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Books like Pathfinder Trilogy: 9 series to read next

Pathfinder Trilogy is science fiction and time travel, set in secondary world, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Pathfinder Trilogy is 3 books, 2010–2014.

“One significant aspect of the Pathfinder series is its uniquely complex but well documented set of time travel rules.”
from the catalogue description
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His Dark Materials
Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Narnia
Tortall
The Princess and the Goblin
Seven Kingdoms / Graceling Realm
Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)
Seraphina Universe

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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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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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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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.”
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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
from the catalogue description

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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age and quests, set in secondary world.

“Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.”
from the catalogue description

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Seven Kingdoms / Graceling RealmSeries

seriesKristin Cashore & uncredited6 books2008

About political intrigue.

“Kristin Cashore continued the world with the prequel-adjacent Fire, set in a neighboring land, and the sequel Bitterblue, then extended it further north with Winterkeep and Seasparrow.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Graceling →

Kingdom (Cynthia Voigt)Series

seriesCynthia Voigt4 books1985

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“There is much want in the kingdom and the tales of Jackaroo, the masked outlaw who helps the poor in times of trouble, are on everyone's lips.”
from the catalogue description of Jackaroo

Start with Jackaroo →

Seraphina UniverseSeries

seriesRachel Hartman6 books2012

Fantasy, about identity, set in secondary world.

Start with Among Ghosts →

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 Pathfinder Trilogy?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to Pathfinder Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pathfinder Trilogy?: Pathfinder. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pathfinder Trilogy.
How big is Pathfinder Trilogy?: Pathfinder Trilogy is 3 books, 2010–2014.

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