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Books like Magic University: 9 series to read next

Magic University is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Magic University is 5 books, 2009–2015.

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The Mortal Instruments
His Dark Materials
Vampire Academy Universe
Fionavar Universe
House of Night
Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures Universe
Young Wizards
Underlayes Universe
Karou

universe70 books2007

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue description

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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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Vampire Academy UniverseSeries

seriesRichelle Mead & Michelle Rowen19 books2007

About vampires.

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Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

House of NightSeries

seriesKristin Cast & P. C. Cast20 books2007

Paranormal, about vampires, set in north america.

“Books in the series have been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 63 weeks and have sold over seven million copies in North America, and more than ten million books worldwide, in 39 countries.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Marked →

Caster Chronicles / Beautiful Creatures UniverseSeries

seriesKami Garcia & Margaret Stohl8 books2009

Set in north america.

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Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about wizards and coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

Underlayes UniverseSeries

seriesT. A. Moorman10 books2016

Set in contemporary.

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KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

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 University?: The Mortal Instruments — the closest match to Magic University on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Magic University?: The Siren and the Sword. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Magic University.
How big is Magic University?: Magic University is 5 books, 2009–2015.

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