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Books like Magic Incarnate: 9 series to read next

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

Magic Incarnate is 6 books, 2016–2017.

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Earthsea
His Dark Materials
Narnia
Magic Incarnate Universe
The Last Unicorn
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Tortall
Discworld
Cosmere

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
from the catalogue description

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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.”
from the catalogue description

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Magic Incarnate UniverseSeries

seriesNicole Zoltack7 books2016

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

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The Last UnicornSeries

seriesPeter S. Beagle8 books1968

Bittersweet in tone, about quests.

“The Last Unicorn is Peter S. Beagle's 1968 fantasy novel about a unicorn who, believing herself the last of her kind, sets out to learn what became of the others.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Unicorn →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Funny in tone.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

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 Magic Incarnate?: Earthsea — the closest match to Magic Incarnate on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Magic Incarnate?: A Question of Faith. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Magic Incarnate.
How big is Magic Incarnate?: Magic Incarnate is 6 books, 2016–2017.

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