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Books like Impossible Creatures: 9 series to read next

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

Impossible Creatures is 3 books, 2023–2026.

“Katherine Rundell's trilogy opens with a boy, Christopher, discovering a hidden Archipelago where mythical creatures long thought imaginary still survive, guarded from the wider world by people who can perform an old magic.”
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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Redwall
The Princess and the Goblin
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Universe
World of Septimus Heap
Deltora milieu
Ranger's Apprentice
Earthsea

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.”
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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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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

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

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon UniverseSeries

seriesGrace Lin3 books2009

Mythic fantasy.

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World of Septimus HeapSeries

seriesAngie Sage12 books2005

About wizards.

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Deltora milieuSeries

seriesEmily Rodda & Marc McBride53 books1993

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

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Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Fantasy and adventure, adventurous in tone, about friendship, set in secondary world.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
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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.”
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Why these

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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 Impossible Creatures?: Narnia — the closest match to Impossible Creatures on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Impossible Creatures?: Impossible Creatures. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Impossible Creatures.
How big is Impossible Creatures?: Impossible Creatures is 3 books, 2023–2026.

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