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Books like Princess for Hire: 9 series to read next

Princess for Hire is fantasy, lighthearted in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Princess for Hire is 3 books, 2010–2012.

“Desi Bascomb has been longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life, so when a flawlessly dressed woman steps out of an iridescent bubble and wants to know if Desi would like to become a substitute princess, she of course agrees.”
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Narnia
Enchanted Forest
Fairyland
His Dark Materials
The Keys to the Kingdom
Tolkien's legendarium
Peter Pan
Foo milieu
Wayward Children

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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Enchanted ForestSeries

seriesPatricia C. Wrede7 books1985

About dragons.

“Patricia Collins Wrede is an American author of fantasy literature.”
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Start with Dealing with Dragons →

FairylandSeries

seriesCatherynne M. Valente7 books2009

Adventurous in tone, about quests, set in fairyland.

“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
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Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, 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

Adventurous in tone, about quests and chosen one.

Start with Mister Monday →

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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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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Start with Peter Pan →

Foo milieuSeries

seriesObert Skye7 books2005

Adventurous in tone, about quests.

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Wayward ChildrenSeries

seriesSeanan McGuire18 books2016

Fantasy and portal fantasy, about coming of age and identity, set in contemporary and otherworld.

“The volumes alternate between being set at the school versus showing the lives of the children while they were in their alternate worlds.”
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Start with Every Heart a Doorway →

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 Princess for Hire?: Narnia — the closest match to Princess for Hire on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Princess for Hire?: Princess for Hire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Princess for Hire.
How big is Princess for Hire?: Princess for Hire is 3 books, 2010–2012.

Books like Princess for Hire: 9 series to read next

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