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Books like Kioga: 9 series to read next

Kioga is adventure, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Kioga is 4 books, 1936–1978.

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Tarzan
Caspak Universe
Allan Quatermain
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universe
Jungle Book
Cavor
The Secret Journeys of Jack London
Roland Smith's Cryptid Series
Mortal Engines

TarzanUniverse

universe100 books1912

Adventure, adventurous in tone, 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

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Caspak UniverseSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs & Mike Wolfer4 books1918

Fantasy.

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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

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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 →

Jungle BookUniverse

universe44 books1893

Set in 19th century and south asia.

“The Law of the Jungle is older than any animal reciting it, and a naked man-cub who wandered into a wolf den at dusk will have to learn every clause of it.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Jungle Book →

CavorSeries

seriesH. G. Wells & Stephen Baxter2 books1901

About space exploration and aliens, set in the moon.

“H. G. Wells's 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon is narrated by the businessman Bedford, who joins the reclusive scientist Cavor after Cavor invents cavorite, a gravity-blocking substance that carries the two men to the Moon.”
from the catalogue description

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The Secret Journeys of Jack LondonSeries

seriesChristopher Golden & Tim Lebbon2 books2011

Dark in tone.

“The first book in the Secret Journeys of Jack London series, fictional adventures of the intrepid outdoorsman with a supernatural twist”
from the catalogue description of The Wild

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Roland Smith's Cryptid SeriesSeries

seriesRoland Smith5 books1998

Tense in tone, set in contemporary.

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Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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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 Kioga?: Tarzan — the closest match to Kioga on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Kioga?: Hawk of the Wilderness. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Kioga.
How big is Kioga?: Kioga is 4 books, 1936–1978.
Is Kioga finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1936–1978.

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