Series
Books like Dancing Gods: 9 series to read next
Dancing Gods is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Dancing Gods is 5 books, 1984–1995.
“The portal-fantasy setup plays familiar sword-and-sorcery elements for comedy, with the modern-world characters reacting to the fantasy world's rules as outsiders.”
from the catalogue description
- Narnia
- Magic Kingdom of Landover
- Tolkien's legendarium
- Spellsinger
- Howl's Castle
- The Land of Stories
- Three Hearts and Three Lions
- A Wizard in Rhyme
- Dying Earth
seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedfantasysecondary world
- Tolkien's legendariumUniverse
universe163 books1923
Fantasy, set in secondary world.
matchedfantasysecondary world
- SpellsingerSeries
seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983
About music.
matchedfantasyadventuroussecondary worldportal fantasytransported to another worldquests
- Howl's CastleSeries
seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986
Fantasy, adventurous and whimsical in tone, set in secondary world.
matchedfantasyadventuroussecondary worldwhimsical
seriesHarry Turtledove, Poul Anderson & Tad Williams3 books1961
Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world, set in secondary world.
matchedfantasyadventuroussecondary worldtransported to another world
- A Wizard in RhymeSeries
seriesChristopher Stasheff8 books1986
Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world and wizards, set in secondary world.
matchedadventurousfantasysecondary worldportal fantasytransported to another worldwizards
- Dying EarthSeries
seriesJack Vance, Jeff VanderMeer, Dan Simmons, Lucius Shepard & Michael Shea27 books1950
Fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.
matchedfantasysecondary worldwizards
Read next in Dancing Gods
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 Dancing Gods?
- Narnia — the closest match to Dancing Gods on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Dancing Gods?
- The River of Dancing Gods. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dancing Gods.
- How big is Dancing Gods?
- Dancing Gods is 5 books, 1984–1995.
- Is Dancing Gods finished?
- Yes — 5 books, 1984–1995.













