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Books like Earth Magic Rises: 9 series to read next

Earth Magic Rises is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Earth Magic Rises is 3 books, from 2020.

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His Dark Materials
Fionavar Universe
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
The Dark Is Rising
Kairos
Narnia
Breaking the Wall
Earthsea
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu

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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Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone.

“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 →

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelSeries

seriesMichael Scott15 books2007

About immortality and wizards.

“The first book in the series, The Alchemyst, was released in 2007, and the sequels were released at the rate of one per year, concluding with The Enchantress in 2012.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Alchemyst →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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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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Breaking the WallSeries

seriesJane Lindskold3 books2008

Fantasy, set in contemporary.

“In an alternate world inspired by ancient Chinese lore and magic, Brenda learns about her magical ancestry after an attack on her father and finds herself among a band of orphans who each represent an animal from the Chinese zodiac.”
from the catalogue description of Thirteen Orphans

Start with Thirteen Orphans →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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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) →

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 Earth Magic Rises?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to Earth Magic Rises on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Earth Magic Rises?: Bones of the Witch. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Earth Magic Rises.
How big is Earth Magic Rises?: Earth Magic Rises is 3 books, from 2020.

Books like Earth Magic Rises: 9 series to read next

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