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Books like Mead Mishaps: 9 series to read next

Mead Mishaps is fantasy and romantasy, set in secondary world, funny in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mead Mishaps is 3 books, 2021–2023.

“Spice trader Cinnamon’s quiet life is turned upside down when she ends up on a quest with a fiery demon, in this irreverently quirky rom-com fantasy that is sweet, steamy, and funny as hell.”
from the catalogue description of That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

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Tolkien's legendarium
Discworld
Enchanted Forest
Assistant to the Villain
Earthsea
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Tales from Verania
Narnia
The Empyrean

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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DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

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

Start with Guards! Guards! →

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 →

Assistant to the VillainSeries

seriesHannah Nicole Maehrer4 books2023

Fantasy, funny and lighthearted in tone, about enemies to lovers, set in secondary world.

“ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Assistant to the Villain →

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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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Emotional in tone, about fae.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

Tales from VeraniaSeries

seriesTJ Klune10 books2015

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Once upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely boy named Sam Haversford turns a group of teenage douchebags into stone completely by accident.”
from the catalogue description of The Lightning-Struck Heart

Start with The Lightning-Struck Heart →

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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The EmpyreanSeries

seriesRebecca Yarros4 books2023

Epic fantasy, emotional in tone, about magic schools.

“Rebecca Yarros's The Empyrean opens with Fourth Wing, following Violet Sorrengail as she's pushed into a brutal dragon-rider war college despite having trained for a different, less physically demanding path.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Fourth Wing →

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 Mead Mishaps?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Mead Mishaps on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mead Mishaps?: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mead Mishaps.
How big is Mead Mishaps?: Mead Mishaps is 3 books, 2021–2023.

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