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Books like Otherworld Chronicles: 9 series to read next

Otherworld Chronicles is fantasy, about chosen one and quests, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Otherworld Chronicles is 3 books, 2012–2013.

“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

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Tolkien's legendarium
The Keys to the Kingdom
Narnia
Watership Down
Rachel Roberts' Avalon
Redwall
House of Secrets
Foo milieu
His Dark Materials

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 quests and chosen one, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

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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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 →

Rachel Roberts' AvalonSeries

seriesRachel Roberts12 books2001

About friendship.

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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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House of SecretsSeries

seriesChris Columbus, Ned Vizzini & Chris Rylander3 books2013

Adventure, about transported to another world.

“Rights to the book were sold in 12 foreign territories.”
from the catalogue description

Start with House of Secrets →

Foo milieuSeries

seriesObert Skye7 books2005

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age, set in otherworld and contemporary.

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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.

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What should I read after Otherworld Chronicles?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Otherworld Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Otherworld Chronicles?: The Invisible Tower. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Otherworld Chronicles.
How big is Otherworld Chronicles?: Otherworld Chronicles is 3 books, 2012–2013.

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