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Books like The Eidolon Chronicles: 9 series to read next

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

The Eidolon Chronicles is 3 books, 2005–2007.

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Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
His Dark Materials
The Keys to the Kingdom
100 Cupboards
The Land of Stories
Fionavar Universe
Underland Chronicles
The Night of the Solstice

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Fantasy and 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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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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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

“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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The Keys to the KingdomSeries

seriesGarth Nix7 books2003

About chosen one, set in otherworld.

Start with Mister Monday →

100 CupboardsSeries

seriesN. D. Wilson4 books2007

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world, set in secondary world.

Start with The Door Before →

The Land of StoriesSeries

seriesChris Colfer13 books2012

Fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Wishing Spell →

Fionavar UniverseSeries

seriesGuy Gavriel Kay5 books1984

Epic fantasy, emotional in tone.

“Kay lived in the countryside near Aix-en-Provence, the setting of Ysabel, while he wrote it.”
from the catalogue description of Ysabel

Start with Ysabel →

Underland ChroniclesSeries

seriesSuzanne Collins5 books2003

Epic fantasy, about war, set in underground & caves.

“The Underland is inhabited by humans who traveled below hundreds of years ago, along with various giant versions of creatures like bats, cockroaches, and rats.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gregor the Overlander →

The Night of the SolsticeSeries

seriesL. J. Smith2 books1987

Fantasy and portal fantasy, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“Four children set out to rescue a sorceress held captive in a parallel world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Night of the Solstice →

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 Eidolon Chronicles?: Narnia — the closest match to The Eidolon Chronicles on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Eidolon Chronicles?: The Secret Country. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Eidolon Chronicles.
How big is The Eidolon Chronicles?: The Eidolon Chronicles is 3 books, 2005–2007.

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