Series

Books like Jur: 9 series to read next

Jur is set in prehistoric. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Jur is 6 books, 2002–2012.

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universe
Tarzan
Allan Quatermain
Caspak Universe
Dinotopia Universe
Ayesha
Zanthodon
Pym
Voyages extraordinaires

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universeSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Christopher Paul Carey, John Eric Holmes, uncredited, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, F. Paul Wilson, Lee Strong, Mercedes Lackey & Mike Wolfer24 books1922

Set in underground & caves.

Start with Pellucidar: Dawn of the Deathslayer →

TarzanUniverse

universe100 books1912

Set in early 20th century.

“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Allan QuatermainSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885

Set in africa and 19th century.

“An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Marie →

Caspak UniverseSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs & Mike Wolfer4 books1918

Set in early 20th century.

Reading order →

Dinotopia UniverseSeries

seriesScott Ciencin, James Gurney, John Vornholt, Alan Dean Foster, Midori Snyder, Brad Strickland, Cathy Hapka, Donald F. Glut, Gene DeWeese, Mark Garland & Peter David23 books1992

Start with Dinotopia Picturebook →

AyeshaSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard, Don Ward & Peter Tremayne8 books1886

About immortality, set in 19th century.

“The Ayesha books follow H. Rider Haggard's immortal sorceress-queen Ayesha, introduced in his 1887 novel She as the ruler of a hidden civilization who has waited millennia for her lost love to be reborn.”
from the catalogue description

Start with She →

ZanthodonSeries

seriesLin Carter5 books1979

Set in underground & caves.

Start with Journey to the Underground World →

PymSeries

seriesEdgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne & Mat Johnson5 books1838

Set in arctic & antarctica and 19th century.

“Jules Verne wrote an unauthorized 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery, resolving Poe's cliffhanger in more rationalist terms, while Mat Johnson's 2011 novel Pym uses Poe's original as the springboard for a satirical modern story about race.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →

Voyages extraordinairesSeries

seriesJules Verne, A. Laurie, Bill Bowler, Deanna McFadden, Donald M. McFarlan, Gardner F. Fox, H. E. Palmer, Howard J. Schwach, Kathleen Olmstead, Kathryn Lay, Maria José Lobo, Marian Leighton, Michael Dean, Pepita Subirà & Raymond James59 books1863

Set in 19th century.

“The cycle features some of Verne's best known titles, such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, Around the World in Eighty Days and The Mysterious Island.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Floating City →

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 Jur?: Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universe — the closest match to Jur on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Jur?: Jur: A Story of Predawn Earth. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Jur.
How big is Jur?: Jur is 6 books, 2002–2012.

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