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Books like Another Day: 9 series to read next

Another Day is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Another Day is 3 books, 2021–2023.

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Earthsea
Folktales
The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Last Unicorn
Soldier Son
Gormenghast
Tolkien's legendarium
Annals of the Western Shore
Birthgrave

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, 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 →

The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Name of the Wind →

The Last UnicornSeries

seriesPeter S. Beagle8 books1968

Bittersweet in tone, about quests.

“The Last Unicorn is Peter S. Beagle's 1968 fantasy novel about a unicorn who, believing herself the last of her kind, sets out to learn what became of the others.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Unicorn →

Soldier SonSeries

seriesRobin Hobb3 books2005

Epic fantasy, about colonialism and coming of age.

“Set in a new world unrelated to her previous trilogies, the Soldier Son trilogy follows the life of Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a newly elevated Lord of the Kingdom of Gernia.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Shaman's Crossing →

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic, dark in tone.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Titus Groan →

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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Annals of the Western ShoreSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin3 books2004

About coming of age.

“Each book has different main characters and settings, but the books are linked by some recurring characters and locations.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gifts →

BirthgraveSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1975

Dark in tone, about revenge.

“The person: a woman awakening from a deathlike sleep.”
from the catalogue description of The Birthgrave

Start with The Birthgrave →

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 Another Day?: Earthsea — the closest match to Another Day on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Another Day?: The Brides of Maracoor. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Another Day.
How big is Another Day?: Another Day is 3 books, 2021–2023.

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