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Books like Runemarks: 9 series to read next

Runemarks is mythic fantasy and fantasy, about gods. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Runemarks is 5 books, 2007–2020.

“Harris has stated that she was inspired to write the book due to her love of Norse mythology as a child, with the book being loosely based on a novel she wrote in her late teens.”
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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
The Princess and the Goblin
Tortall
The Dark Star Trilogy
The Sea of Trolls
Enchanted Forest
Grishaverse

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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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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, 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.”
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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 →

TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.

“In Tortall she does it anyway — and earns the right the hard way, through bruises, cold mornings in the training yard, and the slow winning-over of people who swore she'd fail.”
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The Dark Star TrilogySeries

seriesMarlon James2 books2019

About political intrigue.

“Marlon James's Dark Star Trilogy opens with Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in which a mercenary tracker is hired to find a missing boy and is drawn into a war between kingdoms across a continent built from African history and mythology.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Black Leopard, Red Wolf →

The Sea of TrollsSeries

seriesNancy Farmer3 books2004

About quests.

“Nancy Farmer's trilogy, continuing through The Land of the Silver Apples and The Islands of the Blessed, sends Jack further into Norse myth, eventually as far as the realm of the giants, Jötunheimr.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Sea of Trolls →

Enchanted ForestSeries

seriesPatricia C. Wrede7 books1985

Lighthearted in tone, about dragons.

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

GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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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 Runemarks?: Narnia — the closest match to Runemarks on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Runemarks?: Runemarks. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Runemarks.
How big is Runemarks?: Runemarks is 5 books, 2007–2020.

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