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Books like Navigator: 9 series to read next

Navigator is fantasy and time travel, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Navigator is 3 books, 2006–2009.

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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
The Keys to the Kingdom
Watership Down
The Tapestry
The Quest of the Riddle-Master
His Dark Materials
Redwall
Otherworld Chronicles

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and 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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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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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about chosen one and quests, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About survival and found family, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

The TapestrySeries

seriesHenry H. Neff4 books2007

About magic schools and demons.

“Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.”
from the catalogue description of The Hound of Rowan

Start with The Hound of Rowan →

The Quest of the Riddle-MasterSeries

seriesPatricia A. McKillip3 books1976

Epic fantasy.

“Drawing on Celtic myth, the three books are prized for their lyrical prose and riddle-based magic, and are often cited among the best high fantasy of the 1970s.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Riddle-Master of Hed →

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.”
from the catalogue description

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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

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

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
from the catalogue description

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Otherworld ChroniclesSeries

seriesNils Johnson-Shelton3 books2012

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about chosen one and quests.

“A twelve-year-old boy learns that he is actually King Arthur brought back to life in the twenty-first century--and that the fate of the universe rests in his hands.”
from the catalogue description of The Invisible Tower

Start with The Invisible Tower →

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 Navigator?: Narnia — the closest match to Navigator on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Navigator?: The Navigator. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Navigator.
How big is Navigator?: Navigator is 3 books, 2006–2009.

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