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Books like Tales from the Kingdoms: 9 series to read next

Tales from the Kingdoms is fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Tales from the Kingdoms is 5 books, 2013–2024.

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Folktales
Gilded Duology
Narnia
Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Woodcutter Universe
Tolkien's legendarium
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Fairy Tale stories

FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue description of Beauty

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Gilded DuologySeries

seriesMarissa Meyer2 books2021

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, about curses, set in secondary world.

“Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.”
from the catalogue description of Gilded

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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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Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series

seriesGail Carson Levine5 books1997

About coming of age.

“Fairest moves to the neighboring kingdom of Ayortha for a take on Snow White, with later volumes continuing to draw on other tales within the same connected world.”
from the catalogue description

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Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries

seriesStephanie Garber4 books2021

Romantasy.

“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
from the catalogue description

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Woodcutter UniverseSeries

seriesAlethea Kontis18 books2006

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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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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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy, about fae.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
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Fairy Tale storiesSeries

seriesMercedes Lackey2 books1996

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, about curses, set in secondary world.

Start with Firebird →

Why these

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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 Tales from the Kingdoms?: Folktales — the closest match to Tales from the Kingdoms on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Tales from the Kingdoms?: Magic. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Tales from the Kingdoms.
How big is Tales from the Kingdoms?: Tales from the Kingdoms is 5 books, 2013–2024.

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