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Books like Deptford Mice: 9 series to read next

Deptford Mice is fantasy and dark fantasy, set in secondary world, dark in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Deptford Mice is 3 books, 1989–1990.

“Robin Jarvis completed the trilogy with The Crystal Prison and The Final Reckoning within a year of the first book.”
from the catalogue description

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Stephen King multiverse
Narnia
The Scholomance
His Dark Materials
Tolkien's legendarium
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
The Circle of the World
Malazan

Stephen King multiverseUniverse

universe46 books1967

Dark in tone.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Gunslinger →

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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The ScholomanceSeries

seriesNaomi Novik3 books2020

About magic schools and wizards.

Start with A Deadly Education →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

Epic fantasy.

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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blade Itself →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy, about war.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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 Deptford Mice?: Stephen King multiverse — the closest match to Deptford Mice on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Deptford Mice?: The Dark Portal. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Deptford Mice.
How big is Deptford Mice?: Deptford Mice is 3 books, 1989–1990.

Books like Deptford Mice: 9 series to read next

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