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Books like Poppy: 9 series to read next

Poppy is fantasy, about friendship, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Poppy is 7 books, 1995–2020.

“Within the narrative sequence of the series, it is the third book.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Ranger's Apprentice
Watership Down
Redwall
Circle of Magic
The Mistmantle Chronicles
His Dark Materials
The Princess and the Goblin

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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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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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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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About quests, set in our world.

“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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

RedwallUniverse

universe32 books1986

About quests.

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”
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Circle of MagicUniverse

universe11 books1997

About magic schools.

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”
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The Mistmantle ChroniclesSeries

seriesM. I. McAllister6 books2005

Set in islands.

“The protagonist is a pale, honey-coloured Eurasian red squirrel named Urchin.”
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Start with Urchin of the Riding Stars →

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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The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About quests.

“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

Start with The Princess and the Goblin →

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 Poppy?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Poppy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Poppy?: Poppy. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Poppy.
How big is Poppy?: Poppy is 7 books, 1995–2020.

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