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Books like Lazy Scales: 9 series to read next

Lazy Scales is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lazy Scales is 6 books, 2020–2021.

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World of Septimus Heap
Magic Kingdom of Landover
My Father's Dragon
Enchanted Forest
Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Five Hundred Kingdoms
Adventures of Kelvin of Rud
Tales of the Frog Princess

World of Septimus HeapSeries

seriesAngie Sage12 books2005

Adventurous in tone, about wizards.

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Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
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Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

My Father's DragonSeries

seriesRuth Stiles Gannett4 books1948

Adventurous in tone, set in islands.

Start with My Father's Dragon →

Enchanted ForestSeries

seriesPatricia C. Wrede7 books1985

“Patricia Collins Wrede is an American author of fantasy literature.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Dealing with Dragons →

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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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Five Hundred KingdomsSeries

seriesMercedes Lackey8 books2004

Fairy tale retelling.

“Mercedes Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdoms series is set in a world where an all-powerful narrative force called the Tradition tries to push people into fairy-tale roles whether they want them or not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Fairy Godmother →

Adventures of Kelvin of RudSeries

seriesPiers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff5 books1987

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with Dragon's Gold →

Tales of the Frog PrincessSeries

seriesE. D. Baker9 books2002

Fairy tale retelling.

Start with The Frog Princess →

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 Lazy Scales?: World of Septimus Heap — the closest match to Lazy Scales on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lazy Scales?: Lazy Scales. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lazy Scales.
How big is Lazy Scales?: Lazy Scales is 6 books, 2020–2021.

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