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Books like Tarzan: 9 series to read next
Tarzan is adventure and fantasy, set in africa and early 20th century, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Tarzan is 100 books across 7 series, 1912–2025.
“Deep in a jungle no map has tamed, an English lord's orphaned son is suckled by a she-ape and grows to manhood knowing neither his name nor his kind.”
from the catalogue description
- Allan Quatermain
- Jungle Book
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar universe
- Caspak Universe
- Tarzan
- Watership Down
- El Borak
- Tolkien's legendarium
- Ranger's Apprentice
- Allan QuatermainSeries
seriesH. Rider Haggard, Jean Francis Webb & Thomas Kent Miller25 books1885
Set in 19th century.
matchedadventurousadventureafricaexpeditions
- Jungle BookUniverse
universe44 books1893
Set in 19th century and south asia.
matchedadventurousadventurejungle
seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Christopher Paul Carey, John Eric Holmes, uncredited, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, F. Paul Wilson, Lee Strong, Mercedes Lackey & Mike Wolfer24 books1922
Adventurous in tone, set in lost world and underground & caves.
matchedadventurouslost worldunderground & caves
- Caspak UniverseSeries
seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs & Mike Wolfer4 books1918
Adventure and fantasy, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in early 20th century and lost world.
matchedadventuroussurvivaladventureearly 20th centuryfantasylost world
- TarzanSeries
seriesEdgar Rice Burroughs, Joan D. Vinge, Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Tierney & uncredited50 books1912
Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in early 20th century and africa.
matchedadventurousadventureearly 20th centuryafricajungle
- Watership DownSeries
seriesRichard Adams21 books1972
About found family, set in countryside & village.
matchedadventuroussurvivalfantasyquestsour worldcontemporary
- El BorakSeries
seriesRobert E. Howard & James Lovegrove25 books1934
Set in middle east.
matchedadventurousadventureearly 20th centurytense
- Ranger's ApprenticeUniverse
universe42 books2004
About friendship, set in secondary world.
matchedadventurousadventurefantasy
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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 Tarzan?
- Allan Quatermain — the closest match to Tarzan on what it is about, not on what sells.
- How big is Tarzan?
- Tarzan is 100 books across 7 series, 1912–2025.