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Books like Above World: 9 series to read next

Above World is science fiction, about genetic engineering, 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.

Above World is 3 books, 2012–2014.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Ranger's Apprentice
Redwall
Barsoom
Mortal Engines
The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Dune
The Lost Regiment

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy.

“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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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and portal fantasy.

“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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Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Fantasy.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
from the catalogue description

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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

Fantasy.

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue description

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BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Princess of Mars →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries

seriesIsobelle Carmody9 books1987

Post-apocalyptic and fantasy, about psychic powers.

“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
from the catalogue description of Obernewtyn
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Obernewtyn →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

The Lost RegimentSeries

seriesWilliam R. Forstchen9 books1990

Military science fiction and alternate history.

“William R. Forstchen's Lost Regiment series begins with Rally Cry, in which a Civil War Union regiment is swept onto a distant world where humans transplanted from many eras and cultures are farmed as food by an alien race.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Rally Cry →

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 Above World?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Above World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Above World?: Above World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Above World.
How big is Above World?: Above World is 3 books, 2012–2014.

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