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Books like Doon: 9 series to read next

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

Doon is 4 books, 2013–2016.

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Narnia
His Dark Materials
Tolkien's legendarium
Unicorn
Fionavar Universe
Rachel Roberts' Avalon
The Keys to the Kingdom
Magic Kingdom of Landover
The Secrets of Droon

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, 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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UnicornSeries

seriesTanith Lee3 books1991

About identity.

“Nobody knew where it had come from, or what it wanted.”
from the catalogue description of Black Unicorn
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Black Unicorn →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

Rachel Roberts' AvalonSeries

seriesRachel Roberts12 books2001

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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

Set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

The Secrets of DroonSeries

seriesTony Abbott44 books1999

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“On October 1, 2010, the final book of the series, The Final Quest, was released, concluding its eleven-year run.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet →

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 Doon?: Narnia — the closest match to Doon on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Doon?: Doon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Doon.
How big is Doon?: Doon is 4 books, 2013–2016.

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