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Books like Pendragon: 9 series to read next

Pendragon is science fiction and fantasy, about coming of age, set in otherworld, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Pendragon is 13 books across 2 series, 2002–2009.

“Bobby Pendragon is fourteen, has a basketball game that night and a girl he means to call, and instead his uncle Press pulls him into a flume that drops him on another world in the middle of its own worst decision.”
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His Dark Materials
The Keys to the Kingdom
Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Tortall
Ready Player One
Imperial Galaxy
Underland Chronicles
Kairos

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, 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.”
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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests and chosen one, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and 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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk and dystopia, set in near future.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Imperial GalaxySeries

seriesGarth Nix2 books2012

Space opera, about political intrigue.

“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Confusion of Princes →

Underland ChroniclesSeries

seriesSuzanne Collins5 books2003

Epic fantasy, about war, set in underground & caves.

“The Underland is inhabited by humans who traveled below hundreds of years ago, along with various giant versions of creatures like bats, cockroaches, and rats.”
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Start with Gregor the Overlander →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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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.

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What should I read after Pendragon?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to Pendragon on what it is about, not on what sells.
How big is Pendragon?: Pendragon is 13 books across 2 series, 2002–2009.

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