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Books like Dark Lord Davi: 9 series to read next

Dark Lord Davi is fantasy and humor, about time loop, set in secondary world, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Dark Lord Davi is 3 books, 2024–2025.

“A hilarious fantasy adventure in which a young woman, who is stuck in a time loop, decides the best way to defend the kingdom from the Dark Lord is to become the Dark Lord herself.”
from the catalogue description of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

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Discworld
Myth Adventures
Tolkien's legendarium
The Carpet People
Tortall
The Princess and the Goblin
Novaria
Narnia
Howl's Castle

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

Myth AdventuresSeries

seriesRobert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye & Phil Foglio33 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Another Fine Myth →

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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The Carpet PeopleSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett4 books1971

About war.

“The Carpet People imagines an entire civilization of tiny peoples living among the towering fibers of a carpet, where different tribes must set aside old rivalries and unite against a shared threat sweeping through their world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Carpet People →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About quests and 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 →

NovariaSeries

seriesL. Sprague de Camp6 books1968

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“The Novarian series is a sequence of fantasy stories by L. Sprague de Camp, published between 1968 and 1989.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Emperor's Fan →

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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Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

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.

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What should I read after Dark Lord Davi?: Discworld — the closest match to Dark Lord Davi on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Dark Lord Davi?: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Dark Lord Davi.
How big is Dark Lord Davi?: Dark Lord Davi is 3 books, 2024–2025.

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