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Books like Micah Grey: 9 series to read next

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

Micah Grey is 3 books, 2013–2017.

“The first in the Micah Grey trilogy, Pantomime centers around an intersex character who was raised as a female in a fictional, Victorian styled world.”
from the catalogue description of Pantomime

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Earthsea
Tortall
Seraphina Universe
Folktales
Seven Kingdoms / Graceling Realm
His Dark Materials
Soldier Son
Annals of the Western Shore
Books of Bayern

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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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Adventurous in tone.

“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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Seraphina UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Hartman6 books2012

Fantasy, about identity, set in secondary world.

Start with Among Ghosts →

FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue description of Beauty

Start with Beauty →

Seven Kingdoms / Graceling RealmSeries

seriesKristin Cashore & uncredited6 books2008

About political intrigue.

“Kristin Cashore continued the world with the prequel-adjacent Fire, set in a neighboring land, and the sequel Bitterblue, then extended it further north with Winterkeep and Seasparrow.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Graceling →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, 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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Soldier SonSeries

seriesRobin Hobb3 books2005

Epic fantasy, about colonialism.

“Set in a new world unrelated to her previous trilogies, the Soldier Son trilogy follows the life of Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a newly elevated Lord of the Kingdom of Gernia.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Shaman's Crossing →

Annals of the Western ShoreSeries

seriesUrsula K. Le Guin3 books2004

Fantasy, reflective in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Each book has different main characters and settings, but the books are linked by some recurring characters and locations.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gifts →

Books of BayernSeries

seriesShannon Hale4 books2003

Adventurous in tone.

“Later volumes, including Enna Burning and River Secrets, follow other members of her found family through their own magical talents.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Goose Girl →

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 Micah Grey?: Earthsea — the closest match to Micah Grey on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Micah Grey?: Pantomime. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Micah Grey.
How big is Micah Grey?: Micah Grey is 3 books, 2013–2017.

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