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Books like Rowan Hood: 9 series to read next

Rowan Hood is about coming of age, set in medieval and british isles, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Rowan Hood is 5 books, 2001–2005.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Watership Down
Anya
Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
Five Children Universe
Wolves Chronicles
Eric Brighteyes
His Dark Materials

Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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, 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.”
from the catalogue description

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Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

Set in contemporary.

“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 →

AnyaSeries

seriesSofiya Pasternack2 books2019

About dragons, set in eastern europe.

“In the mostly Christian 10th-century village, Anya's family stands out: Her father's father remains pagan, while her mother's people are refugee Khazars and Mountain Jews.”
from the catalogue description of Anya and the Dragon

Start with Anya and the Dragon →

Chronicles of Ancient DarknessSeries

seriesMichelle Paver9 books2004

Set in prehistoric.

“The books chronicle the adventures of Torak, an adolescent boy, and his friends Renn and Wolf.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Wolf Brother →

Five Children UniverseSeries

seriesE. Nesbit, Helen Cresswell & Kate Saunders27 books1902

Set in early 20th century.

“Neither book is by Nesbit herself, and the two have no direct connection to each other beyond both drawing on her creation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Return of the Psammead →

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoan Aiken12 books1962

Set in 19th century.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

Eric BrighteyesSeries

seriesH. Rider Haggard & Mildred Downey Broxon2 books1891

Set in scandinavia.

Start with Eric Brighteyes →

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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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 Rowan Hood?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Rowan Hood on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Rowan Hood?: Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Rowan Hood.
How big is Rowan Hood?: Rowan Hood is 5 books, 2001–2005.

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