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Books like Castle Perilous: 9 series to read next

Castle Perilous is fantasy, about transported to another world, 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.

Castle Perilous is 10 books, 1988–2015.

“Imagine life in an ironically magical world where 144,000 doors separate fiction from reality.”
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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Spellsinger
A Wizard in Rhyme
The Dragon and the George
Abarat
The Wizard Knight
Magic Kingdom of Landover
The Land of Stories

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.”
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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.”
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SpellsingerSeries

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

About 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.”
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Start with Spellsinger →

A Wizard in RhymeSeries

seriesChristopher Stasheff8 books1986

About wizards.

“Matt Mantrell is an English major who gets transported to a different world where magic works by rhyme.”
from the catalogue description of Her Majesty's Wizard
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Start with Her Majesty's Wizard →

The Dragon and the GeorgeSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson10 books1957

About dragons.

“George the Dragon-Slayer', and in part a reference to the latter.”
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Start with The Dragon and the George →

AbaratSeries

seriesClive Barker3 books2002

About coming of age, set in islands.

“The Books of Abarat are a series of young adult fantasy novels written and illustrated by English writer and visual artist Clive Barker.”
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Start with Abarat →

The Wizard KnightSeries

seriesGene Wolfe2 books2004

Epic fantasy, about coming of age.

“Able becomes a knight, and because of his connection with the magical and spiritual elements of the world around him is soon also dubbed a wizard.”
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Start with The Knight →

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! →

The Land of StoriesSeries

seriesChris Colfer13 books2012

“Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.”
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Start with The Wishing Spell →

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 Castle Perilous?: Narnia — the closest match to Castle Perilous on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Castle Perilous?: Castle Perilous. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Castle Perilous.
How big is Castle Perilous?: Castle Perilous is 10 books, 1988–2015.

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