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Books like Arthurian Chronicles: 9 series to read next

Arthurian Chronicles is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Arthurian Chronicles is 10 books, 1948–1997.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
His Dark Materials
Watership Down
The Quest of the Riddle-Master
Legends (Robert Silverberg)
Three Hearts and Three Lions
Book of the Isle
The Sea of Trolls

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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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

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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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, 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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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival, set in countryside & village and our world.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip3 books1976

Epic fantasy.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

Legends (Robert Silverberg)Series

seriesRobert Silverberg & Orson Scott Card16 books1998

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

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Three Hearts and Three LionsSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove, Poul Anderson & Tad Williams3 books1961

About transported to another world.

Start with Three Hearts and Three Lions →

Book of the IsleSeries

seriesNancy Springer7 books1977

Fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Later volumes widen the cast and the kingdom's history while keeping the same mythic, quest-driven register.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The White Hart →

The Sea of TrollsSeries

seriesNancy Farmer3 books2004

About coming of age.

“Nancy Farmer's trilogy, continuing through The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed, sends Jack further into Norse myth, eventually as far as the realm of the giants, Jötunheimr.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sea of Trolls →

Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Arthurian Chronicles?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Arthurian Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Arthurian Chronicles?: A Quest Must End. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Arthurian Chronicles.
How big is Arthurian Chronicles?: Arthurian Chronicles is 10 books, 1948–1997.

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