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Books like Jack of Shadows: 9 series to read next

Jack of Shadows is fantasy and science fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jack of Shadows is 4 books, 1971–2017.

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Tolkien's legendarium
The Quest of the Riddle-Master
The Princess and the Goblin
Alliance-Union
Redwall
Narnia
Sparhawk
Spellsinger
Shannara

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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The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip3 books1976

Epic fantasy.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
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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.”
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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

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

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world and 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.”
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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
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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 Jack of Shadows?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Jack of Shadows on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jack of Shadows?: Jack of Shadows. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jack of Shadows.
How big is Jack of Shadows?: Jack of Shadows is 4 books, 1971–2017.

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