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Books like Fionavar Universe: 9 series to read next

Fionavar Universe is epic fantasy and fantasy, set in contemporary and secondary world, emotional in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fionavar Universe is 5 books, 1984–2007.

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

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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
His Dark Materials
Cosmere
Fillory
Karou
Sword of Truth
The Quickening milieu
Celestial Kingdom

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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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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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Fantasy and epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

FillorySeries

seriesLev Grossman7 books2009

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about magic schools, set in contemporary and secondary world.

Start with The Magicians →

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
from the catalogue description

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The Quickening milieuSeries

seriesFiona McIntosh4 books2003

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“When another doctor, Reynard, asks him to help with a delusional female patient, Gabe is reluctant...until he meets her.”
from the catalogue description of The Scrivener's Tale

Start with The Scrivener's Tale →

Celestial KingdomSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan4 books2022

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, emotional in tone, about gods, set in secondary world.

“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

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 Fionavar Universe?: Narnia — the closest match to Fionavar Universe on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fionavar Universe?: Ysabel. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fionavar Universe.
How big is Fionavar Universe?: Fionavar Universe is 5 books, 1984–2007.

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