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Books like Oz (Maguire): 9 series to read next

Oz (Maguire) is fantasy and dark fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Oz (Maguire) is 15 books, 1995–2026.

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Gormenghast
Earthsea
World of Ice and Fire
Grishaverse
Soldier Son
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Malazan
The Inheritance (Jemisin)
Night Angel

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
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Start with Titus Groan →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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Soldier SonSeries

seriesRobin Hobb3 books2005

Epic fantasy, about colonialism.

“Set in a new world unrelated to her previous trilogies, the Soldier Son trilogy follows the life of Nevare Burvelle, the second son of a newly elevated Lord of the Kingdom of Gernia.”
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Start with Shaman's Crossing →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

Epic fantasy.

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series

seriesN. K. Jemisin9 books2010

Epic fantasy, about gods.

Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →

Night AngelUniverse

universe6 books2008

Tense in tone, about assassins.

“There are killers, and then there are wetboys — and the difference is that a wetboy never misses, because the magic in his blood will not let him.”
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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 Oz (Maguire)?: Gormenghast — the closest match to Oz (Maguire) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Oz (Maguire)?: Scarecrow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Oz (Maguire).
How big is Oz (Maguire)?: Oz (Maguire) is 15 books, 1995–2026.

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