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Books like Sylvie: 9 series to read next

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

Sylvie is 3 books, 2001–2006.

“Sylvie had an amazing life, but she didn't get to live it very often.”
from the catalogue description of The Great Good Thing

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Tolkien's legendarium
Fairyland
Kathasaritsagara (Salman Rushdie)
Howl's Castle
His Dark Materials
Monster High
Narnia
Silverlock
Furthermore Universe

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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FairylandSeries

seriesCatherynne M. Valente7 books2009

About quests, set in fairyland.

“The novels follow a 12-year-old girl named September as she is spirited away from her average life to Fairyland.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making →

Kathasaritsagara (Salman Rushdie)Series

seriesSalman Rushdie2 books1990

About quests.

Start with Haroun and the Sea of Stories →

Howl's CastleSeries

seriesDiana Wynne Jones3 books1986

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

Start with Howl's Moving Castle →

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

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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Monster HighUniverse

universe61 books2010

Fantasy.

“New Salem High has a dress code problem: the daughter of Frankenstein's monster has bolts, the sea monster's daughter has scales, the werewolf sheds, and all of them are supposed to blend in with the normies.”
from the catalogue description

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NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and 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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SilverlockSeries

seriesJohn Myers Myers2 books1949

Fantasy, whimsical in tone.

“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

Start with Silverlock →

Furthermore UniverseSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi2 books2016

About friendship.

Start with Furthermore →

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 Sylvie?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Sylvie on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sylvie?: The Great Good Thing. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sylvie.
How big is Sylvie?: Sylvie is 3 books, 2001–2006.

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