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Books like Silverlock: 9 series to read next

Silverlock is fantasy, whimsical in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Silverlock is 2 books, 1949–1981.

“Guided by the enigmatic Golias, who nicknames him Silverlock, Shandon stumbles picaresquely from one literary encounter to the next - meeting figures like Beowulf, Robin Hood, Don Quixote, and Hamlet - and is transformed by the journey.”
from the catalogue description

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Tolkien's legendarium
Kathasaritsagara (Salman Rushdie)
Narnia
Howl's Castle
Furthermore Universe
Castle Perilous
Magic Kingdom of Landover
The Princess and the Goblin
Spellsinger

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 →

Kathasaritsagara (Salman Rushdie)Series

seriesSalman Rushdie2 books1990

About coming of age.

Start with Haroun and the Sea of Stories →

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 →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

Fantasy, whimsical and adventurous in tone, set in secondary world.

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

Furthermore UniverseSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi2 books2016

Portal fantasy, about friendship and coming of age.

Start with Furthermore →

Castle PerilousSeries

seriesJohn DeChancie10 books1988

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world, set in secondary world.

“Imagine life in an ironically magical world where 144,000 doors separate fiction from reality.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Castle Perilous →

Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

The Princess and the GoblinSeries

seriesGeorge MacDonald2 books1871

About coming of age.

“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 →

SpellsingerSeries

seriesAlan Dean Foster9 books1983

Portal fantasy, about music.

“Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series follows Jon-Tom, a UCLA law student pulled into a fantasy world by the wizard Clothahump, where he discovers he can cast spells by singing along with his guitar.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Spellsinger →

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 Silverlock?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Silverlock on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Silverlock?: Silverlock. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Silverlock.
How big is Silverlock?: Silverlock is 2 books, 1949–1981.
Is Silverlock finished?: Yes — 2 books, 1949–1981.

Books like Silverlock: 9 series to read next

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