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Books like Stonewylde: 9 series to read next

Stonewylde is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Stonewylde is 5 books, 2005–2012.

His Dark Materials
Earthsea
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Narnia
Mythago Wood
The Advent Trilogy
Gormenghast
Kairos
Tolkien's legendarium

universe13 books1995

Adventurous in tone, 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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EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, 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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The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

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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Mythago WoodSeries

seriesRobert Holdstock7 books1984

Mythic fantasy.

“The first novel follows Stephen Huxley investigating his family's obsession with the wood after his father's death; Holdstock continued the cycle across further novels and stories exploring different characters and eras.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mythago Wood →

The Advent TrilogySeries

seriesJames Treadwell3 books2012

Fantasy, eerie in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Warded from earth, air, water, fire, spirits, thought and sight.”
from the catalogue description of Advent

Start with Advent →

GormenghastSeries

seriesMervyn Peake & Maeve Gilmore6 books1946

Gothic.

“Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Titus Groan →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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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.”
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 Stonewylde?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to Stonewylde on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Stonewylde?: Magus of Stonewylde. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Stonewylde.
How big is Stonewylde?: Stonewylde is 5 books, 2005–2012.

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