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Books like Otherworld Academy: 9 series to read next

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

Otherworld Academy is 6 books, 2018–2022.

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Earthsea
Fionavar Universe
Karou
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Grishaverse
Narnia
Rachel Roberts' Avalon
His Dark Materials
Trylle Universe

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

“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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Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy and portal fantasy.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

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KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Fantasy and romantasy, emotional in tone, about fae, set in secondary world.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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Rachel Roberts' AvalonSeries

seriesRachel Roberts12 books2001

Portal fantasy, about quests and friendship.

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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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Trylle UniverseSeries

seriesAmanda Hocking9 books2010

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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 Otherworld Academy?: Earthsea — the closest match to Otherworld Academy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Otherworld Academy?: A Dance with Darkness. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Otherworld Academy.
How big is Otherworld Academy?: Otherworld Academy is 6 books, 2018–2022.

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