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Books like Dalemark: 9 series to read next

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

Dalemark is 4 books, 1975–1993.

“Diana Wynne Jones' Dalemark Quartet is set in a divided fantasy land where the harsher North and the aristocratic South carry deep-rooted enmity, spanning stories centuries apart within the same history.”
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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
The Princess and the Goblin
Tortall
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Earthsea
His Dark Materials
World of Septimus Heap
Redwall

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.”
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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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age and quests, set in secondary world.

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

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
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The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
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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.”
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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Set in parallel universe.

“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.”
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World of Septimus HeapSeries

seriesAngie Sage12 books2005

About wizards.

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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.”
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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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Dalemark?: Narnia — the closest match to Dalemark on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dalemark?: Cart and Cwidder. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dalemark.
How big is Dalemark?: Dalemark is 4 books, 1975–1993.
Is Dalemark finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1975–1993.

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