Series
Books like Pellucidar: 9 series to read next
Pellucidar is fantasy and adventure, about survival, set in underground & caves, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Pellucidar is 10 books, 1922–1963.
“Pellucidar is the fictional internal surface of a Hollow Earth invented by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories.”
from the catalogue description
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universe
- Allan Quatermain
- Caspak Universe
- Tarzan
- Watership Down
- Zanthodon
- Ratha
- Almuric
- Tolkien's legendarium
seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Christopher Paul Carey, John Eric Holmes, uncredited, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, F. Paul Wilson, Lee Strong, Mercedes Lackey & Mike Wolfer24 books1922
Adventurous in tone, set in lost world and underground & caves.
matchedadventurouslost worldunderground & caves
- Allan QuatermainSeries
seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885
Set in africa and 19th century.
matchedadventurousadventureexpeditions
- Caspak UniverseSeries
seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs & Mike Wolfer4 books1918
Set in early 20th century.
matchedadventuroussurvivaladventurefantasylost world
- Watership DownSeries
seriesRichard Adams21 books1972
About found family, set in countryside & village and our world.
matchedadventuroussurvivalfantasyquests
- ZanthodonSeries
seriesLin Carter5 books1979
Adventure and science fiction, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in prehistoric and underground & caves.
matchedadventuroussurvivalprehistoricadventureunderground & cavesscience fiction
- RathaSeries
seriesClare Bell6 books1983
About coming of age.
matchedsurvivaladventurousprehistoricfantasy
- AlmuricSeries
seriesRobert E. Howard1 book1964
About transported to another world, set in secondary world.
matchedadventuroussurvivalfantasy
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Why these
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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 Pellucidar?
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universe — the closest match to Pellucidar on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Pellucidar?
- At the Earth's Core. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Pellucidar.
- How big is Pellucidar?
- Pellucidar is 10 books, 1922–1963.
- Is Pellucidar finished?
- Yes — 10 books, 1922–1963.