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Books like Incomplete Enchanter: 9 series to read next

Incomplete Enchanter is science fantasy and fantasy, about transported to another world and wizards, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Incomplete Enchanter is 23 books, 1940–2007.

“De Camp and Stasheff collectively oversaw the continuations.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Spellsinger
The Wizard Knight
Narnia
A Wizard in Rhyme
Magic Kingdom of Landover
Abarat
Castle Perilous
Dying Earth

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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SpellsingerSeries

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

About music.

“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Spellsinger →

The Wizard KnightSeries

seriesGene Wolfe2 books2004

Epic fantasy, about coming of age.

“Able becomes a knight, and because of his connection with the magical and spiritual elements of the world around him is soon also dubbed a wizard.”
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Start with The Knight →

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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A Wizard in RhymeSeries

seriesChristopher Stasheff8 books1986

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world and wizards, set in secondary world.

“Matt Mantrell is an English major who gets transported to a different world where magic works by rhyme.”
from the catalogue description of Her Majesty's Wizard
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Start with Her Majesty's Wizard →

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
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AbaratSeries

seriesClive Barker3 books2002

About coming of age, set in islands.

“The Books of Abarat are a series of young adult fantasy novels written and illustrated by English writer and visual artist Clive Barker.”
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Castle PerilousSeries

seriesJohn DeChancie10 books1988

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world, set in secondary world.

“Imagine life in an ironically magical world where 144,000 doors separate fiction from reality.”
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Dying EarthSeries

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

Fantasy, about wizards, set in secondary world.

“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 Incomplete Enchanter?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Incomplete Enchanter on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Incomplete Enchanter?: The Roaring Trumpet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Incomplete Enchanter.
How big is Incomplete Enchanter?: Incomplete Enchanter is 23 books, 1940–2007.

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