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Books like Eirlandia: 9 series to read next

Eirlandia is 3 books, 2018–2020.

Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Earthsea
Mabinogi
Peter Pan
Watership Down
His Dark Materials
The Dragon and the George
Alderley

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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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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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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MabinogiSeries

seriesEvangeline Walton4 books1936

About gods.

“Walton's reinterpretation began in 1936 with what became Prince of Annwn, decades before the rest of the cycle followed; all four were eventually gathered together as one series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Prince of Annwn →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival, set in countryside & village and our world.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

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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The Dragon and the GeorgeSeries

seriesGordon R. Dickson10 books1957

Portal fantasy, about dragons and transported to another world.

“George the Dragon-Slayer', and in part a reference to the latter.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Dragon and the George →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Set in contemporary.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

Why these

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What should I read after Eirlandia?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Eirlandia on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Eirlandia?: In the Region of the Summer Stars. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Eirlandia.
How big is Eirlandia?: Eirlandia is 3 books, 2018–2020.

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