Series

Books like Roar: 9 series to read next

Roar is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Roar is 14 books, 2007–2022.

Fantastic (Greenberg Anthologies)
Tolkien's legendarium
Kairos
Peter Pan
Narnia
His Dark Materials
Discworld
Kai Lung
Earthsea

seriesMartin H. Greenberg, Andre Norton, John Helfers, Kerrie Hughes, Lawrence Schimel, Mike Resnick, Rosalind M. Greenberg, Alexander Potter, A. R. Morlan, Brittiany A. Koren, Daniel M. Hoyt, John DeChancie, Larry Segriff & Russell Davis25 books1989

Fantasy.

Start with Horse Fantastic →

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

Reading order →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Reading order →

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.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

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.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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

Reading order →

DiscworldUniverse

universe84 books1983

Fantasy, funny in tone, set in secondary world.

“Death speaks IN SMALL CAPITALS and rides a horse called Binky.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Guards! Guards! →

Kai LungSeries

seriesErnest Bramah62 books1900

Set in east asia.

Start with The Wallet of Kai Lung →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, about wizards.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

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 Roar?: Fantastic (Greenberg Anthologies) — the closest match to Roar on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Roar?: Roar, Volume 1. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Roar.
How big is Roar?: Roar is 14 books, 2007–2022.

Books like Roar: 9 series to read next

Read next in Roar

Why these

Questions readers ask

Other series like this one