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Books like The 13th Reality: 9 series to read next

The 13th Reality is about quests, set in contemporary and parallel universe, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The 13th Reality is 4 books, 2008–2012.

“What if every time you made a choice that had a significant consequence, a new, alternate reality was created — the life that would’ve been had you made the other choice?”
from the catalogue description of The Journal of Curious Letters

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His Dark Materials
Tolkien's legendarium
The Dark Is Rising
Kairos
InterWorld
Alfred Kropp
Watership Down
The Keys to the Kingdom
Narnia

His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, about coming of age, 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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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

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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The Dark Is RisingSeries

seriesSusan Cooper5 books1965

Mythic fantasy, set in british isles.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
from the catalogue description
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KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

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InterWorldSeries

seriesMichael Reaves, Mallory Reaves & Neil Gaiman3 books2007

Science fantasy and portal fantasy.

“Michael Reaves developed the story with Neil Gaiman, and Reaves's daughter Mallory Reaves co-wrote the two sequels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with InterWorld →

Alfred KroppSeries

seriesRick Yancey3 books2005

About magical artifacts.

“Rick Yancey's Alfred Kropp trilogy follows the teenage title character through three young-adult fantasy-adventure novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp →

Watership DownSeries

seriesRichard Adams21 books1972

About found family, set in countryside & village.

“Adams returned to the same world in 1996 with Tales from Watership Down, a collection of nineteen short stories mixing rabbit folklore with further adventures of characters from the novel.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Watership Down →

The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

Set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

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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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.

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What should I read after The 13th Reality?: His Dark Materials — the closest match to The 13th Reality on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The 13th Reality?: The Journal of Curious Letters. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The 13th Reality.
How big is The 13th Reality?: The 13th Reality is 4 books, 2008–2012.

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