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Books like Muddle Earth: 9 series to read next

Muddle Earth is fantasy, about quests, set in secondary world, funny and whimsical in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Muddle Earth is 2 books, 2003–2011.

“Like LOTR it is divided into three sections: Englebert the Enormous, Here Be Dragons and Doctor Cuddles of Giggle Glade.”
from the catalogue description of Muddle Earth

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Discworld
Spellsinger
Howl's Castle
The Princess and the Goblin
Earthsea
The Wizard Knight
Myth Adventures

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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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

“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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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! →

SpellsingerSeries

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

Adventurous in tone, about music.

“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Spellsinger →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“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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The Wizard KnightSeries

seriesGene Wolfe2 books2004

Epic fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

“Able becomes a knight, and because of his connection with the magical and spiritual elements of the world around him is soon also dubbed a wizard.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Knight →

Myth AdventuresSeries

seriesRobert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye & Phil Foglio33 books1978

Fantasy and humor, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books that they wrote together.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Another Fine Myth →

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 Muddle Earth?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Muddle Earth on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Muddle Earth?: Muddle Earth. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Muddle Earth.
How big is Muddle Earth?: Muddle Earth is 2 books, 2003–2011.

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