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Hero Fan wrote: Mr B Natural wrote: Alright. The protagonists are twins, who are pretty much the polar opposite of each other. One is more serious and wants to explore the unknown, the other is much nicer.(Dippe and Mabel and Jared and Simon)

They move into a old house, which belongs to relative of them, who is already like 80 or so years old.

The more serious twin finds a mysterious book, which documents the magical creatures living in the new place they moved to. (The Journal, The Field Guide)

The old relative is later revealed to know more than originally thought. Its revealed that the Author is closely related to the old relative and is trapped in a place he can not escape on his own, and needs the help of his family. (Great great aunt Lucy and Arthur Spiderwick, Grunkle Stan and Stanley)

There is an evil being that wants to use the books for power. (Gideon and Mulgurath) Many of those are common tropes.