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Books like Shifted World: 9 series to read next

Shifted World is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Shifted World is 3 books, 2012–2018.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Narnia
Earthsea
Howl's Castle
Tales of the Frog Princess
Nightseer
Dilvish
World of Ice and Fire
Tortall

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

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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

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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

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.”
from the catalogue description

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Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Whimsical in tone.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

Tales of the Frog PrincessSeries

seriesE. D. Baker9 books2002

Fairy tale retelling, lighthearted in tone.

Start with The Frog Princess →

NightseerSeries

seriesLaurell K. Hamilton5 books1989

Dark in tone, about revenge.

“A standalone fantasy adventure, it predates Hamilton's better-known Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Token for Celandine →

DilvishSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny13 books1965

Sword and sorcery, about quests.

“Centuries ago, the half-elf warrior Dilvish tried to stop a dark sorcerer named Jelerak from completing a terrible ritual, and paid for it by being turned to stone and having his soul cast into Hell.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Passage to Dilfar →

World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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TortallUniverse

universe25 books1983

About coming of age.

“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.”
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 Shifted World?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Shifted World on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shifted World?: Dragonsoul. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shifted World.
How big is Shifted World?: Shifted World is 3 books, 2012–2018.

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