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Books like Pegāna: 9 series to read next

Pegāna is fantasy, about gods, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Pegāna is 55 books, 1905–1906.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Narnia
American Gods
Runemarks
Tales of the Flat Earth
Celestial Kingdom
The Dark Star Trilogy
Shadowbridge

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, 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.”
from the catalogue description

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American GodsSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman10 books1999

Set in contemporary and our world.

“Gaiman's 2005 novel Anansi Boys is set in the same mythological world and shares the trickster god Mr. Nancy, but follows a different protagonist and story, making it a loose companion rather than a direct sequel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story →

RunemarksSeries

seriesJoanne Harris5 books2007

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, about gods.

“Harris has stated that she was inspired to write the book due to her love of Norse mythology as a child, with the book being loosely based on a novel she wrote in her late teens.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Runemarks →

Tales of the Flat EarthSeries

seriesTanith Lee14 books1978

Dark in tone, about demons.

“The novels take inspiration from One Thousand and One Nights and are similarly structured as interconnected stories.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Night's Master →

Celestial KingdomSeries

seriesSue Lynn Tan4 books2022

Emotional in tone.

“Sue Lynn Tan's Celestial Kingdom duology reimagines the Chinese legend of the moon goddess Chang'e, following her daughter Xingyin as she seeks to free her mother from an enchantment binding her to the moon.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Daughter of the Moon Goddess →

The Dark Star TrilogySeries

seriesMarlon James2 books2019

Dark in tone, about political intrigue.

“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Black Leopard, Red Wolf →

ShadowbridgeSeries

seriesGregory Frost2 books2008

About art and artists.

“Frost's considerable powers of imagination and description ground the disparate locales and societies of his world through story - those lived, told to and by young Leodora in her journey of self-discovery.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shadowbridge →

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 Pegāna?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Pegāna on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Pegāna?: Alhireth-Hotep the Prophet. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pegāna.
How big is Pegāna?: Pegāna is 55 books, 1905–1906.
Is Pegāna finished?: Yes — 55 books, 1905–1906.

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