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Books like The Dragon Portal: 9 series to read next

The Dragon Portal is fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Dragon Portal is 4 books, 2019–2022.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Earthsea
World of Ice and Fire
Wizard World
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Queen's Thief
Once Upon a Broken Heart
The Book of Tea
Enchanted Forest

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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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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Wizard WorldSeries

seriesRoger Zelazny & Kelly McCullough3 books1980

About wizards and identity.

“Torn between the two, Pol has to master an art he was never trained for in order to survive his own inheritance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Changeling →

The Kingkiller ChronicleSeries

seriesPatrick Rothfuss8 books2002

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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 →

Queen's ThiefSeries

seriesMegan Whalen Turner41 books1996

About political intrigue.

“Megan Whalen Turner's series expands from that single heist into court intrigue and small-scale warfare among a set of Mediterranean-flavored kingdoms, with later books often shifting whose perspective the reader trusts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Thief →

Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries

seriesStephanie Garber4 books2021

Romantasy, about curses and forbidden love.

“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

Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →

The Book of TeaSeries

seriesJudy I. Lin2 books2022

Tense in tone, about political intrigue.

“For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault.”
from the catalogue description of A Magic Steeped in Poison

Start with A Magic Steeped in Poison →

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 →

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 Portal?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to The Dragon Portal on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dragon Portal?: To Kill a Fae. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dragon Portal.
How big is The Dragon Portal?: The Dragon Portal is 4 books, 2019–2022.

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