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Books like Not-So-Impossible Tales: 9 series to read next

Not-So-Impossible Tales is science fiction, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Not-So-Impossible Tales is 4 books, 2013–2017.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Barsoom
Narnia
WondLa
Kairos
Mars Evacuees
His Dark Materials
Alliance-Union
Ranger's Apprentice

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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BarsoomSeries

seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Rob Dorsey, Geary Gravel, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Stuart Moore, Austin Grossman, Bebe Balocca, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, David Barr Kirtley, Garth Nix, Genevieve Valentine, Joe R. Lansdale, John Coleman Burroughs, John Joseph Adams, Jonathan Maberry, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Mike Resnick, Peter S. Beagle, Robin Wasserman, S. M. Stirling, Theodora Goss, Tobias S. Buckell & William Gilmour53 books1917

Science fantasy, set in mars.

“Barsoom is a fictional representation of the planet Mars created by American pulp fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs.”
from the catalogue description
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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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WondLaSeries

seriesTony DiTerlizzi3 books2010

About coming of age.

“Tony DiTerlizzi's WondLa trilogy follows Eva Nine, a twelve-year-old girl raised in isolation underground by a robot guardian, who emerges onto a surface world populated by strange alien life and sets out to find others like herself.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Search for WondLa →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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Mars EvacueesSeries

seriesSophia McDougall2 books2014

Set in mars.

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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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Alliance-UnionUniverse

universe173 books1976

Science fiction, set in far future.

“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue description

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Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Fantasy and adventure, adventurous in tone, about friendship, set in secondary world.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

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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.

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What should I read after Not-So-Impossible Tales?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Not-So-Impossible Tales on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Not-So-Impossible Tales?: Oliver and the Seawigs. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Not-So-Impossible Tales.
How big is Not-So-Impossible Tales?: Not-So-Impossible Tales is 4 books, 2013–2017.

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