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Books like Circle: 9 series to read next

Circle is fantasy and thriller & suspense, about faith and religion, set in secondary world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Circle is 4 books, 2004–2009.

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Godspeaker
Deryni
His Dark Materials
Narnia
The Scholomance
Grishaverse
World of Ice and Fire
Earthsea
Forgotten Realms

GodspeakerSeries

seriesKaren Miller3 books2007

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

Start with Empress of Mijak →

DeryniUniverse

universe44 books1970

Historical fantasy, about political intrigue, set in medieval.

“In the kingdom of Gwynedd, power is at once a sacrament and a heresy.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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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The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

About magic schools and survival.

Start with A Deadly Education →

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
from the catalogue description

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, about political intrigue and war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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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Forgotten RealmsUniverse

universe526 books1987

Epic fantasy.

“Come in from the cold and mind the door — the wind off the Sword Coast has teeth.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Circle?: Godspeaker — the closest match to Circle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Circle?: Black. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Circle.
How big is Circle?: Circle is 4 books, 2004–2009.

Books like Circle: 9 series to read next

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