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Books like Bara: 9 series to read next

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

Bara is 4 books, 1976–1980.

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Narnia
Stephen King multiverse
Magic Kingdom of Landover
Spellsinger
Almuric
Peter Pan
Glory Road
Tolkien's legendarium
The Keys to the Kingdom

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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

Reading order →

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
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Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

SpellsingerSeries

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

About quests and music.

“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Spellsinger →

AlmuricSeries

seriesRobert E. Howard1 book1964

About survival.

Start with Almuric →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

Glory RoadSeries

seriesMatthew J. Costello & Robert A. Heinlein2 books1963

About quests.

“A veteran of the US military finds himself enlisted in a sword and sorcery style quest by a beautiful warrior empress from a coalition of different universes.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Glory Road →

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

Reading order →

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About quests and chosen one, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

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 Bara?: Narnia — the closest match to Bara on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Bara?: The Land Behind the World. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Bara.
How big is Bara?: Bara is 4 books, 1976–1980.
Is Bara finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1976–1980.

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