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  • A Princess of Mars book cover by Edgar Rice Burroughs

    Barsoom (John Carter of Mars)

    Edgar Rice Burroughs

    Why: Both series are science fiction and fantasy books.

    Closest books: The Subtle Knife and A Princess of Mars

    What both books share
    • science fiction
      The Subtle Knife: "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
      A Princess of Mars: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, science fiction" (OL subject)
    • fantasy
      The Subtle Knife: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject)
      A Princess of Mars: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)

    See the Barsoom (John Carter of Mars) books in order · Books like the Barsoom (John Carter of Mars) series

  • Skulduggery Pleasant book cover by Derek Landy

    Skulduggery Pleasant

    Derek Landy

    Why: Both series are fantasy books.

    Closest books: The Amber Spyglass and Skulduggery Pleasant

    What both books share
    • fantasy
      The Amber Spyglass: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject)
      Skulduggery Pleasant: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)

    See the Skulduggery Pleasant books in order · Books like the Skulduggery Pleasant series

  • City of Bones book cover by Cassandra Clare

    The Mortal Instruments

    Cassandra Clare

    Why: Both series are fantasy books.

    Closest books: The Amber Spyglass and City of Bones

    What both books share
    • fantasy
      The Amber Spyglass: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject)
      City of Bones: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)

    See the The Mortal Instruments books in order · Books like the The Mortal Instruments series

  • Marked book cover by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast

    House of Night

    P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast

    Why: Both series are fantasy books.

    Closest books: The Subtle Knife and Marked

    What both books share
    • fantasy
      The Subtle Knife: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject)
      Marked: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)

    See the House of Night books in order · Books like the House of Night series

  • The Angel Experiment book cover by James Patterson

    Maximum Ride

    James Patterson

    Why: Both series are science fiction books.

    Closest books: The Amber Spyglass and The Angel Experiment

    What both books share
    • science fiction
      The Amber Spyglass: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
      The Angel Experiment: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Comics & graphic novels, east asian style, manga, science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)

    See the Maximum Ride books in order

  • The Hunger Games book cover by Suzanne Collins

    The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins

    Why: Both series are science fiction books.

    Closest books: The Amber Spyglass and The Hunger Games

    What both books share
    • science fiction
      The Amber Spyglass: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
      The Hunger Games: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction literature" (WD genre)

    See the The Hunger Games books in order · Books like the The Hunger Games series

  • Uglies book cover by Scott Westerfeld

    Uglies

    Scott Westerfeld

    Why: Both series are science fiction books.

    Closest books: The Subtle Knife and Uglies

    What both books share
    • science fiction
      The Subtle Knife: "Science fiction, fantasy, horror" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
      Uglies: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Comics & graphic novels, science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)

    See the Uglies books in order · Books like the Uglies series

Books like the books in this series

The His Dark Materials books on this site

  1. Book 2: The Subtle Knife
  2. Book 3: The Amber Spyglass

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