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Books like A Twisted Tale: 9 series to read next

A Twisted Tale is fairy tale retelling and fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

A Twisted Tale is 19 books, 2015–2026.

“Like most, he's just trying to survive another day in impoverished Agrabah.”
from the catalogue description of A Whole New World

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His Dark Materials
Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
The School for Good and Evil
Earthsea
Folktales
Grishaverse
Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
Cosmere

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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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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 School for Good and EvilSeries

seriesSoman Chainani8 books2013

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about magic schools, set in secondary world.

“After their fortunes are reversed, Agatha is taken to the School for Good while Sophie is taken to the School for Evil, their friendship is put to the test.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The School for Good and Evil →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue description of Beauty

Start with Beauty →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series

seriesGail Carson Levine5 books1997

“Fairest moves to the neighboring kingdom of Ayortha for a take on Snow White, with later volumes continuing to draw on other tales within the same connected world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ella Enchanted →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

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 A Twisted Tale?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to A Twisted Tale on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with A Twisted Tale?: A Whole New World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for A Twisted Tale.
How big is A Twisted Tale?: A Twisted Tale is 19 books, 2015–2026.

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