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Books like Mirrorscape: 9 series to read next

Mirrorscape is portal fantasy and fantasy, set in otherworld. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Mirrorscape is 3 books, 2007–2010.

“Fulfilling the dream of a lifetime, Melkin Womper is apprenticed to a master painter, Ambrosius Blenk.”
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Narnia
The Keys to the Kingdom
His Dark Materials
Fairyland
The Land of Stories
Tolkien's legendarium
Furthermore Universe
Foo milieu
The Wishing World

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy and 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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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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.”
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FairylandSeries

seriesCatherynne M. Valente7 books2009

About coming of age, set in fairyland.

“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
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Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →

The Land of StoriesSeries

seriesChris Colfer13 books2012

Fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.”
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Start with The Wishing Spell →

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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Furthermore UniverseSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi2 books2016

About coming of age.

Start with Furthermore →

Foo milieuSeries

seriesObert Skye7 books2005

About coming of age, set in contemporary.

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The Wishing WorldSeries

seriesTodd Fahnestock2 books2016

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“You can transform into your own hero, find wild and whimsical friends, and wield power as great as your imagination.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wishing World →

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 Mirrorscape?: Narnia — the closest match to Mirrorscape on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Mirrorscape?: Mirrorscape. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Mirrorscape.
How big is Mirrorscape?: Mirrorscape is 3 books, 2007–2010.

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