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Books like Beyonders: 9 series to read next

Beyonders is epic fantasy and portal fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Beyonders is 4 books, 2011–2014.

“Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable--until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he's ever seen.”
from the catalogue description of A World Without Heroes

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Sparhawk
Shannara
Terra Incognita (Kevin J. Anderson)
Redwall
The Riftwar
Five Kingdoms
Cosmere

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 and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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Terra Incognita (Kevin J. Anderson)Series

seriesKevin J. Anderson4 books2009

About expeditions and war, set in at sea.

“The Edge of the World opens the story, continuing through The Map of All Things and The Key to Creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Edge of the World →

RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue description

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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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Five KingdomsSeries

seriesBrandon Mull5 books2014

Portal fantasy and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world and quests, set in secondary world.

“After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them—and ends up in The Outskirts.”
from the catalogue description of Sky Raiders

Start with Sky Raiders →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

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 Beyonders?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Beyonders on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Beyonders?: A World Without Heroes. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Beyonders.
How big is Beyonders?: Beyonders is 4 books, 2011–2014.

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