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Books like Aia: 9 series to read next

Aia is fantasy and horror, about expeditions, set in lost world, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Aia is 2 books, 1923–1924.

“Marshall's expedition leads him to a hidden valley whose inhabitants are descended from ancient Chaldean colonists.”
from the catalogue description of Fields of Sleep

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Walter Goodwin
Caspak Universe
Nicholas Graydon
Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universe
Coraline
Lost Species
Five Children Universe
Southern Reach Trilogy

Walter GoodwinSeries

seriesA. Merritt3 books1918

Science fantasy.

“The two books follow Goodwin from one uncanny expedition to the next rather than forming a tightly plotted continuing saga.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Moon Pool →

Caspak UniverseSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs & Mike Wolfer4 books1918

Adventure.

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Nicholas GraydonSeries

seriesA. Merritt3 books1923

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in lost world.

“The pairing forms a classic lost-world adventure from the pulp era.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Face in the Abyss →

TarzanUniverse

universe100 books1912

Adventure.

“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universeSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Christopher Paul Carey, John Eric Holmes, uncredited, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, F. Paul Wilson, Lee Strong, Mercedes Lackey & Mike Wolfer24 books1922

Set in underground & caves.

Start with Pellucidar: Dawn of the Deathslayer →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

Lost SpeciesSeries

seriesRobert W. Chambers12 books1897

Science fiction, set in our world.

Start with A Matter of Interest →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in british isles.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Science fiction and weird fiction, set in our world and contemporary.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Annihilation →

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 Aia?: Walter Goodwin — the closest match to Aia on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Aia?: Fields of Sleep. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Aia.
How big is Aia?: Aia is 2 books, 1923–1924.
Is Aia finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1923–1924.

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