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Books like Green Sky: 9 series to read next

Green Sky is science fiction and fantasy, about coming of age, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Green Sky is 3 books, 1975–1977.

“The 1984 videogame Below the Root is based on the book series.”
from the catalogue description of Below the Root

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Rithmatist
Seven Kingdoms / Graceling Realm
Land of Elyon
Tortall
His Dark Materials
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Sandwriter
The Princess and the Goblin
The Last Descendants

RithmatistSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson1 book2013

Adventurous in tone, about magic schools and murder investigation.

Start with The Rithmatist →

Seven Kingdoms / Graceling RealmSeries

seriesKristin Cashore & uncredited6 books2008

About political intrigue.

“Kristin Cashore continued the world with the prequel-adjacent Fire, set in a neighboring land, and the sequel Bitterblue, then extended it further north with Winterkeep and Seasparrow.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Graceling →

Land of ElyonSeries

seriesPatrick Carman5 books2005

Adventurous in tone, about quests.

Start with The Dark Hills Divide →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Adventurous in tone.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, 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

Reading order →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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

SandwriterSeries

seriesMonica Hughes2 books1985

Set in desert.

Start with Sandwriter →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

Adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

The Last DescendantsSeries

seriesCatherine Banner3 books2008

About family secrets.

“The first book, The Eyes of a King, became the first part of the series The Last Descendants.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Eyes of a King →

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 Green Sky?: Rithmatist — the closest match to Green Sky on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Green Sky?: Below the Root. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Green Sky.
How big is Green Sky?: Green Sky is 3 books, 1975–1977.
Is Green Sky finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1975–1977.

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