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Books like Arthuriana: 9 series to read next

Arthuriana is fantasy and epic fantasy, about wizards and prophecy, set in british isles. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Arthuriana is 394 books across 99 series, 1485–2026.

“Britain carries a wound that will not close and a king who will not stay dead.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Narnia
His Dark Materials
The Hunger Games
Animorphs
Imperial Galaxy
The Scholomance
Tortall

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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Fantasy and epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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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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.”
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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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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution and survival.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

About aliens and shapeshifters.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
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Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue description

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The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

Dark fantasy, about magic schools and survival.

Start with A Deadly Education →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
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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 Arthuriana?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Arthuriana on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Arthuriana?: The Sword in the Stone. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Arthuriana, which is a whole world rather than one run.
How big is Arthuriana?: Arthuriana is 394 books across 99 series, 1485–2026.

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