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Books like Shadowmancer: 9 series to read next

Shadowmancer is fantasy, set in british isles, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shadowmancer is 2 books, 2002–2006.

“In G. P. Taylor's Shadowmancer, an evil clergyman, Reverend Obadiah Demurral, seeks two powerful amulets called the Keruvim that would let him command the elements and remake the world in his image.”
from the catalogue description

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Narnia
Watership Down
Tolkien's legendarium
Alderley
Five Children Universe
His Dark Materials
The Dark Is Rising
Artemis Fowl
Kay Harker

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

About survival and found family, set in countryside & village and 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 →

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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AlderleySeries

seriesAlan Garner4 books1960

Mythic fantasy, set in contemporary.

“The three books span most of Garner's writing life rather than forming one continuous trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen →

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 →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

About coming of age, 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 Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in contemporary.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Over Sea, Under Stone →

Artemis FowlSeries

seriesEoin Colfer15 books2001

About fae, set in contemporary.

“As of 2013, the novels have sold more than 21 million copies in 44 languages, and are one of the best-selling series of all time.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with LEPrecon →

Kay HarkerSeries

seriesJohn Masefield2 books1927

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in british isles.

“The treasure is also sought by a coven of witches who are seeking it for their own ends.”
from the catalogue description of The Midnight Folk

Start with The Midnight Folk →

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 Shadowmancer?: Narnia — the closest match to Shadowmancer on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shadowmancer?: Shadowmancer. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadowmancer.
How big is Shadowmancer?: Shadowmancer is 2 books, 2002–2006.

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