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Books like Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson): 9 series to read next

Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson) is fantasy, about coming of age and quests, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson) is 5 books, 2004–2011.

“Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's series follows Peter and his shipmates across a run of prequel adventures that layer new mythology onto J. M. Barrie's original story, explaining his flight and eternal youth.”
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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
His Dark Materials
Peter Pan
The Princess and the Goblin
Ranger's Apprentice
Redwall
Watership Down
The Keys to the Kingdom

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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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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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.”
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Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
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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.”
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Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse

universe42 books2004

Fantasy and adventure, adventurous in tone, about friendship, set in secondary world.

“A Ranger is not a wizard, whatever the villagers whisper.”
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RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
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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.”
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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one, set in otherworld.

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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 Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson)?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson) on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson)?: Peter and the Starcatchers. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson).
How big is Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson)?: Peter Pan (Barry + Pearson) is 5 books, 2004–2011.

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