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Books like Ebenezum: 9 series to read next

Ebenezum is fantasy and humor, about wizards, 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.

Ebenezum is 7 books, 1978–1987.

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Discworld
Tolkien's legendarium
Ebenezum & Wuntvor
Myth Adventures
Dying Earth
Muddle Earth
Howl's Castle
Tales from Verania
Uncle

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! →

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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Ebenezum & WuntvorSeries

seriesCraig Shaw Gardner10 books1978

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

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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 →

Dying EarthSeries

seriesJack Vance, Jeff VanderMeer, Dan Simmons, Lucius Shepard & Michael Shea27 books1950

Fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“Vance returned to the setting in 1965 and thereafter, making it the first book in the Dying Earth series.”
from the catalogue description of The Dying Earth
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Dying Earth →

Muddle EarthSeries

seriesChris Riddell & Paul Stewart2 books2003

Fantasy, funny and whimsical in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Like LOTR it is divided into three sections: Englebert the Enormous, Here Be Dragons and Doctor Cuddles of Giggle Glade.”
from the catalogue description of Muddle Earth

Start with Muddle Earth →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

Tales from VeraniaSeries

seriesTJ Klune10 books2015

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Once upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely boy named Sam Haversford turns a group of teenage douchebags into stone completely by accident.”
from the catalogue description of The Lightning-Struck Heart

Start with The Lightning-Struck Heart →

UncleSeries

seriesJ. P. Martin6 books1964

Start with Uncle →

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 Ebenezum?: Discworld — the closest match to Ebenezum on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Ebenezum?: A Malady of Magicks. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ebenezum.
How big is Ebenezum?: Ebenezum is 7 books, 1978–1987.

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