Books like Star Stable: 9 series to read next

universe · 38 books · 1950

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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series · Shannon Hale · 3 books · 2005

Fantasy, hopeful in tone, about magic schools and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“The sequels follow Miri to the capital, where she navigates court intrigue while studying, and then out to a remote swamp kingdom as tutor to three sisters caught up in a succession crisis.”

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universe · 11 books · 1997

Fantasy, about magic schools and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”

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matchedfantasymagic schoolscoming of agesecondary worldyoung adult

series · Diane Duane · 24 books · 1983

About wizards.

“Across fifteen books published between 1983 and 2019, the two age forward in something close to real time as their missions escalate from New York streets to alien worlds and beyond.”

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series · Rachel Roberts · 12 books · 2001

Portal fantasy, about quests.

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universe · 32 books · 1986

About quests.

“Ring the Joseph Bell and lay the long tables, for a tale is starting.”

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series · Laurence Yep · 3 books · 2003

Urban fantasy, set in north america.

“Together they must keep the talisman from an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.”

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universe · 112 books · 1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”

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universe · 25 books · 1983

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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matchedfantasycoming of agesecondary worldadventurousyoung adult