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Books like The Dragon Circle: 9 series to read next

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

The Dragon Circle is 3 books, 1994–1996.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
Magic Kingdom of Landover
Dragonslayer / The Chronicles of Kazam
Enchanted Forest
Three Hearts and Three Lions
My Father's Dragon
World of Ice and Fire
Impossible Creatures

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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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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Magic Kingdom of LandoverSeries

seriesTerry Brooks8 books1986

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, an otherworldly magical kingdom.”
from the catalogue description of Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! →

Dragonslayer / The Chronicles of KazamSeries

seriesJasper Fforde4 books2010

Set in british isles.

“Jasper Fforde's Chronicles of Kazam series follows Jennifer Strange, a fifteen-year-old foundling running a magical employment agency in an alternate Britain where magic is fading, who unexpectedly becomes the last Dragonslayer.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Last Dragonslayer →

Enchanted ForestSeries

seriesPatricia C. Wrede7 books1985

Lighthearted in tone.

“Patricia Collins Wrede is an American author of fantasy literature.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Dealing with Dragons →

Three Hearts and Three LionsSeries

seriesHarry Turtledove, Poul Anderson & Tad Williams3 books1961

About transported to another world.

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My Father's DragonSeries

seriesRuth Stiles Gannett4 books1948

Set in islands.

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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy, dark in tone, about political intrigue and war.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue description

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Impossible CreaturesSeries

seriesKatherine Rundell3 books2023

“Katherine Rundell's trilogy opens with a boy, Christopher, discovering a hidden Archipelago where mythical creatures long thought imaginary still survive, guarded from the wider world by people who can perform an old magic.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Impossible Creatures →

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 The Dragon Circle?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Dragon Circle on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dragon Circle?: Dragon Sleeping. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dragon Circle.
How big is The Dragon Circle?: The Dragon Circle is 3 books, 1994–1996.

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