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Books like Cerin Songweaver: 9 series to read next

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

Cerin Songweaver is 13 books, 1977–1988.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales Retold
Narnia
The Last Unicorn
Spellsinger
Celestial Kingdom
The Princess and the Goblin
Winterlands

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

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“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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Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

seriesNaomi Novik4 books2015

Fairy tale retelling.

“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 →

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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The Last UnicornSeries

seriesPeter S. Beagle8 books1968

Bittersweet in tone.

“The Last Unicorn is Peter S. Beagle's 1968 fantasy novel about a unicorn who, believing herself the last of her kind, sets out to learn what became of the others.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Unicorn →

SpellsingerSeries

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

“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 →

Celestial KingdomSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan4 books2022

About gods.

“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

WinterlandsSeries

seriesBarbara Hambly7 books1986

About dragons and demons.

“Once there, they learn Gareth is the crown prince, acting against his father's wishes, and that the dragon Morkeleb the Black is only one thread in a web that includes a sorceress with a grip on the king.”
from the catalogue description of Dragonsbane

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Why these

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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 Cerin Songweaver?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Cerin Songweaver on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Cerin Songweaver?: The Three That Came. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Cerin Songweaver.
How big is Cerin Songweaver?: Cerin Songweaver is 13 books, 1977–1988.

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