandered into a wolf den at dusk will have to learn every clause of it.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Jungle Book →
includes The Jungle Books
Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Set in secondary world.
“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings