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Books like The Darkwood Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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

The Darkwood Trilogy is 4 books, 2020–2022.

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Earthsea
His Dark Materials
Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
World of Septimus Heap
Circle of Magic
Pellinor
The Echorium Sequence
The Kingkiller Chronicle

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, 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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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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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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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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World of Septimus HeapSeries

seriesAngie Sage12 books2005

About wizards.

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Circle of MagicUniverse

universe11 books1997

Fantasy, about magic schools and coming of age, set in secondary world.

“Magic here does not thunder from a staff or wait in a dusty grimoire.”
from the catalogue description

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PellinorSeries

seriesAlison Croggon5 books2002

Epic fantasy, about chosen one.

“Maerad has spent most of her life enslaved on a remote farm, until the wandering Bard Cadvan recognizes in her the Gift -- a rare and powerful magical ability -- and takes her from captivity into training.”
from the catalogue description

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The Echorium SequenceSeries

seriesKatherine Roberts3 books1999

About music.

“In the first book, Song Quest, the major characters are singer Rialle, and Kherron.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Song Quest →

The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

“The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Name of the Wind →

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 The Darkwood Trilogy?: Earthsea — the closest match to The Darkwood Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Darkwood Trilogy?: Heart of the Forest. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Darkwood Trilogy.
How big is The Darkwood Trilogy?: The Darkwood Trilogy is 4 books, 2020–2022.

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