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Books like Mariah Mundi: 9 series to read next

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

Mariah Mundi is 3 books, 2007–2009.

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Peter Pan
The Dark Is Rising
Tolkien's legendarium
Lewis Barnavelt
Narnia
Five Children Universe
Nagspeake Universe
His Dark Materials
Alderley

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in contemporary.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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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Lewis BarnaveltSeries

seriesBrad Strickland & John Bellairs12 books1973

Eerie in tone, set in north america and contemporary.

“Lewis Barnavelt is a lonely orphan who moves in with his uncle Jonathan, an amateur wizard, in a rambling old house that turns out to hide a doomsday clock built into its walls by a previous, malevolent owner.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The House with a Clock in Its Walls →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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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Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

Nagspeake UniverseSeries

seriesKate Milford9 books2010

Set in our world.

Start with The Boneshaker →

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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AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, set in contemporary.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

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 Mariah Mundi?: Peter Pan — the closest match to Mariah Mundi on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mariah Mundi?: The Midas Box. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mariah Mundi.
How big is Mariah Mundi?: Mariah Mundi is 3 books, 2007–2009.

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