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Books like 100 Cupboards: 9 series to read next

100 Cupboards is fantasy and portal fantasy, about transported to another world, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

100 Cupboards is 4 books, 2007–2017.

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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
The Keys to the Kingdom
Fairyland
Five Kingdoms
Foo milieu
His Dark Materials
Rachel Roberts' Avalon
House of Secrets

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and portal fantasy, 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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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, 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 description

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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

FairylandSeries

seriesCatherynne M. Valente7 books2009

Whimsical in tone, set in fairyland.

“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →

Five KingdomsSeries

seriesBrandon Mull5 books2014

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world and quests, set in secondary world.

“After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them—and ends up in The Outskirts.”
from the catalogue description of Sky Raiders

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Foo milieuSeries

seriesObert Skye7 books2005

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age, set in contemporary and otherworld.

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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Rachel Roberts' AvalonSeries

seriesRachel Roberts12 books2001

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and friendship, set in secondary world.

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House of SecretsSeries

seriesChris Columbus, Ned Vizzini & Chris Rylander3 books2013

Adventure.

“Rights to the book were sold in 12 foreign territories.”
from the catalogue description

Start with House of Secrets →

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 100 Cupboards?: Narnia — the closest match to 100 Cupboards on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with 100 Cupboards?: The Door Before. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for 100 Cupboards.
How big is 100 Cupboards?: 100 Cupboards is 4 books, 2007–2017.

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