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Books like Pandava: 9 series to read next

Pandava is fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods, set in contemporary, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Pandava is 5 books, 2018–2022.

“The next books are Aru Shah and the Song of Death, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, Aru Shah and the City of Gold, and Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality.”
from the catalogue description
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Watership Down
Tolkien's legendarium
Artemis Fowl
House of Secrets
Narnia
Young Wizards
The Cronus Chronicles
Alderley
The Indian in the Cupboard

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 →

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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

Reading order →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with LEPrecon →

House of SecretsSeries

seriesChris Columbus, Ned Vizzini & Chris Rylander3 books2013

Portal fantasy, about transported to another world.

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

Start with House of Secrets →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

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

Reading order →

Young WizardsSeries

seriesDiane Duane24 books1983

About wizards.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”
from the catalogue description

Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard →

The Cronus ChroniclesSeries

seriesAnne Ursu3 books2006

Fantasy, about gods, set in our world and contemporary.

“After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil.”
from the catalogue description of The Shadow Thieves

Start with The Shadow Thieves →

AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Set in british isles.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

The Indian in the CupboardSeries

seriesLynne Reid Banks5 books1980

Portal fantasy.

“Lynne Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard series begins with the 1980 children's novel in which a boy discovers that an old cupboard can bring his plastic toy figures to life.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Indian in the Cupboard →

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 Pandava?: Watership Down — the closest match to Pandava on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pandava?: Aru Shah and the End of Time. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pandava.
How big is Pandava?: Pandava is 5 books, 2018–2022.

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