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Books like Beedle the Bard: 9 series to read next

Beedle the Bard is fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Beedle the Bard is 11 books, 2007–2008.

“A greedy king who wants to hoard magic for himself hires a fraudulent 'wizard' to teach him spells, and a washerwoman named Babbitty who quietly does real magic gets pulled into the scheme.”
from the catalogue description of Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Earthsea
Discworld
Grimm Tales
Tales of the Frog Princess
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales Retold
Folktales
Howl's Castle

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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy.

“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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DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

Grimm TalesSeries

seriesAdam Gidwitz3 books2010

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, dark in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales.”
from the catalogue description of A Tale Dark and Grimm

Start with A Tale Dark and Grimm →

Tales of the Frog PrincessSeries

seriesE. D. Baker9 books2002

Lighthearted in tone.

Start with The Frog Princess →

Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

seriesNaomi Novik4 books2015

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The two books share no characters or setting, only Novik's method of building a novel around one inherited folk tale.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →

FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, 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 →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

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.

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What should I read after Beedle the Bard?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Beedle the Bard on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Beedle the Bard?: Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Beedle the Bard.
How big is Beedle the Bard?: Beedle the Bard is 11 books, 2007–2008.

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