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Books like Jumanji: 9 series to read next

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

Jumanji is 4 books, 1981–2002.

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Rats of NIMH
Bromeliad
Watership Down
Dreamhouse Kings
Silverwing
Artemis Fowl
Jumper
Tunnels / Circle in the Spiral
Underland Chronicles

Rats of NIMHSeries

seriesJane Leslie Conly & Robert C. O'Brien3 books1971

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

“All three carry forward the original's interest in community, responsibility, and the costs of intelligence.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH →

BromeliadSeries

seriesTerry Pratchett3 books1989

About transported to another world.

“The trilogy tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now live hidden among humans.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Truckers →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About quests and found family, set in countryside & village.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

Dreamhouse KingsSeries

seriesRobert Liparulo6 books2008

Time travel.

Start with House of Dark Shadows →

SilverwingSeries

seriesKenneth Oppel5 books1997

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“Kenneth Oppel's Silverwing novels follow a colony of bats whose society is divided along old lines of species, faction, and belief, forcing young bats to navigate conflicts that adults have inherited rather than chosen.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Darkwing →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with LEPrecon →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

About psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

Tunnels / Circle in the SpiralSeries

seriesBrian Williams & Roderick Gordon6 books2005

Set in underground & caves.

“Will and his friend Chester flee The Colony and set out to find Will's father, in the Deeps, a place even deeper in the Earth than The Colony.”
from the catalogue description of The Highfield Mole

Start with The Highfield Mole →

Underland ChroniclesSeries

seriesSuzanne Collins5 books2003

Epic fantasy, about war and quests, 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.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gregor the Overlander →

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 Jumanji?: Rats of NIMH — the closest match to Jumanji on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jumanji?: Jumanji. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jumanji.
How big is Jumanji?: Jumanji is 4 books, 1981–2002.

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