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Books like Nova Terra: 9 series to read next

Nova Terra is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Nova Terra is 11 books, 2018–2023.

Narnia
Earthsea
Tolkien's legendarium
The Riftwar
Shannara
Cosmere
Guardians of Ga'hoole
Redwall
His Dark Materials

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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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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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 RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
from the catalogue description

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ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue description

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CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Final Empire →

Guardians of Ga'hooleSeries

seriesKathryn Lasky & Kathryn Huang17 books2003

Epic fantasy.

“Apart from the main series, there are a few more books and spin-offs set in the same universe.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Capture →

RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

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

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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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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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 Nova Terra?: Narnia — the closest match to Nova Terra on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Nova Terra?: Titan. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Nova Terra.
How big is Nova Terra?: Nova Terra is 11 books, 2018–2023.

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