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Books like Island Warrior: 9 series to read next

Island Warrior is fantasy, set in islands and secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Island Warrior is 3 books, 1992–1993.

“Iuti Mano is a warrior whose energy has been drained by watching those around her suffer and die.”
from the catalogue description of Demon Drums

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
The Princess and the Goblin
Sparhawk
Redwall
Moorcock's Multiverse
His Dark Materials
Dilvish
My Father's Dragon

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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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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“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

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SparhawkUniverse

universe6 books1989

Epic fantasy.

“Sir Sparhawk is not a young man, and he has little patience for the pageantry his order pretends to.”
from the catalogue description

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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue description

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Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

universe102 books1961

Set in secondary world.

“The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, 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

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DilvishSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny13 books1965

Sword and sorcery.

“Centuries ago, the half-elf warrior Dilvish tried to stop a dark sorcerer named Jelerak from completing a terrible ritual, and paid for it by being turned to stone and having his soul cast into Hell.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Passage to Dilfar →

My Father's DragonSeries

seriesRuth Stiles Gannett4 books1948

About dragons.

Start with My Father's Dragon →

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 Island Warrior?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Island Warrior on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Island Warrior?: Demon Drums. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Island Warrior.
How big is Island Warrior?: Island Warrior is 3 books, 1992–1993.
Is Island Warrior finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1992–1993.

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