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Books like His Dark Materials: 9 series to read next

His Dark Materials is fantasy, about coming of age, set in parallel universe, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

His Dark Materials is 8 books, 1995–2017.

“The novels have won a number of awards, including the Carnegie Medal in 1995 for Northern Lights and the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year for The Amber Spyglass.”
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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Underland Chronicles
Tortall
Watership Down
The Keys to the Kingdom
Fionavar Universe
Kairos
Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)

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.”
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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.”
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Underland ChroniclesSeries

seriesSuzanne Collins5 books2003

About war, set in underground & caves.

“The Underland is inhabited by humans who traveled below hundreds of years ago, along with various giant versions of creatures like bats, cockroaches, and rats.”
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Start with Gregor the Overlander →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“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.”
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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival, set in countryside & village and our world.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Fantasy and portal fantasy, emotional in tone, set in contemporary and secondary world.

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

Start with Ysabel →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)Series

seriesCynthia Voigt4 books1985

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“There is much want in the kingdom and the tales of Jackaroo, the masked outlaw who helps the poor in times of trouble, are on everyone's lips.”
from the catalogue description of Jackaroo

Start with Jackaroo →

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 His Dark Materials?: Narnia — the closest match to His Dark Materials on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with His Dark Materials?: Northern Lights. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for His Dark Materials.
How big is His Dark Materials?: His Dark Materials is 8 books, 1995–2017.

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