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Books like Forbidden Forest: 9 series to read next

Forbidden Forest is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Forbidden Forest is 5 books, 2018–2021.

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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Folktales
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Narnia
Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
Earthsea
Lightlark
Tolkien's legendarium
Erith

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Fantasy and romantasy, emotional in tone, about fae, set in secondary world.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue description of Beauty

Start with Beauty →

Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries

seriesStephanie Garber4 books2021

Fantasy and romantasy, about curses and forbidden love, set in secondary world.

“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →

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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Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series

seriesGail Carson Levine5 books1997

About coming of age.

“Fairest moves to the neighboring kingdom of Ayortha for a take on Snow White, with later volumes continuing to draw on other tales within the same connected world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ella Enchanted →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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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LightlarkSeries

seriesAlex Aster6 books2022

Tense in tone.

“Alex Aster's Lightlark saga is set on an island where six realms, each bound by an old curse, converge only once a century for a deadly game that could break their curses for good.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lightlark →

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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ErithSeries

seriesCecilia Dart-Thornton4 books2001

About quests.

Start with The Enchanted: A Tale of Erith →

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 Forbidden Forest?: A Court of Thorns and Roses — the closest match to Forbidden Forest on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Forbidden Forest?: Lady of Shadows. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Forbidden Forest.
How big is Forbidden Forest?: Forbidden Forest is 5 books, 2018–2021.

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