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Books like Fairy Realm: 9 series to read next

Fairy Realm is fantasy and portal fantasy, about quests, set in fairyland. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fairy Realm is 10 books, 1994–2006.

“Rowe is also the author of the series Deltora Quest and Rowan of Rin.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Fairyland
Narnia
Faerie Wars
Tamisin
The Wishing-Chair Universe
Trot and Cap'n Bill
Peter Pan
The Secrets of Droon

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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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FairylandSeries

seriesCatherynne M. Valente7 books2009

About coming of age.

“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
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Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Set in secondary world.

“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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Faerie WarsSeries

seriesHerbie Brennan5 books2003

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about fae, set in fairyland.

“As of 2011, there are five books in the ongoing series.”
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Start with Faerie Wars →

TamisinSeries

seriesE. D. Baker2 books1995

Fantasy and portal fantasy, whimsical in tone, about fae, set in fairyland.

“When Tamisin Warner's swim coach sends her home with something sprouting from her back, she feels more mortified than magical.”
from the catalogue description of Fairy Wings

Start with Fairy Wings →

The Wishing-Chair UniverseSeries

seriesEnid Blyton & Narinder Dhami14 books1937

Fantasy and portal fantasy.

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Trot and Cap'n BillSeries

seriesL. Frank Baum & Gina Wickwar4 books1911

Fantasy, whimsical in tone.

“Baum conceived it as a rival series to his own Oz books, but both characters were eventually folded into Oz continuity and reappear as regulars in later Oz novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sea Fairies →

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 →

The Secrets of DroonSeries

seriesTony Abbott44 books1999

Set in secondary world.

“On October 1, 2010, the final book of the series, The Final Quest, was released, concluding its eleven-year run.”
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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.

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What should I read after Fairy Realm?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Fairy Realm on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Fairy Realm?: Fairy Realm is 10 books, 1994–2006.

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