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

Glimmer Vale Chronicles is 11 books, 2012–2021.

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Narnia
Earthsea
Discworld
Tolkien's legendarium
Legends (Robert Silverberg)
Howl's Castle
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Witch World
Dying Earth

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, 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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DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Funny in tone.

“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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Legends (Robert Silverberg)Series

seriesRobert Silverberg & Orson Scott Card16 books1998

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

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Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

Witch WorldUniverse

universe106 books1963

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Step through the Siege Perilous — the standing stone that answers only the hunted, those with nowhere left to run — and the fugitive is delivered not into death but into another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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Dying EarthSeries

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

About wizards.

“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
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Start with The Dying Earth →

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 Glimmer Vale Chronicles?: Narnia — the closest match to Glimmer Vale Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Glimmer Vale Chronicles?: Legacy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Glimmer Vale Chronicles.
How big is Glimmer Vale Chronicles?: Glimmer Vale Chronicles is 11 books, 2012–2021.

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